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

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.

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.

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.

Add to your knowledge of Philippine history under the Spanish colonial period with these articles from past issues of Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia.

For the health, safety and well-being of our employees, faculty, students, and communities, the UP Asian Center will continue to enforce a Work-From-Home and a skeletal workforce arrangement. Please contact the respective offices via our Office Directory in our COVID-19 page (see "Contact Info" tab).