Fulbright BlogsPosted by Editors in Fulbright on Wednesday, August 16. 2006 Updated: September 27th, 2006 This is a list of blogs written by Fulbright Alumni and current Fulbright grantees and sorted by the geographic location of the authors. If you are a Fulbrighter and would like to see your blog in this list or if you know a great blog run by a Fulbrighter, please leave a comment at the end of this post or send an email to editors@atlanticreview.org A link to the Atlantic Review in return would be appreciated.
United States • Informed Comment - Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion is one of the most read and respected blogs about Iraq and authored by Juan Cole, Professor of History at the University of Michigan and Fulbright Alumnus. • Zaineb Alani accepted a Fulbright scholarship in 1996 to study Education at Ohio State University. She currently resides in Columbus, Ohio. She has forty extended family members who still reside in Iraq. She writes about her "personal life observations" in The Revelations of an Immigrant. • US Fulbrighter Rosanna Brillantes-Meyer conducted research on the normally secretive shamanistic healers and sorcerers of Siquijor island, Philippines. In Shamans of Siquijor, she writes about her challenging journey to meet the "metaphysical hitmen," and the making of the documentary films on the two groups.
• Eric Howard was a U.S. Fulbright Grantee to Germany in environmental management in 1989. He blogs for the Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology, which he has founded and runs as executive director. • Jiří Harajda is Czech Fulbrighter, who teaches ESL and American Literature at a high school in Los Angeles, California. • Rob Scaife is a graduate student in Orlando, Florida, and is soon starting his Fulbright in Vienna, Austria. He calls his blog Radio Free Europe. • Mongkol is a Cambodian Fulbrighter at Boston University. • The Atlantic Review is a press digest on transatlantic affairs edited by three German Fulbright Alumni in Seattle, Hamburg and Berlin. North and South America • Carolyn Tory Harper is a US Fulbright Scholar in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and blogs about her Fulbright Adventures. • Michelle in Mexico is a "A personal diary of my Fulbright experience" studying music and fine arts. Can you recommend another blog by a Fulbrighter living in the Americas (excluding the US in this case)?
• Ethan Lindsey is a radio journalist from Los Angeles and currently a Fulbrighter in Berlin for 2006/2007. • The Atlantic Review is a press digest on transatlantic affairs edited by three German Fulbright Alumni • Andrew Curry is "a 2005-2006 Fulbright Journalism Fellow in Germany and a freelance writer covering culture, history and international issues a variety of publications." • Ada Abroad chronicles the life of an American Fulbright Alumna in Muenster, Germany. • Rocko is an American Fulbrighter, who teaches English in Germany in 2005/2006 and blogs at Schicksal Gemeinschaft. • Dr. Thomas Navin Lal studied Mathematics, Computer Science, and Music as a Fulbrighter at Brown University in 2001/2002. In 2003 Dr. Shiva Kambari and Dr. Lal founded the initiative ThinkPeace. • Alaina in Göttingen, Germany blogs about Life, the Universe, and Everything.
• Syria Comment is authored by Prof. Joshua Landis, a Fulbright Scholar in Damaskus. His frequently updated blog is one of the most read English news sources about Syrian politics and related US policy and his often quoted in the US mass media. • Curiousity in a Kingdom is a group blog by three American Fulbrighters "sharing their experiences, ideas and tips on Jordanian life." The three also run their individual websites: Jim Korpi, Elisabeth Page and Will Raynolds. • Tales from Qatar is run by US Fulbrighter Brendan Geary. • body on the line is authored by Prof. Marcy Newman, a US Fulbright Scholar in Amman, Jordan. • Mary C. Joyce, Fulbright U.S. Student Fellow 2004-2005, is still based in Rabat, Morocco, and tracks digital democracy around the world in DemoBlog. • Katie is in Bangladesh and blogs in Jiggety Jig "proving that even small town life can be interesting."
This blog, the Atlantic Review, has a special category for Fulbright Related News and maintaines a directory of special Fulbright Projects. American Bloggers in BerlinPosted by Joerg Wolf in German Politics, Transatlantic Relations on Wednesday, August 2. 2006
• Michael Scott Moore is a Fulbright journalist starting in September and blogs at Radio Free Mike. His most recent post is about President Bush's unsolicited massage of Chancellor Merkel.
