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

Select a news topic from the list below, then select a news article to read.

Following the success of the first Hiroshima International Conference on Peace and Sustainability (HICPS 2022), the Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS) at Hiroshima University and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) will jointly host the NERPS Conference 2023 February 28 to March 3, 2023 at the AIT campus in Thailand.

COURSES HANDLED

  • AS 201 Asia in Antiquity
  • AS 237.1 Social and Economic Development in Korea
  • AS 237.2 Politics and Governance in Korea
  • AS 237.3 Culture and Society in Korea

Subcategories

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.

    Read more

  • 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.

    Read more

  • 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.

    SDG_Wheel_PRINT_Transparent.png     SDG_Wheel_PRINT_Transparent.png  

    Read more

Gallery