News @ UP Asian Center
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Privatizing Governance: How the Country’s Top Oligarchs Capture Business and Politics | A Public Lecture
The UP Asian Center will host the public lecture "Privatizing Governance: How the Country’s Top Oligarchs Capture Business and Politics" on 11 July 2025, 2 PM to 5 PM (GMT+8), at the Seminar Hall, Hall of Wisdom, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online.
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Araw ng Pagkilala 2025 | Sunlag: Alay na Liwanag
The UP Asian Center and the TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program will be holding their joint Recognition Ceremonies on 6 July 2025, 2:00 PM, Philippine Standard Time (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center Auditorium. The on-site event is exclusive to graduates and their guests.
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Portugal and Southeast Asia: Shared Histories, Current Synergies | An Online Panel Discussion
The UP Asian Center in partnership with the Orient Institute (Instituto do Oriente) and the Colégio Tropical of University of Lisbon, Portugal will host the online panel discussion "Portugal and Southeast Asia: Shared Histories, Current Synergies" on 8 and 9 July 2025, 3 PM to 5 PM (GMT+8), online via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public, but signing in to a (free) Zoom account is required.
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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.
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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).
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This May, three Southeast Asia majors of the UP Asian Center present their theses online via Zoom, the first batch to do so in the 55-year-history of the college.
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We've collected some of the relevant information regarding university policy in light of Covid-19.
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Compassion and academic excellence are twin values that our community upholds. The challenge now is how to uphold both values despite the constraints of our context.