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

  • Historia Obscura: The Philippines in 16th and 17th Century Portuguese Sources | An Online Book Talk
  • The Singaporean Growth Model: Lessons and Insights for the Philippines | A Public Lecture

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The UP Asian Center will hold an Academic Programs Information Session on 4 November 2026, 3:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), online via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public, but online registration is required.

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The University of the Philippines and the UP Asian Center, in collaboration with the Embassy of the State of Palestine, invite everyone to the Palestine Heritage Month: Academic Lecture on 28 October 2026, 1 PM, PHT, at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged due to limited seating. 

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The UP Asian Center, together with its partners, invites the general public to DEATH THROES: An International Academic Conference on the Decline of the US Empire, on 26 October 2026, 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is FREE and open to the public. Registration is encouraged due to limited seating. Certificates and Meals will be provided.

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The UP Asian Center in collaboration with the UP CIDS Program on Alternative Development and the Asian Music for People’s Peace and Progress, will conduct "Strengthening efforts at Creative Resistance and Solidarity Building amidst new threats from Capital and Empire," A Cultural Jam, on 26 October 2026, 2 PM, PHT (GMT+8) onwards at the ASEAN and Japan Halls, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged due to limited seating. 

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The UP Asian Center, the Japan Foundation Manila, in partnership with the UPLB Department of Social Sciences, will hold the UPLB Leg of Japanese Studies in the Philippines: Lecture Forum and Information Session on  26 October 2026, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (GMT+8), ONSITE at the CAS Annex 1 Auditorium, University of the Philippines Los Baños. The event is free and open to the public.