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

  • Punla at Binhi: Butoh Workshop Series | An Onsite Workshop-Performance
  • Flavors of Friendship: Food Across the ASEAN | A Photo Contest
  • Flavors of Friendship: A Taste of ASEAN Heritage | A Gastronomic Fair

  • Punla at Binhi: Butoh Workshop Series | An Onsite Workshop-Performance

    The UP Asian Center is co-hosting the Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025 on 10 November 2025 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel and 11 November 2025 at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, 9 AM - 5 PM, PHT (Manila Time). Both days of the forum are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Pre-registration is recommended due to limited available slots. Food and refreshments will be provided. 

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  • Flavors of Friendship: Food Across the ASEAN | A Photo Contest

    The UP Asian Center is now accepting photo entries to the photo contest, "Flavors of Friendship: Food Across the ASEAN" co-organized with DFA - Office of Cultural Diplomacy and the Asian Center Student Organization. The deadline for applications is 6 November 2025. The call is open to the public.

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  • Flavors of Friendship: A Taste of ASEAN Heritage | A Gastronomic Fair

    The UP Asian Center will hold the on-site gastronomic fair, "Flavors of Friendship: A Taste of ASEAN Heritage" on 10 November 2025, 8 AM to 12 PM (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online.

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Six (6) UP Asian Center faculty members received the 2024 UP Diliman Centennial Professorial Chairs and Faculty Grants in recognition of their research and mentoring efforts in the previous year. The award was formally conferred during the University Council meeting on 21 October 2024.

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The UP Asian Center will hold the public lecture "The Tibetan Struggle: Search for Freedom and Justice" on 25 October 2024, 9:30 AM, PST (GMT+8), Online via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is required.

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The 2024 Search Committee for the Deanship of the UP Asian Center will be holding a Public Forum and Stakeholder Interviews as part of the search for the next AC Dean. We invite everyone to participate in the forum and interviews scheduled for 15 - 16 October 2024 at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Center. The forum will be conducted onsite and virtually while the stakeholder meetings will be held by appointment only.

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The UP Asian Center in partnership with the Japan Foundation Manila, will hold a Research Writing Workshop on  10 - 12 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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As part of the UP Day of Remembrance 2024 commemoration, the UP Asian Center in partnership with OVCRD journals Humanities Diliman and Social Science Diliman and the UP President's Committee on Culture and the Arts will hold the hybrid public forum "Contesting Memories and Narratives of Philippine History in Social Media" on 14 October 2024, 9 AM, PHT (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room of the UP Asian Center and via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is required.