British people are Latin people who just happen to speak English – Cristina Elena Ciocirlan – UK 2015
The biggest insight from my Fulbright experience was probably – and I know this sounds cliché- learning about cultural nuances, breaking down stereotypes. There’s a train culture in England that I wasn’t familiar with. If you think of British people as reserved and almost stand-offish, take a train from Durham to Edinburgh on a weekend […]
Strong Heart Of Glass – Michael Janis – United Kingdom 2012
The University of Sunderland is home to the National Glass Centre in the UK, as well as the Institute for International Research in Glass (IIRG). As a glass artist, this was exactly where I wanted to do my Fulbright Fellowship. Artist and studio mate Tim Tate was also a recipient of a Fulbright Specialist award, […]
Rep. Cole Shares Memories as a Fulbright Fellow – Tom Cole – United Kingdom 1977-1978
Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) – Fulbright to the United Kingdom 1977-1978
My Year as a Fulbright-Hays Professor At Keele University – Dwight Peltzer – The United Kingdom 1978
My year spent as a Fulbright-Hays visiting professor at Keele University in Staffordshire, England, was exciting because of Keele’s unique American studies program. I was delighted to share my expertise as an American music specialist with their doctoral students. With emphasis placed on research in American contemporary composers, I taught a harmonic analysis course on […]
Central Foundation Girls School – Georgia Vahue – The United Kingdom 1999
My Fulbright Teacher Exchange experience began in August of 1999 with a three day intensive workshop at the American University in Washington, D.C. Selected American teachers and International Partner teachers participated. Mid-August, I arrived on my own in London and I set up my flat in East Dulwich; took a couple of test runs on […]
Fulbright Application, a Proposal, and a 50 year Marriage – John S. Paschal – The United Kingdom 1967
In October of 1966, I saw a Fulbright announcement one week before the deadline, requested an application, and was given an extra week. While using my then girlfriend’s office typewriter to complete the application, she suddenly asked if I would marry her and take her with me. Talk about a proposal! Long story made short, […]
A Party – Ray Marik – England 1974
In fall of 1974 I am off to England with my family to spend the year as part of the Fulbright Exchange appointment to teach in a southern England comprehensive school. (I still correspond with friends met there nearly half a century ago.) On weekends we have a wonderful time visiting castles, cathedrals, and on […]
Mutual Understanding via Drama – Ronald Emmons – United Kingdom 1996-1997
While teaching English at Southend High School for Girls, I volunteered to work with interested students on developing a theatre piece combining monologues discussing teenage life that had been written by some of my US students with their own views of growing up in the UK. The teaching schedule in an English secondary school restricted times […]