Asian Center - Office of the College Secretary

26/10/2026

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACTS!
The UP Asian Center is still accepting abstract submissions for 𝗞𝗔𝗣𝗨𝗟𝗨𝗔𝗡: 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰, an international conference exploring the connections, histories, and contemporary experiences that link these regions.
⏰ Deadline for submissions is TODAY, 26 October 2026, 11:59 PM, PHT
🔗 Submit your abstracts by clicking the link in the comments or scanning the QR Code!

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACTS!

The UP Asian Center is still accepting abstract submissions for 𝗞𝗔𝗣𝗨𝗟𝗨𝗔𝗡: 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰, an international conference exploring the connections, histories, and contemporary experiences that link these regions.

⏰ Deadline for submissions is TODAY, 26 October 2026, 11:59 PM, PHT
🔗 Submit your abstracts by clicking the link in the comments or scanning the QR Code!

26/10/2026

Can music become a form of resistance? Can art bring communities together in the face of growing challenges?
The UP Asian Center invites you to “𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗱𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲,” an onsite cultural jam bringing together music, dialogue, and community-building. The event is free and open to the public!
📅 26 October 2026 | ASEAN and Japan Hall, UP Asian Center
🗣️ 2:00 PM: Discussion and Forum
🎸 6:00 PM: Album Launch and Jam
🔗 Click the link in the comments section or scan the QR code!
Organized with Asian Music for People’s Peace and Progress (AMP3) and the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS), the event features an afternoon discussion and forum, followed by an evening of music, solidarity, and an album launch

Can music become a form of resistance? Can art bring communities together in the face of growing challenges?

The UP Asian Center invites you to “𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗱𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲,” an onsite cultural jam bringing together music, dialogue, and community-building. The event is free and open to the public!

📅 26 October 2026 | ASEAN and Japan Hall, UP Asian Center
🗣️ 2:00 PM: Discussion and Forum
🎸 6:00 PM: Album Launch and Jam
🔗 Click the link in the comments section or scan the QR code!

Organized with Asian Music for People’s Peace and Progress (AMP3) and the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS), the event features an afternoon discussion and forum, followed by an evening of music, solidarity, and an album launch.

23/10/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT

We are pleased to inform everyone that the Asian Center Student Organization (ACSO) is officially recognized and renewed as a student organization in the University for Academic Year 2026–2027.

Congratulations to the ACSO officers and members! We look forward to a successful and productive year ahead.

21/10/2026

📢 Service Advisory

Please be informed that the AC Library will be closed on October 21-22, 2026 (Wednesday-Thursday) as all AC staff will be attending a scheduled institutional activity.

Book returns may be accommodated at the Hall of Wisdom lobby.

Regular library services will resume on Friday, October 23, 2026.

Please be guided and plan your library transactions accordingly.

16/10/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT!

Please be guided that the AC-OCS and the Tri-College PhD Secretariat will be on an official activity on October 20, 2026 (Tuesday).

For all inquiries and concerns during this period, you may email us at:
AC - OCS : [email protected]
Tri-College PhD Secretariat: [email protected]

Regular operations will resume on October 21, 2026 (Wednesday).

Thank you very much for your understanding and cooperation!

09/10/2026

09/10/2026

The UP Asian Center invites you to 𝙣 𝙚 (𝙞) 𝙩 𝙝 𝙚 𝙧 : 𝙥𝙤𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, an onsite book talk featuring Noel Christian Moratilla, Ph.D., Dean and Professor of the Asian Center, UP Diliman, and author of the poetry collection 𝙣 𝙚 (𝙞) 𝙩 𝙝 𝙚 𝙧 : 𝙥𝙤𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨. Snacks will be served!

📅 13 October 2026 | 2:00–4:00 PM PHT
📍 Seminar Room, UP Asian Center
🔗 Register now via bit.ly/acneither

Join us for an afternoon of poetry and conversation as Dr. Moratilla reflects on the passions, journeys, and experiences that shape the collection.

06/10/2026

Attention, Dear Clients!

Please be advised that the AC Library will temporarily close on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM to allow staff participation in an AC Institutional Activity.

Normal operations will resume at 4:00 PM.

Kindly plan your library transactions accordingly.

01/10/2026

n e (i) t h e r : poems on passions & peregrinations gathers mostly unpublished poems which have been composed fitfully over the last many years. The book contains reflexive, agonistic, angry, dissenting, conscienticized, and at times playful ruminations on selected aspects of our multilayered individual and collective existence, in a language that may be contemplative, but may also be trenchant and delirious. The collection, as the title suggests, attempts to fulfill a two-fold task: to give vent to the entanglements between, among other things, successes and tribulations, the real and the ideal, or the universal and the psychical; and to memorialize varying degrees of attachment, however transitory, to places and situations – from the enigmatic but all-too-familiar streets of Krus na Ligas and Tandang Sora to the labyrinthine alleyways of Alfama in Lisbon. Overall, the poetic voice indulges in the exuberant celebration of the self, the relentless interrogation of the commonsensical, the ever incomplete and desperate attempt to capture solitude in a foreign land, and the indictment of tendencies and institutions that have made our planetary presence all but unbearable. n e (i) t h e r is really a raging provocation against a world that has sunk into complaisance and complacency.

©2026

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