Rembrandt, Fondue, and bicycling to a beach picnic in Holland – Susan Ross Evans – Belgium & Netherlands 1976
It was the sesquicentennial summer of 1976 when I began my Fulbright adventure in Brussels. My scholarship involved immersion in the art history of Belgium and the Netherlands. In Belgium there were wonderful lectures by noted art historians and trips from Brussels to historic towns like Ghent to see the Van Eyck altar piece, Brugge […]
Lasting Personal Connections – Patricia Moore – Belgium 1965
Mons, Belgium is in the old province of Wallonia and is French speaking. I was assigned to two secondary schools in Mons to more or less aid the teachers of English. Once I arrived, the Belgian Ministry of Education said I hadn’t gone through their system so I would not be versed in the requirement […]
Celebration – Nancy Duvall Hargrove – France (1963 & 1976) Belgium (1984) Sweden (1992) Austria (2005)
Since I’ve had five Fulbright grants (a student fellowship to France, a Junior Lectureship to France, Senior Lectureships to Belgium and Sweden, and a Distinguished Chair Award to Austria), I’ve had numerous memorable experiences that exemplify the “Fulbright Spirit.” However, one that stands out came at the end of my semester teaching American Literature at […]
Ashley Mae Conard – Belgium 2014
Ashley Mae Conard comes from a social junction of the American Midwest and global education. Her Indiana hometown, like many small Midwest towns, hosted a fairly homogeneous population, and the distance to the international world was far – both geographically and sociologically. There wasn’t a lot of cross-cultural movement, Ashley admits, and most of her […]