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Yohka Tanaka returns from voyage on the Peace Boat

INDS alum has incredible experience

INDS Fall 2013 alum Yohka Tanaka has returned from this round-the-world voyage on the Peace Boat. The Peace Boat is a Japan-based international non-governmental and non-profit organization that...

Posted: August 28, 2014, 11:15 AM

Congratulations to Nicole Fiore!

INDS Student receives scholarship

INDS student Nicole Fiore has awarded The Charlotte Newcombe Foundation Scholarship from The Women's Center. This foundation awards "non-traditional" returning women students for their hard work...

Posted: August 28, 2014, 10:24 AM

Faculty Book Publication Workshop on 10/3/14

Presented by the Dresher Center and the ADVANCE Program

Meet with editors from three academic presses (University of Massachusetts, Columbia University, and Routledge) to learn about their book publication programs and hear their suggestions for...

Posted: August 28, 2014, 9:38 AM

"HIDDEN WORDS" by Hadieh Shafie

Leila Heller Gallery publishes a beautiful monograph

Leila Heller Gallery published a beautiful catalogue of a selection of IMDA MFA Program alumna Hadieh Shafie's works "HIDDEN WORDS" with a forward by Maryam Ekhtiar, Associate Curator, Department...

Posted: August 27, 2014, 12:16 PM

*New* INDS Peer Mentoring Program

Be a mentor or mentee... Sign up today!

Over the years, INDS students have suggested that we have a peer mentoring program. It's not your typical major, and it's nice to hear from someone who's been there: navigated the class schedule,...

Posted: August 26, 2014, 11:49 PM

2015 NEH Summer Stipend Program – UMBC Nominations

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce...

Posted: August 26, 2014, 2:52 PM

New Officers for LLC GSO

Please take note of the new officers for LLC's Graduate Student Organization on campus: President: Uzma Rashid (urashid1@umbc.edu) Vice President: Felix Burgos (fburgos1@umbc.edu) Treasurer:...

Posted: August 26, 2014, 1:36 PM

Spotlight: Irene Chan, Ch’An Press

A terrific interview and pictures - Women's Studio Workshop

UMBC Associate Professor of Visual Arts and Asian Studies Irene Chan first came to Women's Studio Workshop in 1996 as a studio intern, then returned two years later as an Artist’s Book Resident to...

Posted: August 25, 2014, 5:38 PM

INDS - New Location!

The offices of INDS have moved from the 5th floor of Fine Arts to the lower level. Our phone numbers have stayed the same. Thank you for working with us as we transition to our new space! Main...

Posted: August 21, 2014, 2:26 PM

Irene Chan in Women’s Studio Workshop Spotlight

Visual Arts and Asian Studies Professor featured

Irene Chan, Visual Arts and Asian Studies, is featured in an interview published by Women’s Studio Workshop (WSW), an arts center she first visited back in 1996 as a studio intern. She speaks...

Posted: August 21, 2014, 12:47 PM