Funnel 40/2, Inhalt - Fulbright-Kommission
Funnel 40/2, Inhalt - Fulbright-Kommission
Funnel 40/2, Inhalt - Fulbright-Kommission
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TITLE TOPIC<br />
Where Continents Meet<br />
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Berlin Seminar,<br />
<strong>Fulbright</strong>ers and guests explore Berlin’s expanding<br />
role as a city where people and cultures meet<br />
by <strong>Fulbright</strong> Young Journalists Claire Adamsick, Charles Hawley, Otto<br />
Pohl, Tania Ralli, and Chadwin Thomas contributed to this article.<br />
Keynote Speaker Klaus Riesenhuber: The <strong>Fulbright</strong> Program<br />
“is not only a chance for friendship, but an extremely powerful network.”<br />
THE FUNNEL • VOLUME <strong>40</strong> • NUMBER 2 • SUMMER 2004<br />
To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of<br />
the <strong>Fulbright</strong> Berlin Seminar over 450<br />
<strong>Fulbright</strong> grantees and alumni gathered<br />
at the end of March for six days of panel<br />
discussions, lectures, and cultural events.<br />
The program, jointly organized by the<br />
German-American <strong>Fulbright</strong> Commission<br />
and the <strong>Fulbright</strong> Alumni e.V.,<br />
brought together scholars from 16 countries<br />
throughout Europe.<br />
This year’s seminar attracted the second<br />
largest group since its inception, just<br />
behind the year the Berlin Wall fell. Dr.<br />
Rolf Hoffmann, the new Executive Director<br />
of the German-American <strong>Fulbright</strong><br />
Commission, welcomed participants during<br />
the opening ceremony held at the<br />
Berliner Ensemble on Monday, March<br />
22nd. Delivering his remarks in German<br />
and English, Dr. Hoffmann said the German-American<br />
<strong>Fulbright</strong> Commission has<br />
supported more than 42,000 scholars in<br />
the past 50 years.<br />
In praise of the Berlin Seminar, he said<br />
that year after year, it “turned out to be one<br />
of the most important things people<br />
remembered when they looked back at<br />
their <strong>Fulbright</strong> year in Germany.”<br />
The keynote speaker for the event, Prof.<br />
Dr. Heinz Riesenhuber, praised the mission<br />
of the <strong>Fulbright</strong> Program. “As a member<br />
of German Parliament I am fully aware<br />
of what <strong>Fulbright</strong> means for us,” he said.<br />
“It is not only a chance for friendship, but<br />
an extremely powerful network.” Riesenhuber<br />
emphasized the need to learn from<br />
different cultures and the crucial developments<br />
and improvements such exchange<br />
enables.