Family Ties – Anthony “Tony” Baltakis – Czech Republic 2007
In 2007 my wife and I served in Plzen, Czech Republic. As a Fulbright Scholar I taught history at the University of West Bohemia in Plzen. We cherish that time, to this day; the people we met and the travels to other countries as well as all around the Czech Republic, a once in a […]
Fulbright Spirit in the Czech Republic – Rick Feinberg – Czech Republic 2019
I am an anthropologist whose research is primarily with Polynesians in the southwestern Pacific. Thanks to a circuitous path and a dose of serendipity, I spent spring semester of 2019 as Fulbright Distinguished Chair of Anthropology at Palacký University, Olomouc, in the Czech Republic. Over two decades ago, my son, Joe, was a freshman at […]
Fulbright to Czech Republic – Norma Hervey – Czech Republic 2001
My Fulbright experience opened many doors for me of which I had never dreamed of. After my 1992 six week trip through Eastern Europe, which was partially funded by the Fulbright program, I opted to spend my 1994-1995 years teaching the first American history course ever offered at Palackeho University in the Czech Republic. In […]