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    <div class="html-content"><div>The Global Asias Initiative at UMBC is now offering the second round of its student research fellowship in Global Asias in the amount of $500 where students will work with faculty and community partners on an independent study in the field for a period of one semester. We’re currently accepting applications for projects taking place in Spring 2025. <strong>Applications are due December 16, 2024.</strong></div><div><br></div><div>The fellowship supports a research project supervised by a UMBC faculty member working in the field of Global Asias. The project should explore a topic in the field of Global Asias: broadly construed to include Asian American studies, Asian studies, or Asian diaspora studies in global context. The exact parameters (length, format, etc) will be set by your faculty advisor. Depending on your major and your academic and professional plans, your project may consist of a scholarly research project or a creative product with a significant research component. At the end of the year, students will submit the final project to their faculty advisor and may be asked to do a brief presentation on their topic to fellow students and faculty in Global Asias. </div><div><br></div><div>We highly encourage proposals for projects that use methods, ideas, and approaches from more than one discipline.
    
    The proposed project should be humanities research. Broadly speaking, the “humanities” means the study of human society and culture. Humanities majors or minors typically include but are not limited to: Africana Studies; American Studies; Anthropology; Art and Art History; Asian and Asian American Studies; English; History; Human Rights; Journalism; Latinx Studies; Media and Communication Studies, Philosophy; Sociology; Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies. </div><div><br></div><div><em> *Funding will be distributed to the student as a stipend in two $250 amounts - once in January and once in May upon completion of the project </em></div><div><br></div><div><strong>Scan the QR code or visit <a href="https://asianstudies.umbc.edu/student-research-fellowship-in-global-asias">https://asianstudies.umbc.edu/student-research-fellowship-in-global-asias</a> for more information on eligibility and the application process! </strong></div><div><br></div><div>Contact Tamara Bhalla (<a href="mailto:tbhalla@umbc.edu">tbhalla@umbc.edu</a>) and Priya Bhayana (<a href="mailto:priyab@umbc.edu">priyab@umbc.edu</a>) with any questions.</div><div><br></div></div>
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<Title>Sound of Unity: Korean Traditional Music and Dance Performance</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><h5>SOUND OF UNITY: </h5><h5>Korean Traditional Music &amp; Dance Performances</h5><p>By National High School of Traditional Korean Arts<br><strong>6 – 7:30 pm, November 1 (Fri.), 2024</strong><br>Linehan Concert Hall in the Performing Arts &amp; Humanities Building<br> <br>Please Reserve Free Tickets here: <a href="https://umbctickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=3390" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>https://umbctickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=3390</strong></a></p><p>“Sound of Unity” is a Korean traditional music &amp; dance performance presented by the National High School of Traditional Korean Arts, renowned for their world-class performances, including those at the opening and closing ceremony of 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. </p><p>This event is sponsored by the Korean program in the Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication, in collaboration with the local Korean organization <em>HanPan</em>.</p><p>Additional information is available on the attached event flier.</p></div>
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<Summary>SOUND OF UNITY:   Korean Traditional Music &amp; Dance Performances  By National High School of Traditional Korean Arts 6 – 7:30 pm, November 1 (Fri.), 2024 Linehan Concert Hall in the Performing...</Summary>
