“Knowledge Flows in Both Directions”
Celebrating 75 Years of Fulbright Stories In celebration of the Fulbright program’s 75th Anniversary, we are looking back at experiences of Fulbrighters, which span decades and generations. This fall, FA’s Assistant Director for Philanthropy Claire Jagla interviewed two Fulbright alumni with intertwining fields of study, the anti-colonial movement and the anti-apartheid movement, and a 40-year difference […]
Rembrandt, Fondue, and bicycling to a beach picnic in Holland – Susan Ross Evans – Belgium & Netherlands 1976
It was the sesquicentennial summer of 1976 when I began my Fulbright adventure in Brussels. My scholarship involved immersion in the art history of Belgium and the Netherlands. In Belgium there were wonderful lectures by noted art historians and trips from Brussels to historic towns like Ghent to see the Van Eyck altar piece, Brugge […]
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 […]
My Father and Senator Fulbright – Thomas Lundmark – Germany 1976, 1991, 1992, and 1993
My father was the one who introduced me to the Fulbright program. Upon being discharged from the US Navy at the close of World War II, he was employed by the federal administration that sold war surplus materiel. At Senator Fulbright’s urging, the funds raised by these sales were put to use for educational foreign […]
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 […]
Andean Treks – Robert Lima – Peru 1976
While I was at the airport in Lima, Peru, a custom official looked at my passport in disbelief as he saw my surname. Sometime later during my stay, The Lima Times ran the headline “Lima comes to Lima,” assuring my celebrity status thereafter, as I received numerous invitations to private dinners and social gatherings – […]
Celebration – Nancy Duvall Hargrove – France (1963 & 1976) Belgium (1984) Sweden (1992) Austria (2005)
Since I’ve had five Fulbright grants (a student fellowship to France, a Junior Lectureship to France, Senior Lectureships to Belgium and Sweden, and a Distinguished Chair Award to Austria), I’ve had numerous memorable experiences that exemplify the “Fulbright Spirit.” However, one that stands out came at the end of my semester teaching American Literature at […]