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

  • PateroSpunkS: Fashioning Fine Arts | An Exhibit Launch

    The UP Asian Center with the support of the UP Office of the President invites the public to attend the upcoming launch of the exhibit titled “PateroSpunkS: Fashioning Fine Arts” on 8 December 2024, 4:00 PM, at the Japan Hall, UP Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. Register for the event through the link provided.

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  • AC and TriCollege Program Writing Bootcamp | Asian Center and TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program

    The UP TriCollege PhD Philippine Studies Program and the UP Asian Center will hold a Writing Bootcamp on 7 and 14 December 2024, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, PST (GMT+8) at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center. The event is FREE OF CHARGE. Limited slots are available. Registrations are on a first-come, first-serve basis. All registrants are expected to attend the two-day boot camp.  The deadline for registration is on 5 December 2024.

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  • 60 Years of Malaysia-Philippines Relations: Deepening Cooperation in a Dynamic World | A Forum

    The UP Asian Center in partnership with the Embassy of Malaysia in Manila will hold the forum "60 Years of Malaysia-Philippines Relations: Deepening Cooperation in a Dynamic World" on 5 December 2024, 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. Lunch and refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating.

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As part of the UP Day of Remembrance 2024 commemoration, the UP Asian Center in partnership with OVCRD journals Humanities Diliman and Social Science Diliman and the UP President's Committee on Culture and the Arts will hold the hybrid public forum "Contesting Memories and Narratives of Philippine History in Social Media" on 14 October 2024, 9 AM, PHT (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room of the UP Asian Center and via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is required.

The UP Asian Center is now accepting applications for the January/February 2025 intake (Second Semester, Academic Year 2024-2025). The deadline for application is on 30 November 2024.

The UP Asian Center will hold a Faculty Salon Series featuring Lectures from New Asian Center Faculty on 30 September 2024, 10:00 AM, PST (GMT+8) and 9 October 2024, 2:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman (ONSITE). The event is free and open to the public. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating.

The UP Asian Center in partnership with FACTS Asia and the UP Department of Political Science will be hosting the roundtable, “The Philippines Amidst Major Power Rivalry in Southeast Asia” on 01 October 2024, 2:00 PM (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman. The event is by invitation only.

The UP Asian Center further expanded its academic network by collaborating with the Eurasia Center of John von Neumann University, Hungary. Last 9 September 2024, the two institutions conducted the international symposium “The Practice of Area Studies in the Philippines and Hungary” at the Seminar Room of the UP Asian Center.