Public Diplomacy and Cultural Festivals in Syria – Evelyn A Early – Syria 1982
The trust and friendships cultivated during my 1982 Fulbright in Syria continued through my return in 1996 as a diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus. In 1982, I was one of a few American researchers in Syria. I aimed to understand Syrian society via Syrian popular culture. One day, while my “minder-friend” Haider and […]
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 […]
“Our Town” to Basingtoke – Joanne Louise Hjort – United Kingdom 1982
Upon boarding my flight to London on January 2, 1982, I realized that for the next four months, every person I was about to meet would be new. I taught Drama at Bothell High School, in a suburb of Seattle, WA and my counterpart was the Drama teacher at Bishop Challoner Secondary Modern School in […]
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