• Christy Leonardo blogs at Anglofritz "serving you the transcontinental Zeitgeist." Recently Christy wrote about US ads featuring Germans. USA Today has learned that "A spate of recent ads featuring Germans is putting a humorous spin on a culture not generally known for being lighthearted" and that "Humor rules in several German ads with oompah." • Clarsonimus is an "amnesic American lost in Berlin," who writes about "the natives" in Observing Hermann. Recently he wrote about the deal hunters chasing Wal-Mart out of town. • Scot W. Stevenson writes the only American Expat blog in German that I know of. In USA Erklaert, he explains how the USA works. Recently he explained how a law is passed, what real popcorn is, what the origin and meaning of wingnuts and moonbats is and discusses the different doorknobs in the US and Germany. • Chirol is one of three editors of Coming Anarchy, an excellent blog about world affairs with some great graphics. Germany is not their main focus, but here are a few posts about Germany: The Magical Merkel Tour, Merkel on Iran, and Germany’s Past Military Deployments. • The Exberliner is not a Blog, but a popular Expat magazine in Berlin. • Besides, there is Berlin Blogs, a blog aggregator featuring additional German-language Blogs and English-language Blogs by Berliners from all over the world. Beyond Berlin: With 211,000 American expats, Germany is the fourth most popular country for Americans (excluding military personnel). There are just 13,000 more Americans in the United Kingdom than in Germany. The top two countries are the U.S. neighbors Canada and Mexico. I learned this from Republicans Abroad Germany. This volunteer organisation is dedicated to conducting non-partisan voter registration for U.S. citizens residing in Germany, including assistance with absentee ballots for U.S. federal elections; voter outreach including providing information about Republican policies and candidates; promoting the principles of the U.S. Republican Party through hosting events, fundraising and public outreach; representing U.S. citizens living in Germany in the political process in the United States; and strengthening German-American relations through intercultural exchange and dialogue, including working closely with German organizations and media outlets.• Republicans Abroad Germany has started to recommend interesting articles as many bloggers do. Therefore they are included in his list of bloggers. Their rationale is: The articles are not selected to reflect the views of RA Germany or its members, but to add to an environment of real intellectual diversity by amplifying Conservative perspectives. In the real world policy is about difficult choices and trade-offs. Transatlantic relations would be well-served by less simplification of the challenges before us and more serious discussion of the actual dilemmas we face.The Democrats Abroad Germany do not provide much information online. • Another interesting non-Berlin based American expat blog is J Bittner's Germany Doesn't Suck or Does It? He is organizing the Second Whiney Expat Bloggers in Germany Meet Up. Obviously there are many more great expat bloggers. Please feel free to recommend one in the comments section, incl. your own blog, if you like. Experiencing America: New Book by FulbrightersPosted by Editors in Fulbright on Thursday, July 20. 2006
This year we celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Fulbright Exchange Program. The Fulbrighter Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani and his partner Omer Idrees have just published "Experiencing America: Through the Eyes of Visiting Fulbright Scholars: Stories of Foreign Fulbrighters in the United States" which contains essays of Fulbright grantees from around the world.
Eric S. Howard, Executive Director of the Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology has written the introduction. The foreword was written by Harriet Mayor Fulbright, the President of the J. William & Harriet Fulbright Center, a non-profit organization which serves to advance the work of Ms. Fulbright’s late husband, Senator J. William Fulbright, and to continue her own lifework; more at her website. The book includes the following essays: "New York - The Big Apple Seen From its Very Core" by Alessandra Seggi (Italy), "From Makerere to Stanford: The Experience of a Fulbright Scholar" by Winnie Tarinyeba (Uganda), "Five Definitions of America - My Fulbright Journey" by Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani (Pakistan), "From 'Criminal' to Fulbrighter: In the Land of Spartans" by Raymund Espinosa Narag (Philippines), "It’s Fun to Live Your Dream" by Marina Lukanina (Russia), "The Odyssey of a Fulbrighter" by Louis-Marie Ngamassi Tchouakeu (Cameroon), "Fulbright Experience of Love, Selfunderstanding and Selfemancipation" by Lynette J. Chua (Malaysia), "Get back to where you now belong" by Katja Ziehmayer (Austria) and "My Second Life" by Anouk Bachman (Netherlands). Continue reading "Experiencing America: New Book by Fulbrighters" Anniversary of the Fulbright Exchange ProgramPosted by Editors in Fulbright, Quotes on Monday, July 3. 2006
This year we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the international Fulbright Exchange Program. (The US-German program is a couple of years younger.) Let's start with a quote from its founder, Senator Fulbright:
