Familia – Jeanie Bukowski – Spain 2006
All those years ago now, I stood before this door, clutching your address and my suitcase. I had traveled nearly 5000 miles to arrive here. Alone for the first time in my life. To learn another language, to understand another culture. I was trembling. It was all I could do to ring your doorbell. […]
Just the One – Daniel A Kelin, II – India 2019
I served as guest faculty for the National School of Drama, Theatre-in-Education wing, Tripura. Their first Fulbright-Nehru fellow. During my fellowship, an accomplished actor (Vijay) visited to teach Voice and Speech in between stints on a national TV program. One evening, he presented a one man show, which he’d been performing for 25 years with […]
East Meets West: Reflections on Teaching an American Past in the Former East Germany – Stephen Engle – Germany 1995
“The future is certain,” goes the old Soviet joke, “it is only the past that is unpredictable.” For many former East Germans the unpredictability of the past six years has left them searching for a way to blend their culture with that of the West without abandoning their past, Though there are obvious differences, today’s […]
Tokyo Golden Week Trip – Paul R. Keys – Japan 1991
My most memorable Experience in my GARIOA-Fulbright, Nissan Grant, Senior Research Grant, housed at the Japan Women’s University, was a trip via Bullet Train and boat to a Japanese island (forget the name now) a very traditional Ryokan. The trip was arranged by friends in Japan. It featured robes, traditional meals, and a small Kotatsu […]
Coming Home – Kimberly Reyes – Ireland 2019
Kimberly Reyes – Fulbright to Ireland 2019
A Standing Ovation for Law – Rumu Sarkar – Poland 2016
While attending a seminar at Georgetown University Law Center where I was an adjunct law professor, I happened to sit next to a Chinese law professor studying at Georgetown Law under his Fulbright Scholarship. He was, to my amazement, already familiar with my publication, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW, and promptly invited me to speak at his […]
Gordon at the Kremlin Wall – Philip E Rakita – USSR 1976
I was in Moscow in the spring of 1976 on my Fulbright exchange for 4-month teaching chemistry at Moscow State University. With me were my first wife, Frances, and our two sons, Michael (9) and Gordon (6). It was a cold spring day, and we were headed out on a family sightseeing trip. We were […]
Is Mutual Understanding Through Exchange Still Possible? – Margaret McLeod and Bryce Johnston – Spain 2020
Since early 2020, global travel bans have placed educational exchanges on pause. While American students remained at home, the landscape of international education changed dramatically. Hybrid classrooms now allow students from across the globe to connect through digital technology; however, it also created new channels for misinformation to undermine classroom discussion around sensitive topics. As […]