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

  • Making Disasters Visible: Tsismis, Social Media and Community Communication in Disaster Response | An Online Lecture
  • Araw ng Pagkilala 2026 | Mana: Dunong at Diwang Mapagpalaya
  • Incomplete Conquests: The Limits of Spanish Empire in the Seventeenth-Century Philippines | An Onsite Book Talk

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The UP Asian Center and Japan Foundation Manila will be hosting "Revisiting the Past, Weaving the Future Together: A Multi-Stakeholder Symposium on the 70th Anniversary of Philippines-Japan Friendship" on 19 June 2026, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8) at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is encouraged due to limited slots. 

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The UP Asian Center will be holding an online lecture on "East-Asian Silk Road Hellenism in Antiquity: A Prospect of Cultural Understanding" on 1 June 2026, at 2:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8) or 8:00 AM, CET, via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public, but signing in to a (free) Zoom account is required.

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The UP Asian Center and the Historical Treaties of Southeast Asia Project based in Linnaeus University, Sweden, will be holding the online roundtable "Revisiting Philippine Diplomatic Histories: Treaties and Treaty-Making in the Early Modern Period" on 21 May 2026, at 2:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8) or 8:00 AM, CET, via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public, but signing in to a (free) Zoom account is required.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with UP CIFAL Philippines and CIFAL York, is organizing the On-site Project Exhibition, "Co-Creating the Climate-induced Displacement Citizen Science Lab (CCID-CS Lab) in the Philippines," on 12 May 2026, 9 AM to 3:30 PM, PHT at the ASEAN-Japan Hall, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is encouraged due to limited slots. 

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with Stop the War Coalition, International Peace Bureau, and the UP CIDS-Alternative Development Program, will be hosting "Military Spending or Funding Our Future? A Multisectoral Forum on Peace and Human Security," on 15 May 2026, 2 - 5 PM, PHT, at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online due to limited slots.