There is a multiplier effect in international education and it carries the possibility – the only real possibility – of changing our manner of thinking about the world, and therefore of changing the world. For every university professor whose outlook has been broadened by study in another country, many thousands of students will gain some measure of intercultural perspective. For every business person who has studied in another country, many associates are likely to gain some appreciation of the essential futility of nationalistic economic policies and of the way in which an international division of labor benefits all countries. For every politician who, through study abroad, has gained some appreciation of the world as a human community, untold numbers of ordinary citizens, as well as their leaders, may be guided away from parochialism and narrow nationalism to broader, more fruitful perspectives.The quote is from J. William Fulbright's book The Price of Empire (Amazon.com). The German translation is titled Im Zeichen des Sternenbanners (Amazon.de). Tomorrow German and American Fulbrighters based in Berlin will celebrate the Fourth of July with a BBQ and a game watching party: The World Cup semi-final Germany vs. Italy. Happy Fourth of July everybody! Carnival of German-American Relations is onlinePosted by Editors in Transatlantic Relations on Sunday, July 2. 2006 We received 31 submissions from 22 Bloggers for our third carnival edition. The articles about many different aspects of German-American relations are very interesting, original and well written. The two carnival hosts have picked the submissions they liked best and present them on their blogs: Davids Medienkritik has written an English carnival post introducing both English and German articles about transatlantic relations. And Extrablog has written a German carnival post (English translation by Google) introducing both English and German articles about transatlantic relations. Please read both carnival posts, since they introduce different articles. Besides, check out our Carnival Submissions Blog, which presents abstracts of all submissions and helps you to discover some new blogs and learn about a wide range of fascinating issues, like Red Hot Cuppa Politics article about German Prisoners of War in Texas and their reunions. There are many more interesting posts listed in the right column of the Carnival Submissions Blog. The Atlantic Review would like to thank all bloggers for participating in our carnival and thank Davids Medienkritik and Extrablog for hosting and presenting the carnival. You are improving the transatlantic dialogue! The next Carnival of U.S.-German Relations will take place on September 11th. You can already submit relevant article now. Just send a trackback to the Carnival Submissions Blog. Importing the American Spirit of Civic Responsibility to GermanyPosted by Sonja Bonin in Transatlantic Relations on Monday, June 19. 2006 Over the last two years, I have ran a marathon, enjoyed Bumbershoot, Folklife and the Seattle International Film Festival, gone to museums founded by local billionaires and salvaged some really cheap stuff from the salvation army store. I have bought school fundraising chocolates from my poker buddy's daughter and delicious girl's scouts cookies in the store. I have hiked dozens of National Park trails, went to parties that asked for donations to the local food bank instead of presents, and volunteered for the Seattle Public Library. None of the most exciting community events and many social services in this city would be possible without the help of thousands of volunteers donating their time, creativity and money year-in, year-out. And that's not unusual in a country more famous for its hardcore capitalism, coarse meshed social net and sink-or-swim mentality. Defying traditional European prejudices, American society is not based purely on the survival of the fittest. Quite on the contrary: public engagement here is much more common, volunteer services for the underprivileged are diverse and creative, and public-private partnerships usually work more smoothly than in my home country. The Körber Foundation in Hamburg has set their minds on importing this spirit of civic responsibility to Germany with their competition called USable. Every round, overall prize money of $180,000 is awarded to good ideas and best practices people have picked up in the U.S. to be realized in Germany, too. There is also a special text competition. Since 1998, the Körber Foundation has thereby transplanted hundreds of "usable" ideas from the States to Europe, like "beginning with books" from Philadelphia. All over Berlin, volunteers now read regularly to kids in public libraries, helping especially non-native speakers to learn how to read and to enjoy books. Due to the support of celebrities like former congressman Cem Özdemir and former first lady Doris Schröder-Köpf, the idea has spread to many other German cities already. Last year's competition carried the motto "Living Together. Integration and Diversity." One of the winners is a bilingual musical project in Berlin, initiated by the African-American musician Todd Fletcher, who out of personal experience stresses that "language is the key to integration." Other prize-worthy ideas include art projects for more mutual understanding between different cultures and religions, initiatives to get universities, corporations and citizens involved in their community, and programs to empower minorities. The winners of last year's competition will be announced on June 26, 2006.
