“Let’s Put on a Show” in Hong Kong with American Myths – Eleanor Heginbotham – Hong Kong 1998
Four “Senior Scholar” Fulbrighters arrived in Hong Kong, a year after the handover, when many potential students had left for Canada and elsewhere. Our universities (I was at the University of Hong Kong, the high rise above the bay while others were in Baptist and Chinese University) were taking steps to de-emphasize western influences and […]
From “Almost Heaven” West Virginia to “Just From Here is Heaven” Slovakia – Sonya M. Armstrong – Slovakia 2016
In January 2016, I departed “almost heaven,” or West “by God” Virginia to embark on my Fulbright Experience in “just from here is heaven,” Slovakia – and what an experience it was being filled with historical sites that were cultural, educational, and adventurous. My Fulbright was in the College of Science at University de Mataji […]
Myths of Cultural Acceptance of Modern Technologies – Shirin Karsan – UAE 2009-2010
When I started exploring the provocative topic of stigmas in culture and religion related to infertility and IVF in the UAE, many cautioned that I was treading in an unacceptable area. On the contrary, my research (cutting edge at the time), proved the need to understand the Emirati culture and its rich knowledge and respect […]
A Year of Sharing Knowledge and Broadening Cultural Understanding – Dr. Joseph Jones Jr – Ghana 1973
My wife and two daughters shared my Fulbright year with me in Ghana. Upon arrival in Accra, Ghana, we were met at the airport by Bill Lawrence, United States Information Service and a representative from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) located in Kumasi. We were taken to the University’s guest house […]
Was it Just a Nightmare or Something Real? – António Pacheco Pires – Lisbon 1990
I was a Cornell University PhD student in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering from August 1990 until May 1994 when I visited New York City and the Twin Towers and fell in love. From what I remember on the afternoon of 9/11, a colleague of mine (Jaime Ramos) informed me at IST (Lisbon Institute of […]
Beijing Foreign Studies University – Susan M. Rigdon – China 1992
In August of 1992, I took up residence at the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) as a Fulbright Lecturer in American Studies. The remnants of the actions taken against department faculty for supporting the pro-democracy demonstrations of 1989 were still in place. There, troops had been stationed in the building that housed American Studies, while […]
The Golden Year – Evelyn Eller – Italy 1954
When I was 21, I received a Fulbright Grant to Italy. It was an inspiring and important part of my development as an artist and at age 87, I am still working and exhibiting. In 2016, I created an artist book about memories of my Fulbright year which included text from the State Department letters, […]
Roma Health In Hungary – Sue Gena Lurie – Hungary 2009
My Fulbright experience as a lecturer at Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary in fall, 2009, began with visits to Roma health fairs with local Susan B. Komen Foundation staff that were arranged by Komen of Fort Worth, Texas, where I taught at UNT Health Science Center. We rode in a taxi from our flat near Erze’bet Hid […]