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

  • UP Asian Center Faculty and Staff receive recognition during the 2022 Linggo ng Parangal
  • UP Asian Center Graduates awarded Order of Lapu-Lapu by the Office of the President
  • UP Asian Center Professor Tina Clemente awarded the 2022 Gawad Tsanselor sa Natatanging Guro

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The Japanese Studies Association in Southeast Asia (JSA) will hold its 7th Biennial International e-Conference—themed Southeast Asia and Japan: Bonds and Connections towards 2030—from 15 –17 December 2021 via Zoom and on Philippine Standard Time (GMT + 8).

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The UP Asian Center will be launching—via Zoom—an online art exhibit, “Mandala: Tessellation of Culture” on 23 November 2021, 2 pm, Philippine Standard Time.

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The UP Asian Center will be holding—via Zoom—an online book launch of “The Politics of International Marriage in Japan,” on 2 December 2021, 1 pm – 3 pm, Philippine Standard Time.

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The UP Asian Center will be hosting a lecture by Professor Jayati Ghosh to launch the webinar series, “Interrogating Globalization in the Asian Context,” on 29 November 2021, 10:30 am, Philippine Standard Time.

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The UP Asian Center will be holding a roundtable via Zoom, “New Directions in Asian Studies Webinar Series: Networks of Knowledge on Asia” on 26 November 2021, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Philippine Standard Time.