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

  • Korean Studies in the Global South | A Special Lecture
  • Making Waves: AC Korea Majors Participate in Conferences on Korean Studies in Seoul
  • Unwrapping Japanese Culture Through the Tenugui Textile | An Exhibit of Japanese Hand-Dyed Cloth

  • Korean Studies in the Global South | A Special Lecture

    The UP Asian Center in collaboration with the INHA Center for International Studies, UP Korea Research Center, and the UP Center for International Studies will host the special lecture, "Korean Studies in the Global South | A Special Lecture" on 29 August 2025, 3 PM to 5 PM (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online.

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  • Making Waves: AC Korea Majors Participate in Conferences on Korean Studies in Seoul

    Three Korea majors from the Asian Center recently participated in two major conferences on Korea Studies in Seoul, South Korea in May and July 2025.

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  • Unwrapping Japanese Culture Through the Tenugui Textile | An Exhibit of Japanese Hand-Dyed Cloth

    The UP Asian Center is organizing the exhibit and curator's talk, “Unwrapping Japanese Culture Through the Tenugui Textile: An Exhibit of Japanese Hand-Dyed Cloth” on 20 August 2025, 1 PM to 3 PM (GMT+8), ONSITE at the UP Asian Center. The exhibit and a pop-up store will run from 18 to 23 August 2025, 11 AM to 5 PM at the UP Asian Center.  The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines and the UP Center for International Studies, presents the Special Cultural Performance of Nihon Buyo Senju (日本舞踊 扇寿流) on 14 March 2025, 6:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at the UP School of Statistics Auditorium, UP Diliman, Quezon City. The event is free and open to the public, but PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED due to limited slots. Walk-ins are NOT ALLOWED.

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As part of the 2025 UP Diliman Arts and Culture Festival, the UP Asian Center and UP CIFAL Philippines is conducting the 2025 forum and competition, Youth-In-Charge: Environmental Action of the Youth as Champions of Sustainability on 14 March 2025, 12 PM, PST (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Diliman, Quezon City. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Online pre-registration is required due to limited seating.

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The UP Asian Center,  in partnership with the Center for International Studies and the  DLSU-Southeast Asia Research Center and Hub (SEARCH) invites you to the CO2LIBRI SPRING SCHOOL Lecture Dialogues, "Reimagining the University: Confronting Coloniality, Safeguarding Academic Freedom, Nurturing Alternative Paths of Learning," on 3 - 7 March 2025, 10:00 AM, PST (GMT+8) at the ASEAN Hall, UP Asian Center and the Henry Sy Hall Roofdeck, De La Salle University Manila. This 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 and the Japan Foundation Manila will hold the "Japanese Studies in the Philippines: The 7th Japanese Studies Research Development Competition” on 15 March 2025, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (GMT+8), and 22 March 2025, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (GMT+8), both at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center. The event is free and open to the public.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the UP Department of History, will hold the book launch and lecture "War Memorialization and Nation-Building in Twentieth-Century Southeast Asia" on 10 March 2025, 10:00 AM, PHT (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public.