2023 Selma Jeanne Cohen Dance Lecture Awardee: Tria Blu Wakpa
Tria Blu Wakpa is an Assistant Professor of Dance Studies in the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at the University of California, Los Angeles. She received a Ph.D. and M.A. from the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley; an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from San Diego State University; and a […]
Reflections on the Fulbright Reunion – 45th Annual Conference
The Fulbright Association’s 45th Annual Conference drew more than 300 attendees for a dynamic event celebrating the international community. It was the first opportunity to gather in-person for the annual conference since October 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic shook the world. The conference took place October 6-9 at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda in Bethesda, Maryland. Our […]
2022 Selma Jeanne Cohen Dance Lecture Awardee: Janaki Nair
Dr Janaki Nair is one of the rare female Kathakali artists who is trained to perform male characters. One of the outstanding disciples of Shri Nelliyodu Vasudevan Nampoothiri, Dr Nair has followed a rigid training regime in Kathakali for fifteen years. She was aptly awarded with India government’s talent scholarship for her flair and passion […]
Reflecting on the 44th Annual Conference: a Virtual Celebration of 75 Years
When we concluded our 42nd Annual Conference in 2019, we were unaware that it was the last time our community would gather in person for the next two years. At that time, the idea of a virtual conference seemed unthinkable. However, when the world shut down in March 2020, it soon became not only plausible, […]
2021 Selma Jeanne Cohen Dance Lecture Awardee: Dana Tai Soon Burgess
Dana Tai Soon Burgess Founder, Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company Dana Tai Soon Burgess is an American choreographer and dancer. In May 2016 Burgess was named the Smithsonian’s first-ever choreographer in residence at the National Portrait Gallery. His work has tended to focus on the “hyphenated person” – someone who is of mixed ethnic or […]
Reflections on the Virtual Annual Conference: A new digital Fulbright world
As the pandemic was declared in March 2020, and countries started closing borders, the enormity of the situation hit us hard, and we slowly started cancelling in-person, scheduled events. We realized not only spring and summer events but all in-person events for the year would need to be cancelled. One by one, from Advocacy Day, […]
2020 Selma Jeanne Cohen Dance Lecture Awardee: Janaki Patrik
Janaki Patrik Artistic Director, The Kathak Ensemble & Friends/CARAVAN, Inc. Trained in both modern dance (Merce Cunningham studio scholarship, 1971 to 79) and classical north Indian Kathak dance (Pt. Birju Maharaj, Kathak Kendra and Kalashram, New Delhi, ongoing from 1967), Janaki Patrik has choreographed thirty full-evening productions and numerous smaller works. Her knowledge of Hindi, […]
Fulbright Association 42nd Annual Conference & Advocacy Day
From October 24 to 26, 2019 in Washington D.C., the Fulbright Association held its 42nd Annual Conference & Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill.