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

    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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Ambassador Elizabeth P. Buensuceso will be the guest of honor in the recognition ceremonies of the UP Asian Center and Tri-College Phd Philippine Studies Program on 30 June 2019, 2 pm, the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, Quezon City.

The UP Asian Center will hold a public lecture, “Ub-Ufok Ad Fiallig: Innovative Online Modules on Philippine Folklore,” at the UP Asian Center, QC on 2 August 2019, 2 pm.

Eight UP Asian Center faculty members are recipients of the One UP Professorial Chair and Faculty Grant Awards. The One UP Awards recognize the outstanding performance rendered by the faculty from 1 July 2015 to 31 December 2018 in “two out of three work areas: 1) teaching, 2) research or creative work, and 3) public service.”

The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman would like to introduce its administration officials led by the dean, Dr. Joefe B. Santarita, who was appointed for a second term by the UP Board of Regents.

The students of Philippine Studies (PS) 201 of the UP Asian Center invite you Bihing DiLaut: The Sama d'Laut’s Maritime Tradition, Culture, & Communal Resilience, on 14 May 2019, 5–8 pm, UP Asian Center, Quezon City. The event features a lecture on Sama Badjao, two performances of igal dances, and a photo exhibit.