This article was originally published in European Weekly
The German language book Adopt an Idea presents 200 ideas from the USable competition and can be ordered for 12 Euros at the Körber Stiftung Shop and at Amazon.de. President Bush's chief of staff is an alumnus of the American Council on GermanyPosted by Editors in Transatlantic Relations on Sunday, April 23. 2006
The German Tagesspiegel reports that the chiefs of staff of both President Bush and Chancellor Merkel are Alumni of the American Council on Germany (ACG). The author assumes this connection will help to plan Angela Merkel's next trip to the U.S. in May. The American Council on Germany (ACG) describes itself as
an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization which promotes dialogue among leaders from business, government, and the media in the United States and Europe. The ACG strengthens transatlantic understanding and coordinates policy initiatives on key issues in the post-September 11 world.President Bush's new chief of staff Joshua Bolten participated in the ACG's Young Leaders Program in 1988. Chancellor Merkel's Kanzleramtsminister Thomas de Maiziere participated a year later. The American Council on Germany's Young Leaders Program "reaches out to the next generation of decision-makers and opinion leaders by organizing conferences to familiarize them with key transatlantic issues and to enable them to establish a network of contacts across the Atlantic." Chiefs of staff are considered to be among the most powerful politicians behind the scenes and the closest confidants of the heads of government. Let's see if the Alumni connection makes a difference in promoting German-American cooperation and finding compromises on important international issues. Moreover, Mr. Bolten is a proud owner of a German BMW motorbike. He told Tagesspiegel that his BMW K75 is still in good shape after 12 years. He said that he usually promotes American products, but he appreciates this piece of the German quality work (Wertarbeit). Endnote: In November 2003, when the Atlantic Review was not online, but only emailed to two Fulbright mailing lists, we recommended an Economist Survey about America which claimed that President Bush's team has less ties to Europe than previous administrations: Related to this is a certain disdain for "old Europe" which goes beyond frustrations over policy. By education and background, this is an administration less influenced than usual by those bastions of transatlanticism, Ivy League universities. One-third of President Bush senior's first cabinet secretaries, and half of President Clinton's, had Ivy League degrees. But in the current cabinet the share is down to a quarter. For most members of this administration, who are mainly from the heartland and the American west (Texas especially), Europe seems far away. They have not studied there. They do not follow German novels or French films. Indeed, for many of them, Europe is in some ways unserious. Its armies are a joke. Its people work short hours. They wear sandals and make chocolate. Carnival of German-American Relations, Second EditionPosted by Joerg Wolf in Transatlantic Relations on Sunday, March 26. 2006 Welcome to our transatlantic dialogue! Excellent blog posts about various aspects of U.S.-German relations from both sides of the Atlantic (and the Pacific), in English and in German were submitted and are now introduced to you. A large variety of political opinions and perspectives and well-written arguments provide a lot of food for thought and controversial debates. After a careful selection we are presenting to you 30 of the more than forty submissions. The posts deal with these topics: 1. American and German perceptions of each other 2. Anti-Americanism and Pro-Americanism 3. The German media coverage of the U.S. 4. "Hitler's Gift" to America and the Nazi Slur 5. German and Muslim Immigration 6. Europe is the empire, not the U.S. 7. More criticism of German policies concerning the U.S. 8. Optimistic Outlook on US-German relations You don't have to read this entire carnival post at once. Bookmark this page and return anytime ;-) Okay, here we go: Continue reading "Carnival of German-American Relations, Second Edition" UPDATE: Carnival of US-German relations on March 11, 2006Posted by Editors in Transatlantic Relations on Thursday, February 23. 2006 UPDATE: American Future, a great US blog focusing on foreign and national security affairs, confirmed to host our transatlantic carnival in the United States. Now we got two German and one American host.As of today (Thursday) we have received ten submissions, which are displayed in the right column on our Carnival Submission Website. The first carnival was a big success: More than 20 blogs participated with interesting posts on various aspects of our transatlantic relations, and several thousand visitors read the carnival post due to the many links by many big bloggers. The next carnival will be hosted by Statler & Waldorf in German and by American Future and ourselves in English. We (Atlantic Review) have set up this Carnival Submissions Website with more information and instructions. The carnival hosts will pick the best submissions and introduce them on their blogs on March 11, 2006. Deutsche Blogger, Ihr könnt auch deutschsprachige Artikel einreichen! (We welcome both German and English blog posts.) Endnote: Extrablog seeks also submissions for an interesting carnival on the topic "Are we contributing sufficiently to the war on terror?" New Fulbright Science AwardsPosted by Editors in Fulbright on Thursday, February 16. 2006
