I remember I was around 10 years old and living in the Netherlands. My teacher was telling us about justice and about heroes. She talked about Ghandi and about Mother Theresa but when she talked about Martin Luther King Jr (MLK), it made a deep impression on me. I went home and I asked my […]
We are proud to announce the new Fulbright-Schuman Innovation grants which will reflect the evolving priorities of U.S.-EU relations, with academic year 2016-2017 focusing on data privacy and protection, while future years may address other emerging areas of interest, from cyber security to health care.
After more than a month at Stanford University, it seems that I spent more than a year! There are so many activities going on in the campus that I cannot believe (still) that this is true and not the dream. Yesterday, for instance, I had a very exciting day: in the afternoon, I discussed the […]
The Commission for Educational Exchange between Belgium, Luxembourg, and the U.S. is pleased to announce that the Fulbright award competition for Belgium, Luxembourg, and Schuman for academic year 2016-2017 will open on September 15th, 2015 and close on December 1st, 2015. The Fulbright Program is the flagship scholarship program promoting international exchange between the United […]
The Fulbright Commission to Belgium and Luxembourg is proud to announce the list of the 2015-2016 Fulbright Schuman Grantees who will study, research, or lecture in the United States in the upcoming academic year. the prestigious Fulbright-Schuman Program in European Affairs, which is co-financed by the Directorate-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission […]
It was March 2014 when I received an email that I was selected as a Fulbright-Schuman grantee. It was hard to believe that, knowing that there were many candidates hoping for the same opportunity. Only after buying a direct flight Madrid – Atlanta, I knew that this is for real. My research entitled Integrated dance […]
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End of an Era
This blog post admittedly has a slightly dramatic title. Nevertheless, when I took the plane across the Atlantic after my Fulbright-Schuman experience had come to the end, it certainly felt like that. Now I feel like it is finally time to say goodbye to my grand adventure. When I was only embarking on my Fulbright […]
While this is my second blog entry, it feels very much like the first. In part, due to the simple enormity of the United States and the richness of my experience here, in part, due to the academic and professional opportunities of which I feel I have not yet grasped enough, and finally, in part […]
After my experience as a Fulbright-Schuman grantee at American University – Washington College of Law (AU-WCL), I edited a book (in English and Spanish), called “Protección Internacional de Derechos Humanos y Estados Humanos y Estado de Derecho.” Also, I met a colleague and also a Fulbright grantee from Venezuela, prof. Juan Carlos Sainz-Borgo -whose grandfather […]
Earlier this week, USEU welcomed 40 American Fulbright-Schuman and Fulbright scholars spending this academic year in EU Member States for the annual Fulbright EU Seminar. USEU representatives introduced the group to U.S.-EU policy priorities, and current Fulbright-Schuman scholars Scott Titshaw and Melissa Powers presented their research on areas of environmental and migration law. At a […]