RTP Activities Edition
Fulbright Scholar to China establishes network in Hong Kong, Taipei
Prof. Ava Chin, US Fulbright Scholar to China, shared her works on foraging, sustainability, and urban natures at the local universities at Taiwan and Hong Kong with the support of the Fulbright East Asia Pacific Regional Travel Program. In Taiwan, she visited Academia Sinica in Taipei where she gave an academic presentation on US foraging.. Read More.
Fulbright Scholar C James Hueng introduces US banking system to students, scholars in Taiwan
Fulbright Scholar to China Prof. C James Hueng traveled to Taiwan with the support of East Asia Pacific Regional Travel Program (RTP) in late May to talk about banking systems in the United States. During the trip, he visited National Taiwan University and National Central University. He gave talks on “Central Banking in the United.. Read More.
Fulbright Scholar Grace Wang Discusses Youth and Social Media Activism in Korea
Dr. Grace Wang, US Fulbright Scholar to Hong Kong, flew to Korea in May to give a lecture on “An Asian American Movement Online?: Youth and Social Media Activism” at Yonsei University, supported by East Asia Pacific Regional Travel Program (RTP). The lecture by Dr. Wang, an Associate Professor of American Studies at the University.. Read More.
Fulbright Scholar Jayde Roberts participates in workshop on urban issues in Cambodia
Dr Jayde Roberts, Fulbright US Scholar to Myanmar, was invited to provide two talks and participate in the student activities of an urban workshop titled, “Heritages, Identities, Communities: Learning from Phnom Penh and Yangon” at the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in May. Through sharing her knowledge about the ethnic communities.. Read More.
Fulbright Scholar Gregory Alexander delivers series of aged care lectures in New Zealand
The East Asia Pacific Regional Travel Program (RTP), which is administered by AMINE, provided a grant for Fulbright Scholar to Australia Prof. Gregory Alexander to travel to New Zealand in May 2017. During the visit, Prof. Alexander interacted with over 100 aged care experts, researchers, faculty, and graduate students to interact in northern and southern.. Read More.
Fulbright Scholar Wendy Erb shares research on Indonesia’s primate ecology to New Zealand scholars
Early in May, Fulbright’s East Asia Pacific Regional Travel Program awarded grant for Dr. Wendy Erb to visit New Zealand to share her research projects on Indonesian primate ecology. Dr. Erb, a Fulbright Scholar to Indonesia, spoke at various seminar presentations at New Zealand’s Auckland University of Technology, University of Auckland, and Massey University. “This.. Read More.
Frederick Rowe Davis, Fulbright Senior Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong visited Sichuan University in China to present a talk at the American Studies Network Conference in April. Prof. Davis, the R. Mark Lubbers Chair for the History of Science and Professor in the Department of History at Purdue University,.. Read More.
Dr. Andrew Shedlock, US Fulbright Scholar to Japan, visited Bangkok in April to be one of the speakers at the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Frontiers of Science Education Symposium. The visit was supported by Fulbright East Asia Pacific Regional Travel Program. LMI is a multinational partnership among Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and the United.. Read More.
Associate Professor Andrew Schwartz, a 2017 Fulbright US Scholar based at the University of Auckland Law School, travelled to Sydney, Australia, in March to share his ongoing research that compares the United States and New Zealand systems of securities crowdfunding. Recent legal reforms in the US and NZ have authorized the ‘crowdfunding’ of securities, which.. Read More.
Professor Jason Yackee, a faculty member at University of Wisconsin-Madison USA, delivered a public lecture on March 22, 2017 at the National University of Singapore. The lecture was hosted by Professor Jansen Calamita and the NUS Center for Interrnational Law. The title of Professor Yackee’s lecture was “Does Investor-State Dispute Settlement Work in the Land.. Read More.
