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

The Defend Negros #StopTheAttacks Network will hold a public forum, “Pagdampig: Negros Human Rights Situationer” at the UP Asian Center, Quezon City, 1 August 2019, 2 pm. The lecture is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served. Walk-ins are welcome but encouraged to sign up.

Thirty-one new graduate students of the UP Asian Center undertook an orientation last 27 July 2019, 2:30 pm–5:00 pm, at the Philippines Hall, Hall of Wisdom, Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman.

Twenty-two MA graduates and four newly minted PhDs took part in Aning Tagumpay, Salaysay ng Alay, the 2019 Recognition Day held on 30 June 2019 at the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman.

The UP Asian Center will hold a public forum, “Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BARMM and BOL): Prospects and Challenges” on 3 July 2019, 4 pm, UP Asian Center, QC.

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.