Paris 1968-1969: Student Strikes – Michael DeLucia – France 1968
My Fulbright to Paris was 50 years ago, during the chaotic period 1968-1969. My year began with the student strikes that swept Paris, that undermined the government and ended with the resignation of Charles de Gaulle as President. For me, it was a momentous year. I met my wife Alice, a graduate student from Middlebury […]
India: Where Do I Start? – Dr. Brad Wideman – India 1975
Five hundred words could never capture the sounds, the flavor of its food, its rainbow of colors nor the uniqueness of its people. In 1975, I received a 9-week Fulbright Fellowship to study the “History and Culture of India.” The trip took me from New Delhi, to Agra, to Varanasi, to Kolkata, to Chennia, and […]
Vivid Memories- Colleen A Kelly – India 1967 & 1984
In 1967, I was a young secondary school teacher, newly awarded an MA in history from St. John’s University. I decided I might try for a Fulbright study opportunity. To my surprise and pleasure I was given a place in the Institute for Indian History and Culture. This Fulbright for educators involved studying throughout the […]
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 […]
Holodomor: the little known famine-genocide – Oleh Wolowyna – Ukraine 2008 and 2014
Discovering new facts about the 1932-34 Famine in Soviet Ukraine Sometimes a decision at a specific point in time triggers a significant change in one’s life course. I started my first Fulbright grant in September 2008 at the Institute of Demography and Social Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. I soon […]
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 […]
Once in a Lifetime – Su Mi Lee – Chile 2017
I attended the 2017 Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program for the postsecondary faculty members/administrators that aimed to help participants learn about how recent societal reforms and social movements in Chile have been influenced by the social, economic, political, religious, and ethnic contexts of Chile. My focus was on human rights violations committed under the Pinochet regime […]