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

  • Japanese Studies in the Philippines Year 8: Research Writing Workshop
  • CALL FOR STUDENT PRESENTERS | Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025
  • Rethinking Rarity: Intellectual Resonance and the MCM Book Collection | A Special Discussion

  • Japanese Studies in the Philippines Year 8: Research Writing Workshop

    The UP Asian Center and the Japan Foundation Manila will hold a Research Writing Workshop on  17 - 18 October 2024, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (GMT+8), ONSITE at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public.

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  • CALL FOR STUDENT PRESENTERS | Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025

    The UP Asian Center is now accepting applications (abstracts) for student presenters to the Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025 co-organized with UP CIFAL Philippines, the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center of Stanford University (APARC), and the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future (BKMF). The deadline for applications is 13 October 2025, 12 PM (Manila Time). The call is open only to senior-level undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in any university in the Philippines.

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  • Rethinking Rarity: Intellectual Resonance and the MCM Book Collection | A Special Discussion

    The UP Asian Center will host a special discussion, "Rethinking Rarity: Intellectual Resonance and the MCM Book Collection," on 9 October 2025, 2 PM to 4 PM (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, Second Floor of the Hall of Wisdom, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online.

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The UP Asian Center is implementing Phase 3 of the curriculum revisions for its Asian Studies and Philippine Studies programs. Learn about the new and improved courses! Click on the button below.  

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The UP Asian Center won third place in the University of the Philippines Diliman 2024 Lantern Parade with the theme, “Nilay at Sikhay,” held last 18 December 2024.

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The UP Asian Center was honored to receive book donations from the Embassy of Brunei Darussalam in Manila in a ceremony held last 06 December 2024 at the UP Asian Center in time for the 40th anniversary celebration of the diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Brunei.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the Embassy of Malaysia in Manila, celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Philippines and Malaysia’s diplomatic relations through the forum “60 Years of Malaysia-Philippines Relations: Deepening Cooperation in a Dynamic World” last 5 December 2024 at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium.

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The UP Asian Center and the DFA Office of Cultural Diplomacy successfully hosted Dialogo: Philippine Studies Goes Global, 2024 International Conference on Philippine Studies. The conference was held from 27 to 29 November 2024 at the Ramon Magsaysay Center, Diamond Hotel, and the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium. About 20 Philippine Studies programs and 250 participants spanning 15 countries from around the world attended the conference.