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

  • CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | Subic SQUAD Forum 2026
  • Intersecting Horizons: Flows and Encounters in Philippine Borderlands | An Onsite Academic Conference
  • From Negatives to Narratives: The Analog Heritage of the Asian Center  |  A Public Lecture and Exhibit

  • 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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  • From Negatives to Narratives: The Analog Heritage of the Asian Center  |  A Public Lecture and Exhibit

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    The UP Asian Center will be holding the onsite public lecture and exhibit "From Negatives to Narratives: The Analog Heritage of the Asian Center" on 23 February 2026, 1:00 - 3:30 PM, PST (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. The exhibit will be displayed at the Hall of Wisdom lobby from 23 to 28 February 2026. The event is free and open to the public. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating. 

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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 class to be held every Tuesday starting 27 August 2024 to 9 December 2024, via Zoom. Applications for limited slots are open to UP Asian Center students, those who have already taken their Elementary Korean Classes with AC, and selected UP students. The deadline for registration of AC Students and individuals who took Elementary Korean classes with AC is on 22 August 2024, 5:00 PM, PHT.  The deadline for registration for UP Students is on 25 August 2024, 11:59 PM. 

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The UP Asian Center is now accepting abstract submissions for the “Japanese Studies in the Philippines Research Development Competition: Year 7.” Undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in Philippine Universities may submit any topic related to Japanese Studies can be submitted (except topics that focus solely on natural sciences, medical sciences, and engineering).

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Starting Second Semester AY 2023-2024, the UP Asian Center is implementing Phase 2 of the curriculum revisions for its Asian Studies and Philippine Studies programs. Learn about the new and improved courses! Click on the button below.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the Office of Cultural Diplomacy of the Department of Foreign Affairs, is still accepting submissions for the 2024 international conference on Philippine Studies, Dialogo: Philippine Studies Goes Global. The deadline for submissions in English is on 22 July 2024. The NEW deadline for submissions in Filipino is on 9 August 2024.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the Asia Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation, Inc. (APPFI), hosted the roundtable "Philippines between the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait: Two Hotspots, Same Quandaries" last 22 May 2024, at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman.