Easter with Mother Teresa – John Bader – India 1985
(This story is drawn from the journal I kept while a Fulbrighter to India, an experience on the last day of volunteering for Mother Teresa’s mission in Khalighat, Calcutta/Kolkata, March 30, 1986.) I left for Khalighat. I was a bit confused when I first got there, for the bed linen was now blue as were […]
Our Guide: Radovan Karadjic – Susan Gayle – Yugoslavia 1984
I began my Fulbright in Belgrade, partnered with Diane Wakoski for the first half of my time in Yugoslavia, then with Al Young. The most “interesting” in retrospect was the period in Sarajevo, where the now infamous Radovan Karadzic was assigned to Al Young and me as our guide and interpreter. At the time, we […]
Developing Taiwan’s National Symphony for Chiang Kai Shek Hall – Dr. Edward P. Sandor – Taiwan 1985-86
I was brought to Taipei to help form a new national (Western) symphony orchestra, to teach the most promising Chinese brass instrumentalists in preparation for the orchestra, to “coach” the existing professional brass players, and to serve on an advisory board for the new national concert venue in Taipei, Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall. Others […]
Japan, Up Close and Extremely Shareable – Wendy Weiner – Japan 1985
My Fulbright scholarship filled in all the cracks for what I was not able to learn while studying at Columbia University’s East Asian Institute or while in Japan the year before as an honored guest of the Japanese government. During my first trip, I traveled throughout Japan for the purpose of immersing myself in Japan’s […]
Gordon Bronitsky – Germany 1984
I am an anthropologist by training (PhD Arizona 1977). In 1984-1985, I was a Senior Fulbright Professor at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, teaching Germans about American Indians and lecturing all over Europe on American Indian topics. The experience changed my life. I grew up in Albuquerque and loved the Southwest; my dissertation was […]
Tammy Hensrud – Germany 1985
Above: Hensrud performing a Kurt Weill program at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Ireland in September 2017 “I absolutely feel international exposure and exchanges are essential for artistic growth. We as artists are asked to interpret life experiences which we may never have personally experienced,” says Tammy Hensrud, a Fulbright scholar alumna who […]