The UP Asian Center will host the online roundtable, "Reimagining Asian Studies: Perspectives from Central Asia" on 22 October 2025, 2 PM, PHT (GMT+8), online via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public, but signing in to a (free) Zoom account is required. 

The Asian Center warmly welcomesMs. Hong Tianyue, as a visiting foreign researcher from September 2025 to September 2026. While at the Asian Center, she will conduct library and field research. 

The UP Asian Center will host the public lecture on "Slavery, Bondage, and Metaphysics: The Cornell Southeast Asia Program and Its Critics" on 3 October 2025, 2 PM, PHT, at the Seminar Room, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The lecture is free and open to the public. Online registration is encouraged because of limited slots.