News @ UP Asian Center
- Autocratic Transit States Under Pressure: Nurse Migration Governance in Singapore and the UAE During and After Covid-19 | An Onsite Lecture and Research Presentation
- Your Graduate Student Era: How to Thrive and Survive | An Online Peer-to-Peer Learning Session
- Rethinking the Indian Ocean World: Exchanges, Connections and Comparisons through Time | An Online Roundtable
-
Autocratic Transit States Under Pressure: Nurse Migration Governance in Singapore and the UAE During and After Covid-19 | An Onsite Lecture and Research Presentation
The UP Asian Center will be holding the onsite lecture and research presentation "Autocratic Transit States Under Pressure: Nurse Migration Governance in Singapore and the UAE During and After Covid-19" on 16 February 2026, 3:00 - 5:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), at the Japan Hall, UP Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Snacks will be served. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating.
-
Your Graduate Student Era: How to Thrive and Survive | An Online Peer-to-Peer Learning Session
The Asian Center Student Organization (ACSO) will be holding the online forum "Your Graduate Student Era: How to Thrive and Survive" on 29 January 2025, 6:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), Online via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public.
-
Rethinking the Indian Ocean World: Exchanges, Connections and Comparisons through Time | An Online Roundtable
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.
- Details
The UP Asian Center recently co-hosted the visit of former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025 at the University of the Philippines Diliman on 11 November 2025, the second day of the two-day Dialogue. Co-hosted and organized with the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) of Stanford University and the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future, the first day of the Dialogue was held at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel in Makati.
- Details
The UP Asian Center will hold an Academic Programs Information Session on 19 November 2025, 3:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public but signing in to a (free) Zoom account is required.
- Details
Eight (8) UP Asian Center faculty members were conferred the 2025 UP Diliman Centennial Professorial Chair and Faculty Grants Awards in recognition of their research and mentoring efforts in the previous year. The award was formally given during the University Council meeting in October 2025.
- Details
The UP Asian Center and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Philippines will hold the onsite forum, "Republic of Korea-ASEAN Connectivity Forum: Advancing Regional Cooperation under the Philippines’ 2026 ASEAN Chairmanship" on 20 November 2025, 9 AM to 12 PM (GMT+8), at the Ascott BGC, Taguig City, Metro Manila. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are required to register online and wait for CONFIRMATION OF SLOT.
- Details
The UP Asian Center is co-hosting "Punla at Binhi: Buto Workshop Series" on 19 November 2025 at the ASEAN Hall, UP Asian Center, 1 - 5 PM, PHT (Manila Time). The workshop is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Pre-registration is recommended due to limited available slots.