Funnel 40/2, Inhalt - Fulbright-Kommission

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Did You Hear That?
The Funnel is expanding its online
offering this issue with new audio material:
“Devora’s Headstone,” a radio report
produced by Fulbright alumna Devora
Rogers for Deutsche Welle’s program, Living
in Germany. On page 35, Devora writes
about her quest to place a headstone for her
great-grandfather in Berlin’s Weissensee
cemetery.
Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat
In New Roots in Old Mühlhausen alumnus
Peter Hertz-Ohmes describes how he
and his wife Andrea braved city bureaucracy
and centuries of dust to restore a 1769
half-timbered house in Thuringia.
Elsewhere on the Website
Fifty years after they accepted the challenge
of a Fulbright scholarship, German
and American grantees from our first class
(1953-54) reminisce about the luxuries
and hardships of a year abroad in our recent
publication, The First Class of Fulbrighters.
More recent alumni will recognize their
own experiences in those of this first class.
The pamphlet was printed to coincide with
the reunion held over Thanksgiving for
German members of the class reported on
page 21. An electronic version is on our
website:www.fulbright.de/commission/
program/downloads/index.shtml.
The German-American Fulbright Commission’s
Annual Report 2002-2003 is now on
our website under: www.fulbright.de/commission/program/downloads/index.shtml.
by Erica Young
Focus on Research
DEPARTMENTS 5
Although the opportunity to spend a year in the U.S. or
in Germany means learning to cope in a new language and culture,
for most Fulbrighters this is a means rather than an
end. They are in their host countries to teach or to research
and I am happy that in this issue we have two articles illustrating the results of
that work. Nicole Harkin’s look at environmental responsibility in Germany and
Johannes Kloha’s report on undocumented immigrants in the U.S. not only deal
with the authors’ chosen research topics, but both also look at issues of current
importance. We hope to have many more articles like these from you all in the
future.
Cityscape
A Pickle In Paradise. The title might be English but this issue’s Cityscape
feature by American Sarah Allen is written in German. Taking up the challenge
issued by the editor in the last issue, Sarah writes about the simple pleasures of
a trip to the Spreewald. You may notice that in this issue we are missing a
Cityscape feature from America. Not to worry, we will be back next issue with
the German perspective on life and travel in the U.S.
Keep in Touch
Soon, those of you who are current grantees will be finishing up
your research and teaching and heading home. We hope that
you will stay in touch. Whether you are staying on in your host
country for a while or heading home, send us your new address.
Not only will you continue to receive the Funnel, but if you join
our alumni directory, you will be able to keep in contact with
your fellow Fulbrighters for years to come. To update your
address either send us the form at the back of the Funnel or visit
our website: www.fulbright.de/alumni/directory/index.shtml.
THE FUNNEL • VOLUME 40 • NUMBER 2 • SUMMER 2004