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
The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman will be holding—via Zoom—the international conference, “Sabang: Early Southeast Asian-European Intercultural Encounters” from 18– 20 March 2021.
The articles in this EDSA issue reflect on the events of 1986 and their legacy just a few years later, and offers contemporaneous views of how EDSA 1986 was perceived, and makes for interesting reflections on how such analyses, hopes, fears, and dreams have fared more than three decades years later.
The UP Asian Center supports efforts to foster dialogue between the government and the University, as evidenced by the meeting between UP President Danilo Concepcion and DND Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and by the mutual commitment of DILG and UP to review the DILG-UP accord.
The UP Asian and the Japan Foundation Manila are now accepting submissions for the "3rd Nationwide Japanese Studies Research Competition." The deadline for submission is extended until 30 January 2021, 5 pm.
The UP Asian Center will be holding “Toyota in the Philippines: 30 Years and Beyond in Nation-building | Lecture and Book Launch” on 17 December 2020, 2–4 pm (Philippine time) via Zoom.
The replay of the lecture, “Finding Intimacy in Asian History: Notes on Pain and Pleasure,” and the virtual launch of the "Dr. Peter Boomgaard Southeast Asia Collection," held on 25 November 2020, is now available on YouTube.
The replay of the webinar, “Pagkalalaki at Maka-Diyos: A Dialogical Look at Masculinity and Religiosity among Filipino Males” conducted on 18 November 2020, is now available on YouTube.