The State Department plans to award 25 extended Fulbright scholarships to foreign graduate students in science and engineering, who will be chosen by "a blue-ribbon panel of experts in a global competition rather than through the traditional bilateral agreements," writes Science Now. This article, recommended by Fulbrighter Dr. Walter Berger, quotes Deputy Under Secretary of State Tom Farrell:
We wanted to send a clear signal that this country is intent on welcoming foreign talent, especially future scientific and technical leaders. What better way to do that than through our most important global brand name in international education, the Fulbright program?Besides, Fulbrighters improve US security: The National Security Language Initiative expands the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program, "to allow 300 native speakers of critical need languages to come to the U.S. to teach in U.S. universities and schools in 2006-07." Senator Fulbright and statistics of the Fulbright ProgramPosted by Joerg Wolf in Fulbright, Quotes on Monday, January 30. 2006 "Our future is not in the stars but in our minds and hearts. Creative leadership and liberal education, which in fact go together, are the first requirements for a hopeful future for humankind. Fostering these – leadership, learning, and empathy between cultures – was and remains the purpose of the international scholarship program that I was privileged to sponsor in the U.S. Senate over forty years ago. Its is a modest program with an immodest aim – the achievement in international affairs of a regime more civilized, rational, and humane than the empty system of power of the past. I believed in that possibility when I began. I still do."J. William Fulbright, The Price of Empire, 1989, page xi
To answer a question in the comments section of the last post: According to the State Department, the congressional appropriation for the entire Fulbright Program for 2005 was $144.5 million. Foreign governments contributed an additional $37 million directly to the Program. According to the German-American Fulbright Commission's annual report for 2003-2004 (page 7), the German government contributed 4.2 million Euro and the US government contributed 2.4 million Euro to the US-German Fulbright Programme's budget. The Association of Friends and Sponsors of the German-American Fulbright Program donated 78,000 Euro. This annual report also quotes Alison Kamhi, a US Fulbright grantee at the University of Rostock and originally from Stanford University: Being one of the few Americans in Rostock, I took it as my job to provide the Germans in this city with a positive example of an American. Every time I was challenged about Bush or the war in Iraq or consumerism or whatever I took the time to talk to the person, simply to show that all Americans are not anti-European war-mongers, as is unfortunately often the stereotype. Volunteering at so many social organizations, I got the opportunity to answer questions from children, immigrants, or elderly Germans about the United States and our culture and politics, and I enjoyed being a representative of another side of America than what gets portrayed in the media. Former Foreign Minister Fischer described the significance and purpose of Fulbright exchanges as well as Senator Fulbright's legacy at a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the German American Fulbright Program in 2002: His speech in German. The English translation. More than 40,000 Americans and Germans received a Fulbright grant since 1952. According to the State Department, "approximately 267,500 'Fulbrighters,' 100,900 from the United States and 166,600 from other countries, have participated in the Program since its inception over fifty years ago. The Fulbright Program awards approximately 6,000 new grants annually."
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Two upcoming Fulbright Alumni ConferencesPosted by Editors in Fulbright on Wednesday, January 11. 2006
Both events are open to non-Fulbrighters:
Anniversary Ball and General Assembly in Erlangen, January 20-22 Our Organization Committee and the Board of the Fulbright Alumni Association cordially invite all Fulbrighters and friends to our Anniversary Ball and annual General Assembly which will take place in Erlangen on the weekend of 20-22 January 2006. We have prepared some specials and surprises for you; there are also various highlights to discover: a bit of Franconian culture and some insights into local education. Of course, there will be lots of opportunity to mingle and chat with new and old friends and - even better - to dance the night away. More information and our online registration form are available under www.fulbright-alumni.de/jb2006. Fulbrighters in Science Conference in Berlin, March 4-5 Founded in 2003, the Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology (FAST) is an international membership organization established by alumni of the Fulbright Exchange Program and other individuals interested in science and technology innovation. Through its meetings and programs, FAST creates new international ties among alumni, current grantees, Fulbright hosts, and others interested in international exchange. Participants in the Berlin program are coming from 16 countries and four continents, and they include students, teachers, professors and professionals working in fields such as natural and social science, law, engineering, technology, medicine, and business. Panels & presentations will cover topics such as internet & education, biology, teaching, international development, climate change, conservation of art, and science policy. Visit the Academy's website for information about this conference, other events, and membership. The weekend conference is 150 Euros, and discounts are available. Membership in the Academy is 50 Euros, with discounts for students.
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