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    <div class="html-content"><span><p><span>As we close out the 2023-2024 academic year, we’re so excited to share with you all of the progress we’ve made in the first year of the Global Asias Initiative. Thank you to the </span><a href="https://www.mellon.org/grant-details/global-asias-initiative:-reframing-asian-american-studies-and-asian-studies-at-umbc-20455231" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Mellon Foundation</span></a><span> for making this work possible. Here’s what we have been up to and what you can look forward to next year, including opportunities to directly impact the work.</span></p><br><p><span><strong>Welcoming Priya &amp; Mika to Global Asias!</strong></span></p><br><p><span>Priya Bhayana joined us in March as the initiative’s Project Management Specialist, and got kicked off right away putting the finishing touches on our opening workshop in April. She brings 10+ years of non-profit and higher education program development and management work in Baltimore to our team. </span></p><p><span>Mika Thornburg</span><span> will be joining us this fall as our Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Asias. She is currently finishing her doctoral degree in history from the University of California - Santa Barbara. Mika will be pursuing research, teaching public humanities courses, helping to develop the Global Asias conversation series and programming, curriculum development, and generally visioning the future of the initiative. Thank you to Meredith Power, Asian Studies Program Management Specialist, for your support with the postdoctoral hiring process!</span></p><br><p><span><strong>Spring Opening Workshop</strong></span></p><br><p><span>We officially launched the Global Asias Initiative on April 5, 2024 with our Spring Opening Workshop! We introduced students, faculty, and staff to the initiative and collaboratively visioned the possibilities of the program. </span></p><p><span>Thank you to our speakers and facilitators Dean Kimberly Moffitt, Meredith Oyen, Theodore Gonzalves, Fan Yang, Noor Zaidi, Emily Yoon, Tamara Bhalla, Tahira Mahdi and Robbin Lee for your contributions! And a special shoutout to Morgan Dowty, American Studies Project Management Specialist, for all of your work putting the event together. </span></p><br><p><span><span><img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/A_jyr9RomvZd0Vd6mbOTDw1q7Fqg8ZTn9Gr5uKV6Nm-dKjczoqBa1C5ETBUXHL5u5R0R2WoI-0DwkfdyqgyTnUVxv_4XHskOkdI92-ybjDWL6S9WblcFKKq7u-KiIuxhHYvvxtNuPGIAaBXti9vh20o" width="305" height="205" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></span></span><span><span><img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/ksg3T1fo1rfxjP-xOjH3cF4br1Q5cxV_YwztYzC_qmgjo9dsDTJlr1KkFShihBJnHlj2pNlElWVqbYp5c4MG4t5BVg_JnBdmXyynAWcnIKRx7tVUAH_3J-5iAv_7rFuDZAEiF2LrJ-wvmpGeG4UVRMg" width="306" height="204" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></span></span></p><p><span> (Abnet Shiferaw)</span></p><br><p><span><strong>Thank you to our Advisory Board &amp; Evaluator!</strong></span></p><br><p><span><span><img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/8knMn4FdfIQMk2L2ThDpv9NBCqNr2o3P-9w0tcy1tB59T9TTWfWep2tjkCD98xAuy02QdABS3bkL7oZERNkHIPa8ESSAGuhgF-wqIqMYBIsDZW_ZxPkuUYRMP4R5wAzDrHNqAlN_kKWt18TXBf7PKp4" width="406" height="270" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></span></span></p><p><span>Our inaugural Global Asias Advisory Board has driven the vision thus far as we work towards fostering connections across disciplines, organizations, and communities and better serving Asian American students and faculty. Featured: </span><span>Global Asias Advisory Board, AY2023-2024. (l-r) Tamara Bhalla, Noor Zaidi, Meredith Oyen, Fan Yang, Theo Gonzalvez, Robbin Lee, Emily Yoon, and Priya Bhayana, project manager for the Global Asias Initiative. (Abnet Shiferaw)</span></p><p><a href="https://tahiramahdi.com/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Tahira Mahdi</span></a><span> is serving as our evaluator for this project, gathering collaborative insights from faculty, staff, and students about the future of Global Asias.</span></p><br><p><span><strong>Launched Course Expansion Grants and Student Fellowships</strong></span></p><p><span>We launched </span><a href="https://asianstudies.umbc.edu/home/mellon-global-asias-initiative/course-expansion-grants/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Course Expansion Grants</span></a><span> for faculty looking to incorporate a public humanities or community-engaged component into existing courses serving Asian Studies program, Asian American studies minor that fit within the field of Global Asias. We’ll be offering one grant per semester during academic years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026. We also began offering the </span><a href="https://asianstudies.umbc.edu/student-research-fellowship-in-global-asias/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Student Research Fellowship in Global Asias</span></a><span> to support a student project supervised by a UMBC faculty member working in the field of Global Asias. </span></p><br><p><span><strong>What’s next?