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

  • [CALL FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS] Japanese Studies in the Philippines: The 8th Japanese Studies Research Development Competition
  • Role of Faith Based Organizations towards Indigenous Communities during the Covid-19 Pandemic | An Onsite Professorial Lecture of Dr. Maria Cecilia Medina
  • Ambassador Lecture Series | Timor Leste's Path to ASEAN Membership: Opportunities and Challenges

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As a preventive and safety measure to the current situation on COVID-19, the Asian Center Library will be CLOSED effective Monday, March 16, 2020 until further notice.

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Starting March 2020, Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia will be using ScholarOne Manuscripts to receive manuscripts, contact reviewers, communicate with authors, and document each step of the publication process.

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The UP Asian Center and the Center for People Empowerment in Governance will hold a public lecture, VFA Termination: New Strategic Moves? by Ericson Baculinao on 2 March 2020, 2 pm–4 pm, UP Asian Center, Diliman, Quezon City.

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The UP Asian Center will be holding the public forum, “People’s Mobility in the Time of CoVid-2019,” on 21 February 2020, 1–4:30 pm, at the UP Asian Center, QC. The event is free and open to the public.

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The UP Asian Center will offer free Bahasa Indonesia classes which will be held every Saturday starting 22 February 2020 to 9 May 2020. Applications for the limited slots in classes are open to all, but priority will be given to Asian Center students.