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

  • AC Faculty Salon: New Faculty Lectures 2024 | Faculty Salon Series

    The UP Asian Center will hold a Faculty Salon Series featuring Lectures from New Asian Center Faculty on 30 September 2024, 10:00 AM, PST (GMT+8) and 9 October 2024, 2:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman (ONSITE). The event is free and open to the public. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating.

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  • The Philippines Amidst Major Power Rivalry in Southeast Asia | A Roundtable Discussion

    The UP Asian Center in partnership with FACTS Asia and the UP Department of Political Science will be hosting the roundtable, “The Philippines Amidst Major Power Rivalry in Southeast Asia” on 01 October 2024, 2:00 PM (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman. The event is by invitation only.

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  • UP Asian Center, Eurasia Center Partner to Discuss Area Studies

    The UP Asian Center further expanded its academic network by collaborating with the Eurasia Center of John von Neumann University, Hungary. Last 9 September 2024, the two institutions conducted the international symposium “The Practice of Area Studies in the Philippines and Hungary” at the Seminar Room of the UP Asian Center.

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