Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

News @ UP Asian Center

  • Philippine Flashpoints: The South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait Conundrum
  • UP Asian Center Hosts Youth Delegates from Timor-Leste
  • UP Asian Center Launches Exhibit on Pansak Movement

  • Philippine Flashpoints: The South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait Conundrum

    The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the Asia Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation, Inc. (APPFI), hosted the roundtable "Philippines between the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait: Two Hotspots, Same Quandaries" last 22 May 2024, at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman.

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  • UP Asian Center Hosts Youth Delegates from Timor-Leste

    The UP Asian Center was honored to host a delegation of youth leaders from Timor-Leste last 3 June 2024. Education Attaché Mr. Tomas Mendonça from the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste led the visit which included a series of talks, question-and-answer, and information session.

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  • UP Asian Center Launches Exhibit on Pansak Movement

    The UP Asian Center celebrated Sama Bajau music and dance tradition on 6 June 2024, with "Tampat Pag-addatan Sahaya: Place, Tradition and Light"  a series of lectures and performances that highlights the role of UP Diliman as a space for indigenous and marginalized cultures to be expressed. Held at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium in Diliman, Quezon City, the event marked an exploration of pansak in the field, the University stage, and other spaces, as well as the kinaesthetics, convention, and improvisation of pansak by the Sama Bangingi.

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           The Japan Foundation Manila is offering free online screenings of six Japanese films from 22-26 July for the “Japan Film Week 2020.” The film screenings are available on a “first come, first served” basis due to limited slots.

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The Tri-College PhD Philippine Studies Program and the UP Asian Center are pleased to announce their distinguished guests of honor for their respective online recognition programs on 26 July 2020. Dr. Jaime Z. Galvez Tan for the Tri-College’s and Professor Caroline Hau for the UP Asian Center’s.

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Check out these free online classes on Bahasa Indonesia in A1, A1+, A2 and B1 levels. The classes will be conducted via Zoom and will run from 20 July until 14 December 2020.

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A Zoom webinar, Inclusive Education for Filipino Children on the Move: Making the Invisible Visible, will be held on Friday, 31 July 2020, 2 p.m. (GMT +8, Manila Time). The webinar is free and open to the public, but online registration is required.

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Sa isang munting ngunit makasaysayang yugto ng Tri-College PhD Philippine Studies Program, (TCPPSP), ipinagtanggol ng limang mag-aaral ang kanilang mga disertasyon sa pamamagitan ng Zoom.