A Return to Pakistan – Mark Hildebrandt – Pakistan 2018
USEFP has been like family for over 14 years. It’s a wonderful program. My first experience with USEFP in 2006 was a year of great scholarship juxtaposed with local political unrest. I was a Fulbright Senior Scholar hosted by Kathmandu University during a very turbulent year in Nepal. In the early part of 2006, strikes […]
The Shakers and Tagore Dance – Leslie Friedman – India 1984
December, 1983. I arrived in India, a Fulbright Lecturer affiliated with Viswa Bharati University, West Bengal. It is Nobel Prize poet Tagore’s university. Mrs Das Gupta from Fulbright/Calcutta took me to the train to Santineketan. A gorgeous carriage met me. Dance Department Directors, men in colorful, exquisite costumes, greeted me as though I […]
Shared Wonder – Mark Liang – Macau 2019
Macau is a city of contradictions. It’s both a glittery casino hub across the bay from Hong Kong and an old colonial peninsula crammed with Portuguese churches. French Michelin-star restaurants sit side by side with cafes selling $1 milk teas brewed in pantyhose. Busses announce stops in four languages. It’s a vibrant city of immigrants […]
Eagle in Mongolia – Jay Nathan – Mongolia 2008
After a class-room lecture, I was surprised by my host-professor, who said, “I am driving you to an interesting place in a mountain.” He did not say much, until we got near to a man, who happens to be an eagle-trainer. We saw him just let go of his eagle. Then, I saw the eagle […]
A Fulbright honeymoon year in Japan & onward – John Hancock – Asia 1975
In 1975, John L. Hancock (1923-2008) received a Fulbright year abroad to offer urban studies at the University of Tokyo & other Japanese schools. His lecturing extended through a Fulbright-supported summer tour of schools across Japan, throughout Asia, & onward to Australia & New Zealand. As his wife — we married within days of departing […]