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

The UP Asian Center is hosting an online lecture, "Making Disasters Visible: Tsismis, Social Media and Community Communication in Disaster Response," on 7 July 2026, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8), online via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public, but signing up for a (free) Zoom account is required.

The UP Asian Center and the TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program will be holding their joint Recognition Ceremonies on 5 July 2026, 2:00  PM, Philippine Standard Time (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center Auditorium. The on-site event is exclusive to graduates and their guests.

The UP Asian Center will be hosting an on-site book talk on Incomplete Conquests: The Limits of Spanish Empire in the Seventeenth-Century Philippines on 2 July 2026, 2:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8) at the Seminar Room, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is encouraged due to limited slots. 

The UP Asian Center and the National University (NU) Clark initiated a new academic partnership and discussed possible areas of collaboration on 4 June 2026 at the Asian Center, UP Diliman. 

The UP Asian Center will be holding the online lecture "Decolonization and Imperial Agenda: The Philippine South in the 1920’s" on 26 June 2026, at 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.