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

  • Ambassador Lecture Series | Timor Leste's Path to ASEAN Membership: Opportunities and Challenges
  • UP Asian Center Hosts Former SG Ban Ki-moon and the 2025 Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue
  • UP Asian Center and TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program Information Session | A Webinar [for the Second Semester, AY 25-26]

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The UP Asian Center,  in partnership with the Center for International Studies and the  DLSU-Southeast Asia Research Center and Hub (SEARCH) invites you to the CO2LIBRI SPRING SCHOOL Lecture Dialogues, "Reimagining the University: Confronting Coloniality, Safeguarding Academic Freedom, Nurturing Alternative Paths of Learning," on 3 - 7 March 2025, 10:00 AM, PST (GMT+8) at the ASEAN Hall, UP Asian Center and the Henry Sy Hall Roofdeck, De La Salle University Manila. This event is free and open to the public. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating.

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The UP Asian Center and the Japan Foundation Manila will hold the "Japanese Studies in the Philippines: The 7th Japanese Studies Research Development Competition” on 15 March 2025, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (GMT+8), and 22 March 2025, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (GMT+8), both at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center. The event is free and open to the public.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the UP Department of History, will hold the book launch and lecture "War Memorialization and Nation-Building in Twentieth-Century Southeast Asia" on 10 March 2025, 10:00 AM, PHT (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public. 

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The TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program invites you to the PAKIGHINABI SERIES, "Harmonies of Identity: Exploring Filipino Music and Dance Across Time," an afternoon of research presentations, discussions, and live performances on 24 February 2025, 2:00 to 5:00 PM at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Diliman. This event is free and open to the public. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating.

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The UP Asian Center will hold the panel discussion "Asia and Trump 2.0: Geopolitical Outlooks" on 12 February 2025, 2:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8), online via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public but signing in to a (free) Zoom account is required.