</strong></span></p><p><span>Save the Date! </span></p><p><span>October 9-12, 2024: We’ll be welcoming </span><a href="https://asian.la.psu.edu/people/tcg3/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Dr. Tina Chen</span></a><span>, Associate Professor of English and Asian American Studies at PennState and Editor, </span><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/vergstudglobasia.1.1.00vi" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Verge: Studies in Global Asias</span></a><span> to campus as our first visiting speaker for the Global Asias Conversation Series! Please stay connected for information on public programming associated with her visit. </span></p><br><p><span><strong>Follow us!</strong></span></p><p><span>We have so much coming up to share with you and that we need your input on. Please join our </span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/globalasias" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>myUMBC page</span></a><span> and follow Asian Studies on </span><a href="https://instagram.com/umbcasianstudies" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Instagram</span></a><span>, </span><a href="https://twitter.com/umbcASIA" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>X/Twitter</span></a><span>, and </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/umbcASIA/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Facebook</span></a><span> for upcoming programming, related research from faculty, and ways to engage.</span></p></span></div>
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<Summary>As we close out the 2023-2024 academic year, we’re so excited to share with you all of the progress we’ve made in the first year of the Global Asias Initiative. Thank you to the Mellon Foundation...</Summary>
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<Title>Global Asias Undergrad Fellowships &amp; Course Expansion Grants</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><h6><span>The Global Asias Initiative is offering Undergraduate Research Fellowships for students and Course Expansion Grants for faculty! </span></h6><h6><span><br></span><span>Applications for this coming Fall 2024 are due May 3, 2024. Application &amp; more information can be found at </span><span><a href="https://bit.ly/UMBCglobalasias?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR021kj7F6bcLUmmAPZNBs0SX-Iic-7iewxPd9DO43mN0agtRMNgtnVmlF0_aem_ATLp5fpw3wxgC2G0blnYB14PZub9XvicJig5Nj6nbzdokAtlviBhmoPQlESEZUWwNXodBdP42Khgsiw3mho22QWF" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">bit.ly/UMBCglobalasias</a></span></h6><h6><span><a href="https://bit.ly/UMBCglobalasias?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR021kj7F6bcLUmmAPZNBs0SX-Iic-7iewxPd9DO43mN0agtRMNgtnVmlF0_aem_ATLp5fpw3wxgC2G0blnYB14PZub9XvicJig5Nj6nbzdokAtlviBhmoPQlESEZUWwNXodBdP42Khgsiw3mho22QWF" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><br></a></span>Course Expansion Grants</h6><h6><br><span>The Global Asias Initiative at UMBC is offering </span><span>Course Expansion Grants </span><span>once per semester up to $2000 to fund curricular innovations especially around the incorporation of a public humanities or community-engaged component into existing courses that serve the Asian Studies program, the Asian American studies minor and fit within the field of Global Asias. The course expansion grants are intended to support the development of Global Asias courses that centralize diasporic, transnational, and ethnic studies approaches.</span></h6><h6><span><br></span>Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Global Asias</h6><h6><br><span>The Global Asias Initiative at UMBC is offering an undergraduate research fellowship in Global Asias in the amount of $500 where students will work with faculty and community partners on an independent study in the field for a period of one semester. The fellowship supports a research project supervised by a UMBC faculty member working in the field of Global Asias. The project should explore a topic in the field of Global Asias: broadly construed to include Asian American studies, Asian studies, or Asian diaspora studies in global context. </span></h6><h6><span><br></span></h6><h6><span><em>UMBC Global Asias is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation</em></span><br></h6><div></div></div></div>
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<Summary>The Global Asias Initiative is offering Undergraduate Research Fellowships for students and Course Expansion Grants for faculty!    Applications for this coming Fall 2024 are due May 3, 2024....</Summary>
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<Title>Global Asias Initiative Launched with Opening Workshop!</Title>
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<Title>Dr. Preminda Jacob article on Bollywood &amp; India's Election</Title>
<Tagline>Read the article in The Conversation!</Tagline>
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