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2018-19

My Fulbright-Schuman Experience in NYC

The Fulbright-Schuman Program made possible one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life. Even if I initially conceived it as a mainly academic project, I very soon realized that this would be a profoundly transforming and personal experience. Being in New York City for six months to study at Columbia University was academically enriching […]

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2018

Secure up to 70,000 USD to complete a Master of Arts in German and European Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, DC!

Georgetown University’s BMW Center for German and European Studies is pleased to announce its newly-established partnership with Fulbright-Schuman in Belgium. As part of this initiative, the BMW Center is committed to matching funds secured by successful applicants to the Fulbright-Schuman Program for EU Citizens who will enroll in the Master of Arts Program in German […]

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2017-18 Europeans in the USA

Passage from the Balkans to the Tropical Congo and Harvard

From The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You “I tell you what I will and don’t ask me why… I think life is a dream and what you dream I live” “Human beings are magical. Bios and Logos. Words made flesh, muscle and bone animated by hope and desire, belief materialized in deeds, […]

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2017-18 Americans in the EU

A Brief Reflection On My Fulbright-Schuman Experience

Margot Kaminski is a 2017-2018 Fulbright-Schuman Innovation Grant Research Scholar and an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Law and the Director of the Privacy Initiative at Silicon Flatirons. She specializes in the law of new technologies, focusing on information governance, privacy, and freedom of expression. Recently, her work has examined autonomous systems, including […]

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2017-18 Europeans in the USA

A Taste of the Big Apple

Spending five months studying in New York was an enriching experience that challenged my idea of the United States. Before going into the nitty gritty of my experience, some background is needed as to why I decided to study in the US. Mid-way through the second year of my PhD in Law at the European […]

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2017-18 Americans in the EU

Exploring Diversity in Scandinavia

The movement of people and how they settle in a country coupled with the intermingling of ethnically diverse groups has always fascinated me. Although my family did not immigrate to the United States, I grew up in a predominately immigrant neighborhood in Chicago with people literally from all over the world. These early childhood experiences […]

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2017-18 Europeans in the USA

Being a Fulbright-Schuman Visiting Scholar (and a Mother) in Lawrence, Kansas

It has been now over a month that I left my ‘family’ at the KU Special Education Department in Lawrence, Kansas, and I cannot think of a better time to reflect back on what has been one of the most productive (and fun!) year of my academic and personal life. When I applied for the […]

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2017-18 Americans in the EU

Reflections from a Two-Time Fulbrighter

Mark Nance is a 2017-2018 Fulbright-Schuman Scholar and an associate professor at the School of Public and International Affairs and North Carolina State University. Dr. Nance is also a two-time recipient of a Fulbright-Schuman grant, having first participated in the program as a graduate student. This time around, he has spent the past year in […]

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2017-18 Americans in the EU

Learning to be a Cultural Ambassador

As I approach the end of my Fulbright-Schuman experience and time in Brussels, I’ve been taking some time to reflect back on it. I applied for Fulbright knowing it would be a challenging and rewarding experience, but I have been surprised by what has been the hardest parts. The two main requirements of my grant […]

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2017-18 Europeans in the USA

Brief Reflections on my Fulbright-Schuman Fellowship at Yale University

From September 2016 to April 2017, thanks to the Fulbright Schuman grant, I spent eight months at Yale University as a pre-doctoral research fellow. During this time, I had the chance to finalize my PhD project ‘The business of state-building: How business associations shaped the performance of local governments in Bosnia and Herzegovina’. Having recently […]