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

  • Japanese Studies in the Philippines: The 8th Japanese Studies Research Development Competition
  • Pan-Asianism in Modern Japan and Mariano Ponce | An Onsite Public Lecture
  • Free Yoga Class @ AC | Asian Center Wellness Program

  • Japanese Studies in the Philippines: The 8th Japanese Studies Research Development Competition

    The UP Asian Center and the Japan Foundation Manila will hold the "Japanese Studies in the Philippines: The 8th Japanese Studies Research Development Competition” on 21 March 2026, 9:00 am to 3:00 PM (GMT+8) at the Japan Hall, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center. The event is free and open to the public.

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  • Pan-Asianism in Modern Japan and Mariano Ponce | An Onsite Public Lecture

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    The UP Asian Center will be holding the onsite public lecture "Pan-Asianism in Modern Japan and Mariano Ponce" on 4 March 2026, 3:00 - 5:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), at the Japan Hall, 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. 

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  • Free Yoga Class @ AC | Asian Center Wellness Program

    The UP Asian Center, sponsored by the Copylandia Foundation, Inc., will be hosting a Free Yoga Class at the UP Asian Center"  as part of the Asian Center Wellness Program on 10 April 2026, 2:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Diliman. The event is free and open only to the public. LIMITED SLOTS ONLY!!! Online registration is REQUIRED due to limited slots. 

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The UP Asian Center will be holding the "Bap Meogeureo Gaja! Tara, Kain Tayo! : A Korean and Filipino (Fusion) Cuisine Demonstration" on 2 December 2020, 10 am - 12 nn, Philippine time, via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public. 

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The UP Asian Center will hold a webinar, “Recent Developments in Inter-Korea Relations,” on 2 December 2020, 2 pm, Philippine time, via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public, but interested participants are required to register using an authenticated Zoom account.

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Read the articles of Professor Aurora Roxas-Lim (1935-2020), former dean of the Asian Center. She was a scholar in the field of literature, art history and area studies. She wrote on topics such as Southeast Asian art, history, culture, religion, and maritime societies.

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The Dr. Peter Boomgaard Southeast Asia Collection is now available for access to students, faculty and scholars studying Southeast Asian studies. Due to the community quarantine, interested borrowers are requested to follow the guidelines set by the Asian Center Library when accessing the collection.

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The replay of the webinar, “Trapped in the 19th Century: The Endless Reproduction of Colonial Stereotypes and Images in the Postcolonial Present” is now available on YouTube.