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

  • Free Yoga Class @ AC | Asian Center Wellness Program
  • CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | Subic SQUAD Forum 2026
  • Intersecting Horizons: Flows and Encounters in Philippine Borderlands | An Onsite Academic Conference

  • Free Yoga Class @ AC | Asian Center Wellness Program

    The UP Asian Center, sponsored by the Copylandia Foundation, Inc., will be hosting a Free Yoga Class at the UP Asian Center"  as part of the Asian Center Wellness Program on 10 April 2026, 2:00 PM, 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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  • CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | Subic SQUAD Forum 2026

    The UP Asian Center, in collaboration with the Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS), La Trobe Asia, the Philippines–Australia Forum, FACTS Asia, and We Protect our Seas (WPS) is NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for the Subic SQUAD Forum 2026. The deadline for submission is 31 March 2026. 

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  • Intersecting Horizons: Flows and Encounters in Philippine Borderlands | An Onsite Academic Conference

    The UP Asian Center, with the support of the UP Diliman - Office of Initiatives for Culture and the Arts (OICA), is CALLING FOR PARTICIPANTS for the Onsite Academic Conference, “Intersecting Horizons: Flows and Encounters in Philippine Borderlands” on 26 February 2026, Thursday, 9 AM (Manila Time). The conference is FREE and open to the public. Food and conference materials will be provided but SLOTS ARE LIMITED. 

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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. 

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The UP Asian Center will hold the online roundtable "Asia Under Pressure: Trump’s Economic Policies on Asian Economies" on 24 April 2025, 3:00 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.