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

  • Global Battlefields: My Close Encounters with Dictatorship, Capital, Empire and Love | A Book Launch
  • The Vietnam War and Its Impact on the Philippines and Its Social Movements: Commemorating the 50th Year of Vietnam's Reunification | A Public Forum
  • Mind Matters: A Mental Health Talk on Stress and Coping | A Workshop

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Send your abstracts for an international conference, “Sabang: Early Southeast Asian-European Intercultural Encounters,” which will be held on 18–20 March 2021 via Zoom.

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The latest issue (open access) of Asian Studies Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia  is now available.

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In case you missed them, you may now watch—via YouTube— all webinars organized by the UP Asian Center since July 2020.

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The UP Asian and the Japan Foundation Manila are now accepting submissions for the "3rd Nationwide Japanese Studies  Research Competition." The deadline for submission is extended until 30 January 2021, 5 pm.

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The UP Asian Center will be holding “Toyota in the Philippines: 30 Years and Beyond in Nation-building | Lecture and Book Launch” on 17 December 2020, 2–4 pm (Philippine time) via Zoom.