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

  • Flavors of Friendship: Food Across the ASEAN | A Photo Contest
  • Flavors of Friendship: A Taste of ASEAN Heritage | A Gastronomic Fair
  • Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025 | An Onsite Forum

  • Flavors of Friendship: Food Across the ASEAN | A Photo Contest

    The UP Asian Center is now accepting photo entries to the photo contest, "Flavors of Friendship: Food Across the ASEAN" co-organized with DFA - Office of Cultural Diplomacy and the Asian Center Student Organization. The deadline for applications is 6 November 2025. The call is open to the public.

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  • Flavors of Friendship: A Taste of ASEAN Heritage | A Gastronomic Fair

    The UP Asian Center will hold the on-site gastronomic fair, "Flavors of Friendship: A Taste of ASEAN Heritage" on 10 November 2025, 8 AM to 12 PM (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online.

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  • Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025 | An Onsite Forum

    The UP Asian Center is co-hosting the Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025 on 10 November 2025 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel and 11 November 2025 at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, 9 AM - 5 PM, PHT (Manila Time). Both days of the forum are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Pre-registration is recommended due to limited available slots. Food and refreshments will be provided. 

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The UP Asian Center conducted an Alumni Kumustahan session online last 3 December 2022, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, via Zoom. Representatives from recent and past graduates met and had a lively “kumustahan” or catching up, explored new opportunities, and discussed the reconvening of the Asian Center Alumni Association.

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Following the lifting of travel restrictions, the Asian Center sent five Japan Studies majors to participate on a one-week study tour in the Kansai region, Japan sponsored by the Konnosuke Matsushita Foundation from 11 to 18 December 2022.

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Prof. Eduardo C. Tadem, Ph.D., UP Asian Center Professorial Lecturer, along with 20 others from different units in UP Diliman, has been conferred Professor Emeritus during the 1376th Meeting of the UP Board of Regents.

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The UP Asian Center in partnership with the UP Chinese Student Association (UPSCA) will be hosting a webinar via Zoom, “Building Bridges: Unraveling the Cultural History of the Chinese in the Philippines” on 12 December 2022, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, Philippine Standard Time. The webinar is free and open to the public. Registration and signing in to a (free) Zoom account is required.

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The UP Asian Center will hold The Asia Concert with the theme, "Samar": Tinig, Galaw, Salita on 27 November 2022, Sunday, 6:00 pm (GMT+8) at the GT-Toyota Auditorium, Asian Center, Diliman. The event is open to the public. Tickets are priced at PhP 200 each, available for pre-order. Seating is first-come, first-served.