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 Hosts Former SG Ban Ki-moon and the 2025 Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue
  • UP Asian Center and TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program Information Session | A Webinar [for the Second Semester, AY 25-26]
  • Eight UP Asian Center Faculty receives 2025 UP Diliman Centennial Awards

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The students of Philippine Studies (PS) 201 of the UP Asian Center invite you Bihing DiLaut: The Sama d'Laut’s Maritime Tradition, Culture, & Communal Resilience, on 14 May 2019, 5–8 pm, UP Asian Center, Quezon City. The event features a lecture on Sama Badjao, two performances of igal dances, and a photo exhibit.

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The UP Asian Center, and the UP Alpha Sigma Fraternity Alumni Association, will be holding a public lecture by Dr. Armand Salvador B. Mijares, Homo Luzonensis in Asia-Pacific Pre-History, on 2 May 2019, 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 pm, Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman.

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The UP Asian Center will be a holding a public forum, “Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: ASEAN’s Way Forward” on 3 May 2019, 1 – 5 pm at the UP Asian Center, Quezon City.

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The UP Asian Center will be holding a public forum, “Indigenous Peoples’ Struggles for Self-determination and the Environment in the Philippines and Myanmar” on 24 April 2019, 1:30 – 4:00 pm, UP Asian Center, Quezon City. The event is free and open to the public.

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[Cancelled due to earthquake] Join a yoga session, learn about classical Indian dance, and enjoy traditional Indian cuisine at “Maza-Ya: A Celebration of Indian Culture” which will be held on 23 April 2019, 2 pm – 5 pm at the UP Asian Center, Quezon City.