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

  • Knowledge in Motion: Japanese Intellectual Contributions to Research on Southeast Asia: Japanese Intellectual Contributions to Research on Southeast Asia | A Hybrid Lecture
  • Studying Maritime Piracy in Southeast Asia: Theories, Methods, and Research Frontiers | An Onsite Public Lecture
  • Autocratic Transit States Under Pressure: Nurse Migration Governance in Singapore and the UAE During and After Covid-19 | An Onsite Lecture and Research Presentation

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The UP Asian Center will hold the “Japanese Studies in the Philippines: A Forum and Nationwide Research Competition Year 3”  on 6 March 2021, 8 am – 3 pm, via Zoom.

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HAINAN NORMAL University, China recently published the 2018 Philippine Development Report, which was edited by Dean Joefe B. Santarita and Dr. Noel Moratilla, and which features two chapters from Dr. Jocelyn Celero, Assistant Professor, and Professor Rolando Talampas.

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The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman would like to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation to the China International Publishing Group (CIPG) for donating nine boxes of books to the Asian Center Library, UP Diliman.

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The UP Asian Center will hold a virtual research conference, “Beyond ASEAN: Global and Local Impacts of Balancing Domestic and Foreign Policy Priorities,” on 13 January 2021, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm, Philippine time via Zoom.

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The UP Asian Center presented “Flares of Hope, Vanguards of Unity,” its Virtual Lantern Presentation during the “Diwa ng Diliman” ceremonies, which were held on 18 December 2020 in lieu of UP’s traditional Lantern Parade.