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

You can now watch the recording of Araw ng Pagkilala 2021—The Recognition Day for graduates of the UP Asian Center—which was first shown at 7 pm, 25 July 2021. The list of graduates below cover Mid-Year 2020 and Academic Year 2020–2021.
ERRATUM: Monica Villa-Abrille is listed in the video as a Japan major. She actually specialized in Japan.

NATIONAL ANTHEM

UP Symphony Orchestra

OPENING REMARKS

Prof. Rolando G. Talampas
Officer-in-Charge and College Secretary, Asian Center, UP Diliman

INTRODUCTION OF THE GUEST OF HONOR

Ariel C. Lopez, PhD
Assistant Professor, Asian Center, UP Diliman

GUEST OF HONOR

Vedi Hadiz, PhD
Director Head, School of Asia Institute
Assistant Deputy Vice Chancellor International (Indonesia)
University of Melbourne, Australia

VIDEO MESSAGES of the GRADUATES

Master of Arts in Philippine Studies

Arcilla, John Paul (Society and Culture)
“Walls within Walls: The Architecture of Intramuros by the End of the Spanish Colonial Regime"
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Mejorada, Alvin (Society and Culture)
“Moro Heroes in Philippine History Textbooks:
The Marginalization of the Historical Narratives of Muslim Filipino Heroes in Social Studies Education”
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Ubaldo, Abel (Society and Culture)
"Censorship, Obscenity and Power: Regulation of Erotic Films from the Marcos to Estrada Administration, 1972-2001"
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Master in Asian Studies

Abo, Ma. Christina
(Southeast Asia)
Estrada, Darlene
(Northeast Asia, China)
Gorumba, Wilrose
(Northeast Asia, Japan)
Malijan, Rachelle
(Northeast Asia, Japan)
Isabida, Gay Paroisa
(Northeast Asia, Japan)
Villa-Abrille, Monica
(Southeast Asia)
Sumalinog, Aazin
(Northeast Asia, China)
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Master in Philippine Studies

Alvarez, Reicele
(Foreign Relations)
Culla, Clarisse Ann
(Society and Culture)

PANUNUMPA NG MGA ALUMNI

Grace Odal-Devora, PhD
Professor, University of the Philippines Manila

AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATION

"Bridging Asia and the Philippines, Bringing Asia to Filipinos" introduces the programs and activities of the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman

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