Planning to travel for your dissertation research? This is the week to set those plans in motion, as the GSAS Fellowships Office presents two events that will orient you to the process and the benefits of applying for funding to support research abroad.
Fulbright Orientation and Research Abroad:
Description of Fulbrights and Other Traveling Fellowships, Overview of the Application Process
Tuesday, September 11, 4 p.m.
Dudley House Graduate Student Lounge
Fulbright Follow-up With Past Winners
Wednesday, September 12, at 4 p.m.
Dudley House Graduate Student Lounge
In the second event, former Fulbright recipients from GSAS will participate in a panel discussion aimed at graduate students currently applying for the award. They will share their experiences and describe how the Fulbright served to advance their dissertation research. The speakers are:
Kyle Jaros, Government, Fulbright year in China: His project deals with China's foreign economic strategies in the interior provinces, focusing on their efforts to attract direct foreign investment. While research on this topic has been done for China's coastal provinces, little has been done on the interior. Prior to his Fulbright year he conducted valuable pilot research over 2 summers; during the Fulbright year he conducted interviews and engaged in archival research.
Peter Christensen, History of Art and Architecture, Fulbright year in Germany: His project is concerned with the early intellectual origins of geopolitics, especially as it affected multiculturalism in architecture. His specific goal on the Fulbright was to study architectural and infrastructural exchange between the German, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires. His study calls for a reassessment of the notion of borders separating "eastern" and "western" civilization, focusing instead on unexplored cross-pollination and transnational practices.
Deonnie Moodie, Committee on the Study of Religion, Fulbright year in India: Her project was to examine modern Hindu temple life through the lens of the temple of Kalighat, the most prominent temple in Calcutta. Her ethnographic study examined the complex web of daily interactions that take place among the various groups who use and work in the temple space, paying particular attention to issues of authority and ritual practice. This is a departure from the more typical focus on priests and proprietors, now taking into account intertwining interests and looking beyond the temple walls.