Transcending Formalism in the Slovak Republic – Paul Joseph Carrier – Slovakia 1996
As a Fulbright Scholar to Slovakia in the mid 90’s, I became acquainted with a kindred organization: the American Bar Association’s Central and Eastern European Law Initiative. While at the the Comenius University Law Faculty’s Institute of International Affairs and Law Approximation, I was further tasked with teaching legal English courses to Ministry of Justice […]
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 […]
Startup Project – Out of Scratch / AUSicily.it – Sami Basha – Italy 2014
Establishing the American University of Sicily as a Laboratory for Innovation. I have been leading an effort to establish the American University of Sicily out of scratch. What can be differently? AUSI is not a commercial enterprise. It is first and foremost, an institution of higher learning and research. As a private nonprofit university association, […]
Directions from World: Famous Comparatist on Spending Year in London – Theodore J St Antoine – England 1957
Because I received a Fulbright grant to study law and economics at the London School of Economics, I was released early from my service as a U.S. Army lawyer. I was still very much under the influence of military discipline, however, when I first went to see my faculty advisor at LSE, he was Otto […]
Learning and Teaching in Germany – Larry Chasteen – Germany 2006
There were many great memories from my Fulbright experience to Munich, Germany in 2006. I had worked in Germany before but I learned much more by being part of a university faculty. I had great discussion with German professors about the German university system during our office hours. My wife and I were also “adopted” […]
Opening Our eyes to a New Culture – Raymond Young – Greece 1989
I was thrilled to receive a Fulbright award to the Aristotelian University in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1989 and knew very little about the city, the people nor the culture. The Fulbright experience opened my eyes to, not only the native Greek culture and the dominate religion of Orthodoxy, but also that of Turkish Muslim and […]
My Father and Senator Fulbright – Thomas Lundmark – Germany 1976, 1991, 1992, and 1993
My father was the one who introduced me to the Fulbright program. Upon being discharged from the US Navy at the close of World War II, he was employed by the federal administration that sold war surplus materiel. At Senator Fulbright’s urging, the funds raised by these sales were put to use for educational foreign […]
Inspiring Cultural Exchange Globally Through International University Fairs – Phillip Wenturine – Portugal 2016
I got my first real taste of international exchange during my final year of university where I studied in Beijing, China, and later on, got my first experience of teaching in Kunming, China, where I worked in an elementary orphanage. After that, I knew I wanted to work in education. After working for a few […]