My First Attempted Coup d’Etat – James Nolan – Spain 1979 & 1989
Photo Above: Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and James Nolan in his Barrio Gotico apartment, Barcelona, 1991. This past January 6, I sat glued to the television watching as state representatives in the nation’s Capitol cowered on the floor while a mob of shouting louts invaded their congressional chamber, interrupting the Electoral College’s certification of the presidential […]
Living Abroad – Richard H Pells – Austria 1979 Denmark 1982 Finland 1997 Germany 2003 Indonesia 2004 The Netherlands 2005
I’ve had 6 Fulbright lectureships and chairs, possibly a record! As a historian of the U.S., I’d always wanted to live abroad and my chance to do so changed my life and career. It yielded 2 books, Not Like Us and Modernist America. For these experiences, I will always be grateful. Richard H Pells – Fulbright […]
Anthropological Fieldwork in a Village in Turkey – Carol Delaney – Turkey 1979-1982
I spent 2 1/2 years in a mountain top village in Turkey focusing on their notions of gender, procreation, and religion that resulted in my book: “The Seed and the Soil: Gender and Cosmology in Turkish Village Society.” Carol Delaney – Fulbright to Turkey 1979-1982
Brenda McGadney and Phyllis Bell Miller – West Africa 1979 – Bulgaria 2005 – India 2006
Fulbright is about making connections – and sometimes reconnections. At the Fulbright Association’s 40th Annual Conference in 2017, Phyllis Bell Miller, who was displaying her research in a poster presentation, noticed the impeccable fashion of another poster presenter. As a fashion design researcher, she was specifically impressed with the African-influenced pattern of this woman’s clothing […]
Derek Crider – Germany 1979
As a junior at Purdue University studying civil engineering in 1976, Derek Crider participated in a yearlong study abroad program in Hamburg, Germany. Through his coursework, travel, and observations, he gained an understanding of how German public transport and urban planning were interconnected, and began to identify opportunities for improvement that could be applied to […]