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

  • Asia and Trump 2.0: Geopolitical Outlooks | A Panel Discussion

    The UP Asian Center will hold the panel discussion "Asia and Trump 2.0: Geopolitical Outlooks" on 12 February 2025, 2:00 PM, PHT (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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  • Book Talk and Signing Tour with Haenim Sunim

    The UP Asian Center in partnership with UP Korea Research Center and Fully Booked is organizing a Book Talk and Signing Tour Featuring Haenim Sunim on 24 January 2025, 10:00 AM (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. The event is free and open to the public. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating.

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  • CALL FOR ENTRIES: Youth-In-Charge: Environmental Action of the Youth as Champions of Sustainability | A Competition

    The UP Asian Center and UP CIFAL Philippines are now accepting entries for the 2025 competition, Youth-In-Charge: Environmental Action of the Youth as Champions of Sustainability.  The deadline for submission is on 17 February 2025, Monday. The competition is open only for high school and college student organizations based in the National Capital Region, Philippines.

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The UP Asian Center in partnership with the Eurasia Center of John von Neumann University will hold the symposium "The Practice of Area Studies in the Philippines and Hungary" on 9 September 2024, 1:30 to 3:30 PM, at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating.

The UP Asian Center will hold the symposium "Migration within and from Southeast Asia" on 6 September 2024, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating.

The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman is looking for two (2) graduate assistants for the Office of the Dean and the TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program for the First Semester, AY 2024–2025. The deadline for applications is on 15 September 2024. This is open to all UP Diliman graduate students. AC graduate students are highly encouraged to apply.

The UP Asian Center celebrated the 26 graduates from the Asian Center programs and the TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program for AY 2023 – 2024. The recognition rites were held on 28 July 2024 at 2:00 PM at the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center Auditorium with Former UP Vice President for Academic Affairs and CHED Commissioner, Dr. Maria Cynthia Rose Banzon-Bautista as the guest of honor.

The UP Asian Center and the TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program held the 2024 Araw ng Pagkilala on 28 July 2024 at 2:00 PM at the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center Auditorium with Former UP Vice President for Academic Affairs and CHED Commissioner, Dr. Maria Cynthia Rose Banzon-Bautista as the guest of honor. Read her commencement