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

  • Yoga and Meditation Day | Asian Center Wellness Program
  • 2025 Graduate Student Conference | The Philippines in a Multipolar World
  • Special Lecture and Exchange with UP Diliman Students | 77th Japan-America Student Conference (JASC)

  • Yoga and Meditation Day | Asian Center Wellness Program

    The UP Asian Center, sponsored by the Bharati Indian Expat Women's Association Manila, will hosting the "Yoga and Meditation Day"  as part of the Asian Center Wellness Program on 29 May 2025, 10:00 AM, 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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  • 2025 Graduate Student Conference | The Philippines in a Multipolar World

    The UP Asian Center will hold the 2025 Graduate Student Conference: The Philippines in a Multipolar World on 31 May 2025 at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served. Walk-ins are welcome, but participants are encouraged to register online.

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  • Special Lecture and Exchange with UP Diliman Students | 77th Japan-America Student Conference (JASC)

    The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, will be hosting a "Special Lecture and Exchange with UP Diliman Students with the Participants of the 77th Japan-America Student Conference (JASC) " on 4 June 2025, 8:30 PM - 1:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to UP Diliman students only. Online registration is REQUIRED due to limited seating. The deadline for registrations is 2 June 2025.

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The UP Asian Center in partnership with the UP Department of History will hosting the public lecture "The Story of an Escape: Prisoners’ Resistance in San Ramon Penal Colony in 19th Century Mindanao" on 15 May 2025, 2:30 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at Silid Balatik, Pavilion 2, Palma Hall, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is recommended due to limited seating.  

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the Focus on the Global South, will hold the book launch and public discussion of Walden Bello's "Global Battlefields: My Close Encounters with Dictatorship, Capital, Empire and Love" on 26 April 2025, 2:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public. 

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS), will hold the public forum "The Vietnam War and Its Impact on the Philippines and Its Social Movements: Commemorating the 50th Year of Vietnam's Reunification | A Public Forum" on 25 April 2025, 1:00 PM, PHT at the UP CIDS, Lower Ground Floor, Ang Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. 

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The UP Asian Center will hold the workshop "Mind Matters: A Mental Health Talk on Stress and Coping" on 25 April 2025, 3:00 PM, PHT at the Japan Hall, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the all AC students, faculty, and staff only. 

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The AS 298 (Special Topics: Disasters in Asia) Class of Dr. Maria Cecilia T. Medina will hold the lecture "UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the Philippines" on 25 April 2025, 1:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8), Seminar Room, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public.