Turkish Fulbrighters 2011-12
We are men and women, young and old, married and single, gay/lesbian and straight, students and faculty, researchers and lecturerers, US born and foreign born. More importantly, my class of 19 Fulbrighters who are spending a year in Turkey are incredibly accomplished and doing absolutely amazing things. Four of us are historians, two of us anthropologists, and one each in the following areas: computer science, education, landscape architecture, design, intepretation/translation, architecture, linguistics, world music, political science, and communication. Oh yes, I am the lone epidemiologist (listed as a medical researcher)! Various projects deal with: re-purposing train stations in Istanbul, GIS technology and art history, ceramic arts in rural Turkey, squatters in Ankara, gay language in Istanbul, and liberalism in Turkey. I am truly awed and can't tell you what a privilege it is to be among this august group. I only wish that I were one of the young ones who will be able to make this journey again. The pictures show all of us at our orientation dinner (the night before the US Embassy reception!). ...and speaking of the Embassy, turns out that our Ambassador (Frank Ricciardone) has a brother who lives in Charleston with MUSC connections. It's a small world after all!
We are men and women, young and old, married and single, gay/lesbian and straight, students and faculty, researchers and lecturerers, US born and foreign born. More importantly, my class of 19 Fulbrighters who are spending a year in Turkey are incredibly accomplished and doing absolutely amazing things. Four of us are historians, two of us anthropologists, and one each in the following areas: computer science, education, landscape architecture, design, intepretation/translation, architecture, linguistics, world music, political science, and communication. Oh yes, I am the lone epidemiologist (listed as a medical researcher)! Various projects deal with: re-purposing train stations in Istanbul, GIS technology and art history, ceramic arts in rural Turkey, squatters in Ankara, gay language in Istanbul, and liberalism in Turkey. I am truly awed and can't tell you what a privilege it is to be among this august group. I only wish that I were one of the young ones who will be able to make this journey again. The pictures show all of us at our orientation dinner (the night before the US Embassy reception!). ...and speaking of the Embassy, turns out that our Ambassador (Frank Ricciardone) has a brother who lives in Charleston with MUSC connections. It's a small world after all!
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