You Will Not Get What You Deserve, You Will Get What You Negotiate – Yasmine Abdelkarem Abdellatif – USA 2016
“You will not get what you deserve; you will get what you negotiate.” I have started my sponsored Fulbright journey with this nice piece of advice. In June 2016, I was traveling to do my Masters of Science in Nanotechnology at the University of Central Florida. It was my first time to travel on a […]
It Is More Important That We Eat Together – Robert Millis – India 2012
At the beginning of my Fulbright year, I attended a conference in Delhi of the International Association of Sound Archives (IASA). I was in India to research Indian music and the early global recording industry (78rpm records, cylinder recording, Edison, His Master’s Voice, etc are my area of expertise, interest and inspiration). I hoped to […]
Sea Urchins, Kabuki Theater, and an Ocean of Memories in Japan – Lisanne Winslow – Japan 2009
My 2009 Fulbright experience at the Misaki Marine Biological Station (MMBS), University of Tokyo, was one of the most memorable and transformative experiences of my life. As a marine biologist and cellular immunologist, I worked with renowned marine scientists in a satellite campus situated at the edge of Sagami Bay. The professional experience was stimulating […]
Close Encounters – Dianne Morrison-Beedy – United Kingdom 2016
A close. In Scotland you see these enclosed spaces or alleyways throughout the City of Edinburgh – Mary’s King Close, Advocate Close, World’s End Close, the list goes on and on. To be close, to come together, to unite. One word – two meanings. For me, these definitions became so intertwined as I experienced my […]
Japan, Up Close and Extremely Shareable – Wendy Weiner – Japan 1985
My Fulbright scholarship filled in all the cracks for what I was not able to learn while studying at Columbia University’s East Asian Institute or while in Japan the year before as an honored guest of the Japanese government. During my first trip, I traveled throughout Japan for the purpose of immersing myself in Japan’s […]
Women Hold Up Half the Sky: Bringing All the Women to Light – Cheryl Johnson-Odim – Nigeria 1975
When I went to southwestern Nigeria to investigate the roles of women in the anti-colonial struggle, I was told I would not find much. Au contraire! Many scholarly articles and eventually two books (one commissioned by the American Historical Association as part of a series on women in the world) later, I found research that […]
The Lasting Value of a Korean Fulbright Experience – Thomas J Wegren – South Korea 1984
My approaches to teaching, my perspectives on interpreting piano and music compositions, and my artistic vision were profoundly expanded by my enriching, year-long cultural experience as a Senior Fulbright Scholar in Korea in 1984 and 1985. Let me tell some of the story. I taught at Yeungnam Univeristy in Korea’s third city, Taegu. My year […]
A library in Provence and an Intellectual Adventure – Richard Rubenstein – France 1976
I arrived in Aix-en-Provence, France, in September 1976 with my wife and two children to begin a one-year appointment as a Fulbright visiting professor at the University of Provence. I had arranged to rent a house owned by Michel Vovelle, a famous historian at the university who later became a chaired professor at the University […]