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 UP Asian Center, sponsored by the Japan Foundation Manila, successfully held the graduate leg of the “Japanese Studies in the Philippines: The 6th Japanese Studies Research Development Competition” on 23 March 2024, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with UP CIFAL Philippines, hosted a special public lecture, “Connections and Collaborations: The Case of Japanese, Zainichi Koreans, and Filipinos in Kyoto” last March 2024, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, UP Diliman.

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The UP Asian Center and the Center for International Studies in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Center (JICE) hosted delegates of the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS) Outbound Program to the Philippines, last 29 February 2024, at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium.

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The TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program, University of the Philippines Diliman, is looking for one (1) University Research Associate I under a limited engagement capacity (job order). The deadline for applications is on 20 March 2024, 5 PM. This is open to the public.

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The UP Asian Center hosted the public lecture, “The Samurai of the Philippines: Exploring the Genealogy of a Popular Trope” last 28 February 2024, 2:00 PM (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman.