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

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The Japan Foundation and the UP Asian Center are calling for submissions of Japan-related research for the “Japanese Studies in the Philippines: The 2020 Nationwide Research Competition.” The competition is open to Filipino students enrolled in colleges and universities across the Philippines.

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The international academic conference, “Rhetoric of Creative Partnership: Conversations on Cross-cultural Artistic Exchanges,” will be held on 14-15 November 2019 at the UP Asian Center, QC. The event is free and open to the public.

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The Chinese Embassy in Manila is holding the “Hello, China: An International Photo Exhibition Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China” from 4-8 November 2019 at the UP Asian Center, QC. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

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The UP Asian Center will hold the public lecture, “Decolonization and the Changing Political Economy of Urban Land in Java (1930-1965),” on 29 October 2019, 1 – 2:30 pm at the UP Asian Center, Quezon City.  The event is free and open to the public.

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The UP Asian Center invites graduate students (MA and PhD students) to submit abstracts to "Asia 4.0: Changes and Challenges: The 2019 Graduate Students’ Conference @ UP Asian Center," which will be held on 23 November 2019, 8 am to 12 noon, Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman.