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

  • Growing Up with Ghibli: Transnational Legacies of Hayao Miyazaki | A Panel Discussion
  • Bridging Borders: New Student Exchange Opportunities at the UP Asian Center
  • Job Opportunity: Graduate Assistant @ UP Asian Center (First Semester, AY 2025–2026)

  • Growing Up with Ghibli: Transnational Legacies of Hayao Miyazaki | A Panel Discussion

    The UP Asian Center in collaboration with the Ramon Magsaysay Transformative Leadership Institute is organizing the panel discussion, “Growing Up with Ghibli: Transnational Legacies of Hayao Miyazaki” on 18 August 2025, 1 PM to 4 PM (GMT+8), ONSITE at the UP Asian Center. The event is open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online.

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  • Bridging Borders: New Student Exchange Opportunities at the UP Asian Center

    The UP Asian Center continues to expand its global academic network through active student exchange programs with its three partner institutions established under existing Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs): South China Normal University, University of Tehran, and University of Jordan. These partnerships open rich opportunities for students (particularly for Asian Center students specializing in Northeast and West Asia) to engage in cross-cultural learning, deepen their regional expertise, and gain valuable international experience.

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  • Job Opportunity: Graduate Assistant @ UP Asian Center (First Semester, AY 2025–2026)

    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 First Semester, AY 2024–2025. The deadline for applications is 14 August 2025. This is open to all UP Diliman graduate students. AC graduate students are highly encouraged to apply.

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The TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program is now accepting applications for the August/September 2025 intake (First Semester, Academic Year 2025-2026). The deadline for applications is 11 July 2025.

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The UP Asian Center in partnership with the UP Department of History will hosting the public lecture "The Story of an Escape: Prisoners’ Resistance in San Ramon Penal Colony in 19th Century Mindanao" on 15 May 2025, 2:30 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at Silid Balatik, Pavilion 2, Palma Hall, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is recommended due to limited seating.  

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the Focus on the Global South, will hold the book launch and public discussion of Walden Bello's "Global Battlefields: My Close Encounters with Dictatorship, Capital, Empire and Love" on 26 April 2025, 2:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public. 

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS), will hold the public forum "The Vietnam War and Its Impact on the Philippines and Its Social Movements: Commemorating the 50th Year of Vietnam's Reunification | A Public Forum" on 25 April 2025, 1:00 PM, PHT at the UP CIDS, Lower Ground Floor, Ang Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. 

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The UP Asian Center will hold the workshop "Mind Matters: A Mental Health Talk on Stress and Coping" on 25 April 2025, 3:00 PM, PHT at the Japan Hall, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the all AC students, faculty, and staff only.