Stories
The Carnivalesque and Belgian Modernism
Hannah Rose Blakeley was a 2022-2023 Fulbright Student Researcher in Belgium, where she conducted art historical research at Ghent University for her doctoral dissertation, “The Carnivalesque in Belgian Modernism.” Hannah Rose’s project investigates the ways in which two Belgian artists,…
In Search of Hawaiʻi in Antwerp
During the 2022-23 academic year, Rickey Larkin received a grant through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to conduct research on the linguistic landscapes of poke restaurants in Belgium at the Universiteit Antwerpen. We sat down with Rickey to ask him…
A Taste of the Luxurious Life in Luxembourg
Nicole Duby was a 2022-2023 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant to Luxembourg. After graduating from the University of Arizona with degrees in French and Psychological Sciences, she worked as a language assistant in Clermont-Ferrand, France through the Teaching Assistant Program in…
Culture, Music, and English Classes in Brussels
After completing her bachelor’s degree in Global Affairs at George Mason University, Samira Radwan spent a year teaching English in Cahors, France, through the Teaching Assistant Program in France before applying to the Fulbright ETA Program. During her second year…
A Week in the Life at Michigan State
Julie Mennes was a Belgian 2022-2023 Fulbright Visiting Scholar to the Toolbox Dialogue Initiative (TDI)Center at Michigan State University MSU. She is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Logic andPhilosophy of Science at Ghent University. She has an interdisciplinary…
From Belgium to Boston
Liesbet Van Acker was a Belgian 2022-2023 Fulbright Student to Harvard University. She is a Ph.D. candidate at KU Leuven’s Consumer Competition Market and Research Foundation Flanders (FWO). Liesbet obtained her Master of Laws at KU Leuven (magna cum laude)…
Studying Law and Exploring New Cultures in Boston
Kwinten Dewaele was a Belgian 2022-2023 Fulbright Student to Harvard University. Kwinten previously studied law at KU Leuven (2014-2019) specializing in economic and private law. After graduating, he joined the Institute for Contract Law at KU Leuven as a junior…
Culture and Science and Bikes, Oh My!
Luiz Jacobsohn was a 2022-2023 Fulbright Scholar to Belgium. He conducted research on persistent phosphors at Ghent University focusing on how the manipulation of defects and the microstructure can tune the properties of interest towards new applications of these materials….
Teaching While Debunking Stereotypes
Jim Moster was a 2022-2023 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant to Belgium. In 2022, he graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies and political science. After spending the summer as a teaching assistant at…
Teaching (with a Dash of Research) at the Institute of Tropical Medicine
Maxim Petrovsky was a 2022-2023 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Antwerp, Belgium at the Institute of Tropical Medicine. Maxim graduated from Northeastern University in 2020 with a degree in Behavioral Neuroscience. In addition to his work teaching English at the…
Hidden Secrets
When tourists think of Belgium, the cities that most often come to mind are Brussels and Bruges. Travelers typically arrive at Brussels Airport Zaventem, explore the city of Brussels for a few days, and then hop on a train from…
Comics, Cowboys, and Rats: A Brussels Experience
Brussels is an illustrated city; all around the center and the various neighborhoods, you see murals of famous comic book characters, from Tintin to the Smurfs. So, as a comics scholar, Belgium is the place to be. The allure of…