20th Independence Day in North Macedonia – Cassidy Henry – Macedonia 2011
I arrived in country three days before the celebration of the 20th independence day for North Macedonia in 2011. They had pulled out all the stops- military parade in the morning, activities all day long, followed by a star studded concert at night. My roommate, my language professor, and I went down to the square […]
Exacting – Rebecca Kaiser Gibson – India 2011
The Center for Exact Humanities (CEH) was the department at IIIT-H, an information technology school where I was scheduled to teach a semester of Creative Writing, Poetry as a Fulbright Scholar in 2012. My second night in Hyderabad, Prakani, the young guide assigned me, announced that I was invited to meet “Sir,” Navjoti Singh, the […]
Eternal Visions, Contemporary Forms; My Study with an Historic Master of Newar Repousse – Maureen T. Drdak – Nepal 2011
I first visited Nepal in 2005 where I beheld the beautiful repousse temple toranas of the Kathmandu Valley. An ancient endangered art, the Newars of the Valley are universally considered the finest practitioners of repousse—the art of hammering sheet metal into three dimensional forms. When I first gazed upon the ancient fire-gilded copper imagery of […]
The Influence of Equanimity Across Artistic Media – Artemis Preeshl – India 2010 and 2011
“A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance.” -Jawaharlal Nehru, Independence Day Speech on August 15, 1947. I came to India to search for the essence of Indian arts on […]
Personal Digital Stories – John Higgins – Cyprus 2011
Personal digital stories created in 2011 by Cypriot Fulbright/CASP (Cyprus-America Scholarship Program) alumni as part of activities reflecting on the Cyprus Fulbright Commission’s 50th Anniversary in 2012: “Fulbright Changes Lives.” With support from the Public Affairs Section and Bicommunal Support Program of the US Embassy, Cyprus. John Higgins – Fulbright to Cyprus 2011 Alexia […]
My Fulbright Mission Adventure – Ruhul Kuddus – Bangladesh 2011
I had an opportunity to serve as a US Fulbright Scholar in Bangladesh (2011-12). I was stationed at the Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. I initially planned to teach some advanced courses in molecular biology and conduct some research to develop molecular probes to identify common bacterial pathogens […]
Fulbright Experiences in South America – J. Patrice McSherry – Argentina 1992, Uruguay 2005, Chile 2011
I was fortunate to benefit from three Fulbright grants: as a grad student (Argentina, 1992), an associate professor (Uruguay, 2005), and a full professor (Chile, 2011). All three of these experiences were life-altering. In Argentina, where I lived for one academic year, my frame of reference changed. As I passed the magnificent buildings surrounding Plaza […]
Scholarship and Friendships in Kenya – Jay L. Wenger – Kenya 2011
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) is a quality, but less familiar university in western Kenya, about a 6-hour drive from Nairobi. MMUST never hosted a Fulbright Scholar until I arrived in January 2011 for a 5-month assignment. What an honor! My assignment was to work closely with two Kenyan professors to […]