The Lasting Value of a Korean Fulbright Experience – Thomas J Wegren – South Korea 1984
My approaches to teaching, my perspectives on interpreting piano and music compositions, and my artistic vision were profoundly expanded by my enriching, year-long cultural experience as a Senior Fulbright Scholar in Korea in 1984 and 1985. Let me tell some of the story. I taught at Yeungnam Univeristy in Korea’s third city, Taegu. My year […]
A library in Provence and an Intellectual Adventure – Richard Rubenstein – France 1976
I arrived in Aix-en-Provence, France, in September 1976 with my wife and two children to begin a one-year appointment as a Fulbright visiting professor at the University of Provence. I had arranged to rent a house owned by Michel Vovelle, a famous historian at the university who later became a chaired professor at the University […]
“Azcárraga” – an American “Pasodoble fallero” for Spain – Richard Scott Cohen D.M. – Spain 1993
Azcárraga, Pasodoble Fallero is a Spanish-style “pasodoble” march composed in 1994 by American musician, Richard Scott Cohen, during his Fulbright research scholarship residency in the Valencia region of Spain, from 1993-1995. The research focused on Valencia’s rich and historic community band movement, unequaled anywhere else in the world. The resulting dissertation helped Cohen complete his […]
Teaching and Research in Geospatial Data in China – Sima Bagheri – China 2016
Sima Bagheri – Fulbright to China 2016
A Fulbright Scholar in Ireland – Richard Peach – Ireland 2007
As editor of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, I first collaborated with the faculty in the Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies at Trinity College Dublin while recruiting a manuscript for publication. The partnership turned out to be such a good fit that the faculty there enthusiastically agreed to host me for a […]
My Inauspicious Fulbright Lecture Debut – Dan Fellner – Latvia 2001-2002
It was the first day of the semester at the University of Latvia in Riga when I arrived promptly for my opening lecture in a class called “Public Relations Principles.” I had been rehearsing my introductory comments for days and was pleased to see that a large group of students were in the room as […]
To Fulbright Polska with Love – Eilleen MacAvery Kane – Poland 2018
A video that captures my experience of my Fulbright, and the curriculum project that resulted. Eilleen MacAvery Kane – Fulbright to Poland 2018
Fulbright Students Aboard SS. United States – Diana Kurz – France 1965
The photograph above was taken at a special dinner for Fulbright students on their way to France aboard the SS.United States ship. Although I do not remember the names or the field of interest of the students in the photo, we became very good friends during the trip. Diana Kurz – Fulbright to France 1965