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

  • Champions of Change and Innovation: UP Youth Summit on Sustainable Development Goals
  • Encounters: Global and Diplomatic Histories of the Philippines | An Onsite Research Colloquium
  • M-uliʔ: The Asian Center Homecoming 2025

  • Champions of Change and Innovation: UP Youth Summit on Sustainable Development Goals

    The UP Asian Center together with the University of the Philippines (UP) Office of the President, through the UP Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs—Office of Student Development Services (OVPAA-OSDS), and UP CIFAL Philippines will host the two-day capacity-building event, "Champions of Change and Innovation: UP Youth Summit on Sustainable Development Goals." The event is open to all Constituent Units of the University of the Philippines.

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  • Encounters: Global and Diplomatic Histories of the Philippines | An Onsite Research Colloquium

    The UP Asian Center will be holding the onsite research colloquium "Encounters: Global and Diplomatic Histories of the Philippines" on 10 December 2025, 2:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Snacks will be served. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating. 

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  • M-uliʔ: The Asian Center Homecoming 2025

     The UP Asian Center its first-ever Alumni Homecoming, "M-uliʔ: The Asian Center Homecoming" on 29 November 2025, 6:00 PM (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is BY INVITATION ONLY.

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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.