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

  • ANNYEONG! Free Online Intermediate Korean Language Class @ UP Asian Center
  • Job Opportunity: Graduate Assistant @ UP Asian Center (Second Semester, AY 2025–2026)
  • Guidelines for the Second Semester, AY 25-26, are OUT now!

  • ANNYEONG! Free Online Intermediate Korean Language Class @ UP Asian Center

    The UP Asian Center in partnership with the Asia Center, Seoul National University through the generous support of the Korea Foundation, will offer a free INTERMEDIATE Korean Language classes to be held every Wednesday starting 31 January 2026, Online via Zoom. Applications for limited slots are open to AC Korea Majors, Asian Center students, and UP students. The deadline for registration for AC and UP Students is on 26 January 2026, 11:59 PM, PHT. 

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  • Job Opportunity: Graduate Assistant @ UP Asian Center (Second Semester, AY 2025–2026)

    The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman is looking for graduate assistants for the Office of the Dean, External Affairs, and the Research and Publications Office for the Second Semester, AY 2025–2026. The deadline for applications is 20 January 2026. This is open to all UP Diliman graduate students. AC graduate students are highly encouraged to apply.

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  • Guidelines for the Second Semester, AY 25-26, are OUT now!

    The UP Asian Center is releasing its guidelines for the Second Semester, Academic Year 2025-2026. We are currently implementing Phase 3 of the curriculum revisions for our Asian Studies and Philippine Studies programs. Click on the button below.  

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Dr. Grace Odal-Devora, beloved student of the UP Asian Center and TriCollege Ph.D. Philippines Studies and former president of the AC Alumni Association, passed away on 19 March 2025. He was 68.

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The UP Asian Center will hold the special lecture "Taiwan’s Regional Environment and Cross-Strait Relations" on 2 April 2025, 2 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, 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 Department of Women and Development Studies and the UP Center for Women and Gender Studies, will hold the lecture "Women’s/Gender Studies Across Asia: Tales of Epistemic Struggles, Institutional Transformations, Volatilities and Transformations" on 14 March 2025, 4:30 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at the Audio-Visual Room, CSWCD, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. 

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the Art Studies Class of Asst. Prof. Szusza Velasco of the UP Department of Art Studies,  presents the documentary film showing of Carving the Divine, on 4 April 2025, 1:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at the ASEAN and Japan Hall, Hall of Wisdom, UP Asian Center, UP Diliman, Quezon City. The event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines and the UP Center for International Studies, presents the Special Cultural Performance of Nihon Buyo Senju (日本舞踊 扇寿流) on 14 March 2025, 6:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at the UP School of Statistics Auditorium, UP Diliman, Quezon City. The event is free and open to the public, but PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED due to limited slots. Walk-ins are NOT ALLOWED.