News @ UP Asian Center
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Viva Palestina! | A Solidarity Event for Palestine
The UP Asian Center in partnership with the Philippines-Palestine Friendship Association (PPFA), will be holding "Viva Palestina! A Solidarity Event for Palestine" on 22 March 2026. The discussion and side events will be held from 1 - 5 PM, while the solidarity concert will be from 5 - 8 PM, PST (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium. Tickets are priced at 150 Pesos, but donations more than the amount is welcome. Proceeds from the event will go toward supporting solidarity campaigns and initiatives for the Palestinian cause.
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Entangled Interests: Past, Present, and Future of the Iran Crisis | A Webinar
The UP Asian Center will be holding the webinar "Entangled Interests: Past, Present, and Future of the Iran Crisis" on 11 March 2026, 2:00 - 4:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), online 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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Champions of Change and Innovation: UP Youth Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals
The UP Asian Center, the University of the Philippines (UP) Office of the President, through the UP Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs—Office of Student Development Services (OVPAA-OSDS), and UP CIFAL Philippines will host the two-day capacity-building event, "Champions of Change and Innovation: UP Youth Summit on Sustainable Development Goals."
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The UP Asian Center in collaboration with the International Consortium for Indian Ocean Studies will be holding the online roundtable "Rethinking the Indian Ocean World: Exchanges, Connections and Comparisons through Time" on 28 January 2025, 3:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), Online via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public.
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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 classes to be held every Wednesday starting 31 January 2026, Online via Zoom. Applications for limited slots are open to AC Korea Majors, Asian Center students, and UP students. The deadline for registration for AC and UP Students is on 26 January 2026, 11:59 PM, PHT.
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The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman is looking for graduate assistants for the Office of the Dean, External Affairs, and the Research and Publications Office for the Second Semester, AY 2025–2026. The deadline for applications is 20 January 2026. This is open to all UP Diliman graduate students. AC graduate students are highly encouraged to apply.
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The UP Asian Center is releasing its guidelines for the Second Semester, Academic Year 2025-2026. We are currently implementing Phase 3 of the curriculum revisions for our Asian Studies and Philippine Studies programs. Click on the button below.
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Almost all UP Asian Center faculty members were awarded the ONE UP Professorial Chair Grant for the 2025-2027 cycle in recognition of their research, teaching, public service and creative work. Out of the 17, eleven (11) members of the faculty were given the award.