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
  • AC and TriCollege Program Writing Bootcamp | Asian Center and TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program
  • 60 Years of Malaysia-Philippines Relations: Deepening Cooperation in a Dynamic World | A Forum

  • 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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The UP Asian Center was honored to host a delegation of youth leaders from Timor-Leste last 3 June 2024. Education Attaché Mr. Tomas Mendonça from the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste led the visit which included a series of talks, question-and-answer, and information session.

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The UP Asian Center celebrated Sama Bajau music and dance tradition on 6 June 2024, with "Tampat Pag-addatan Sahaya: Place, Tradition and Light"  a series of lectures and performances that highlights the role of UP Diliman as a space for indigenous and marginalized cultures to be expressed. Held at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium in Diliman, Quezon City, the event marked an exploration of pansak in the field, the University stage, and other spaces, as well as the kinaesthetics, convention, and improvisation of pansak by the Sama Bangingi.

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The UP Asian Center in partnership with the UP Department of Political Science will be holding the webinar, "Vietnam’s Strategy: Power Rivalry, China’s Diplomacy, and Economic Relations" on 1 August 2024, 10:00 AM, PHT (GMT+8), via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public but signing in to a (free) Zoom account is required.

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Hosted by the University of the Philippines Diliman led by the UP Asian Center, the Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies in Asia (SEASIA)  is Calling for Participants for its 5th Biennial International Conference with the theme "De/Centering Southeast Asia." Attendance requires payment of registration fees. 

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The UP Asian Center commemorates the passing of Mr. Roderick G. Orlina, an influential scholar of Southeast Asian epigraphy, and generous donor of significant academic works to the UP Asian Center Library.