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

  • Autocratic Transit States Under Pressure: Nurse Migration Governance in Singapore and the UAE During and After Covid-19 | An Onsite Lecture and Research Presentation
  • Your Graduate Student Era: How to Thrive and Survive | An Online Peer-to-Peer Learning Session
  • Rethinking the Indian Ocean World: Exchanges, Connections and Comparisons through Time | An Online Roundtable

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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.

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Send your abstracts for an international conference, “Sabang: Early Southeast Asian-European Intercultural Encounters,” which will be held on 18–20 March 2021 via Zoom.

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The latest issue (open access) of Asian Studies Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia  is now available.

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In case you missed them, you may now watch—via YouTube— all webinars organized by the UP Asian Center since July 2020.