Fulbright Means Friendship – Allison LeClere – Germany 2013
It is incredible how your life can change in just an instant. For me, it was when I received my acceptance email into my Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Program. I was sitting in a small cafe in Bloomington, Indiana with a friend as I labored over my senior thesis on the Holocaust and dark tourism […]
A Fulbrighter in China: Constructing a Platform for a Cultural Dialogue between Confucianism and American Pragmatism
The Fulbright Mission Statement is rather clear: to promote better relations between the United States and other countries in the world. And probably the most important international relationship in the first decades of the 21st century is that between the remaining superpower with the most developed economy, America, and most populace country with the fastest […]
Deborah Merola – Nepal 2003 & 2011
PLAY IT FORWARD How serendipitous that the 10th Anniversary of One World Theatre in 2021 is happening in the same year as the 75th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program, because it was Fulbright that directly led to the founding and flourishing of our social justice theatre company in Nepal. In 2003, there was no Department […]
The Park in Ramallah
The Muntazah Ramallah or the Park of Ramallah was an oasis of normalcy for Palestinians who live there. Now, sadly it has been turned into a parking structure. Philip Hopper – Fulbright to Palestinian Territories (West Bank) 2012
Digging for Camelot – Mike Morrissey – United Kingdom 1966
Hearing that Professor Leslie Alcock, University of Glasgow, was about to begin his search for the site of Camelot near Glastonbury, Somerset, I determined that it was something that the lads and I might like to experience. We phoned Alcock and asked if we might visit. He indicated that they were just starting the digs, […]
Investigating the Will of the People – Theodore Life Jr – Japan 2003
I was a Fulbright Journalist Scholar in Okinawa, Japan where I researched what I termed the “Will of the Okinawan People” as it related to the US Bases that have been located there since the end of WWII. My Fulbright fellowship time was very rewarding. I was able to interview very prominent Okinawans, writers, professors […]
My Fulbright Time – Kakhaber Djakeli – Connecticut, USA 2006
I dreamed to be Fulbright Scholar from my childhood. In 2005, I started to participate in the Fulbright Exam Process at the US Embassy in Tbilisi. During that time, only five men had the chance to win a Fulbright scholarship and I already had my PhD. I wanted to show my knowledge and gain friends […]
Royalty Encounter – Sophie Amado – Spain 2014
There are too many Fulbright memories to share, but one that stands out during my year teaching English was meeting the King of Spain. In 2014, the Fulbright program won the Prince of Asturias award (currently the Princess of Asturias award) for International Cooperation. A raffle was held for a select 20 Fulbrighters to attend. […]