My Greek Odyssey – George B. Salimbene – Greece 1965
It starts out with my Fulbright voyage to Greece where I am scheduled to teach ESL at the University of Athens, and then the adventurous years that follow. Including years later a meeting with Senator Fulbright in Athens. George B. Salimbene – Fulbright to Greece 1965
Argentina Friends – Brenda Hargrove – Argentina 2006
I was so pleased to have an exchange with an Argentinian educator so similar to me! She had certainly never been outside of her country to North Carolina! I shared as much as I could about the culture, school system, family, etc. with her while she lived with me for three weeks in October, 2006; […]
Strong Heart Of Glass – Michael Janis – United Kingdom 2012
The University of Sunderland is home to the National Glass Centre in the UK, as well as the Institute for International Research in Glass (IIRG). As a glass artist, this was exactly where I wanted to do my Fulbright Fellowship. Artist and studio mate Tim Tate was also a recipient of a Fulbright Specialist award, […]
Developing a Passion for International Education – Matt Schiesel – Poland 2015
A few weeks into my role as an American English teacher at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, I found myself curious about the structure and methodology behind Polish higher education. The use of retake classes and exams, the focus on thematic lessons and academic integrity – not all of this was new to me, […]
Sleuthing in Russian Emigré Paris – Aliss Valerie Terrell – France 1971
In 1971, I got a Fulbright to enroll at the Sorbonne and research Alexei Remizov, modernist author who emigrated from Revolutionary Petrograd to Paris and died there in 1957. My application promised a photographic essay on “Remizov’s Paris.” So, I lugged my Pentax reflex to all the places he mentioned in his writing. I needed […]
Holodomor: the little known famine-genocide – Oleh Wolowyna – Ukraine 2008 and 2014
Discovering new facts about the 1932-34 Famine in Soviet Ukraine Sometimes a decision at a specific point in time triggers a significant change in one’s life course. I started my first Fulbright grant in September 2008 at the Institute of Demography and Social Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. I soon […]
Science and Soccer – Ricardo Almeida Araujo Da Silva – Brazil 1971
Ricardo Almeida Araujo Da Silva – Fulbright to Brazil 1971
You’re Sort of a Missionary, Right? – Bill Issel – UK 1978, Hungary 2008, Romania 2018
I’ll call him “Mr. Smith.” I meet him one afternoon on the Charles Bridge in Prague. I’m there to lecture on race, class, and politics in American history. It’s 1978 and I’m doing my first Fulbright at the American Studies Centre in London. I help get the Centre started, working with my English colleague Chris […]