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

  • Ugnayan: 71 Years of Bridging the Philippines and Asia | Flag Ceremony and Special Lecture
  • Source Materials on Asian Ritual and Performance: Past Trajectories and Future Trends | A Onsite Lecture
  • Kapuluan: Archipelagic Convergences between Southeast Asia and the Pacific | An Onsite International Conference

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Nineteen presentations from the conference, Sabang: Early Southeast Asian-European Intercultural Encounters, are now available in the UP Asian Center’s YouTube Channel. 

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Most of this year's acquisitions encompass history; tourism; the family, marriage, women and sexuality; international relations; language and literature; and armies: organization, distribution, military situation.

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Professor Rolando G. Talampas has been appointed  Officer-in-Charge of the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman starting May 1 following the term of Professor Joefe B. Santarita, who served as Dean from 2015 to 30 April 2021, and pending the appointment of a new dean.

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The theme of the issue is "Southeast Asia: Comparisons and Cross-Border Linkages."

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The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman will be holding an International Conference via Zoom  "Scripts in Asia: c. 1500–2000," from April 27 to 28, 2021.