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  1. "For lack of a clear and precise understanding of exactly what these motives are, I refer to them as the 'arrogance of power'—as a psychological need that nations seem to have to prove that they are bigger, better, or stronger than other nations."

    #Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #Congress #narcissism #megalomania #InternationalRelations #Fulbright
    /20

  2. "The more I puzzle over the great wars of history, the more I am inclined to the view that the causes attributed to them—territory, markets, resources, the defense or perpetuation of great principles—were not the root causes at all, but rather explanations or excuses for certain unfathomable drives of human nature."

    #Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #Congress #narcissism #megalomania #InternationalRelations #Fulbright
    /19

  3. As commentary on who Trump is and what he's doing, Elliot Kirschner points to Sen. J. William Fulbright and his analysis of the arrogance of power:

    Fulbright stated the following at the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins in 1966:

    #Trump #Venezuela #Maduro #Congress #narcissism #megalomania #InternationalRelations #Fulbright
    /18

    elliotkirschner.substack.com/p

  4. Honored to be hosted at the National Institute of Technology, Patna, India by Dr. Shailendra Mandal for my Fulbright Specialist Program and working with their faculty, students, and local practitioners on heat resilience.

    Our collaboration made the news in the Times of India: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ci

    #fulbright #usief #nitpatna #uarizona

  5. A professor at New Mexico State wins a Fulbright. The State Department considered cutting this program, although it does receive funding in a draft budget bill currently in the House.

    abqjournal.com/business/articl

    #newmexico #nmsu #fulbright

  6. "He has made social media posts on white grievances, including one saying “competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work". #Fulbright nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/poli

  7. /2

    "The bipartisan #Fulbright Board was mandated by Congress to be a check on the executive and to ensure that students, researchers and educators are not subjected to the blatant political favoritism that this Administration is known for," Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a statement.

    #USA #trump #academia

  8. ~Entire Fulbright board quits, blaming Trump admin interference~

    ~”The #Trump admin unlawfully ‘usurped the (board’s) authority’ by denying awards (because of research topics the admin didn’t like) to a ‘substantial number’ who had already been selected for the 2025-2026 academic year through a yearlong, merit-based process.”

    The State Dept. could also reject 1,200 #Fulbright more recipients through an "unauthorized review process.”

    #academia #USA #research

    usatoday.com/story/news/politi

  9. CW: U.S. Politics, Fulbright Board Quits

    "The Fulbright Scholarship board resigned due to political interference from the Trump administration. The State Department, led by Marco Rubio, is canceling scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers based on their research topics, which include climate change, gender, and race."--David Ho

    #USPolitics #Fulbright #Education #Fascism

    Gift link:
    nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/poli

  10. The actions come as #Trump & his top aides seek to bend #academic institutions to their #ideological beliefs. The #State Dept’s public *diplomacy* office is run by #DarrenBeattie, a political appointee who was fired from a job during the first Trump admin after he gave a talk at a #WhiteNationalist conference. He has made social media posts on white grievances, including one saying “competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work.”…

    #law #Fulbright #authoritarianism

  11. The board is also concerned that the budget that Secretary of #State #MarcoRubio is requesting from #Congress for the next fiscal
    year #cuts spending for the Bureau of #Educational & #Cultural Affairs, which includes the #Fulbright program, to $50 million from $691 million this fiscal year. [Holy crap!!! That’s insane]

    #law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #SeparationOfPowers #Trump #tyranny #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy

  12. The memo written by the board says that members are resigning “rather than endorse unprecedented actions that we believe are impermissible under the #law, compromise #US national interests & #integrity, & undermine the mission & mandates #Congress established for the #Fulbright program nearly 80 years ago,” according to a copy obtained by The Times.

    #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #SeparationOfPowers #Trump #tyranny #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy

  13. In addition, the #State Dept is reviewing the applications of about 1,200 scholars from other countries who have already been approved by the board to come to the #UnitedStates, the people said. Those foreign #scholars were also supposed to receive acceptance letters around April.

    #law #Fulbright #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #SeparationOfPowers #Trump #tyranny #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy

  14. The board approved those scholars over the winter after a yearlong selection process, & the #State Dept was supposed to send acceptance letters by April, the people said. 🚨🚨🚨 But instead, the board learned that the office of public *diplomacy* at the agency had begun sending REJECTION letters to the #scholars based mainly on their #research topics, they said.

    #law #Fulbright #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #SeparationOfPowers #Trump #tyranny #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy

  15. The members are concerned that political appointees at the #State Dept, which manages the program, are acting illegally by canceling the awarding of #Fulbright #scholarships to almost 200 American #professors & #researchers who are prepared to go to #universities & other #research institutions overseas starting this summer, …including Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).

    #law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #SeparationOfPowers #Trump #tyranny #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy

  16. The dozen board members of the prestigious #Fulbright program that promotes #international #educational exchanges resigned on Wednesday because of what they said was #political #interference by the #Trump admin in their operations, acc/to people familiar w/the issues & a board memo obtained by NYT.

    #law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #SeparationOfPowers #tyranny #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy

  17. Another blow to U.S. #research : the Trump administration is now rejecting any #Fulbright applications that smell of #DEI or #climate science -- based only on bureaucrats' Ctrl+F searches. How can an #international exchange program *not* be rooted in a DEI ethos? Damned if I know. The whole point is to gain understanding of societies and environments that are different from your own. insidehighered.com/news/global

  18. As I settle back into my life in #Phoenix, I wanted to pen a list of the things that are taking the most time to acclimate to again after living in #Aarhus as a U.S. #Fulbright Scholar. You can read about it in my most recent blog post. sadareed.com/single-post/retur

  19. The draft order also calls for narrowing #Fulbright scholarships so that they are given only to students doing master’s-level studies in #NationalSecurity matters.

    And it says #State will end its contract w/ #HowardUniversity, a historically #Black institution [#HBCU], to recruit candidates for the #Rangel & #Pickering fellowships, which are to be terminated. Those fellowships help students from underrepresented groups get a chance at entering the Foreign Service soon after graduation.

    #Trump

  20. The Trump administration is looking to cut the State Department’s budget by almost half,
    and educational and cultural exchange programs, like the #Fulbright #scholarship, could be fully eliminated as a result.
    An internal memo, obtained by the Post, suggested that the department may only have $28.4 billion to spend next fiscal year -- to cover all of its staffing and operations
    and to share with the U.S. Agency for International Development, an independent agency that Trump has already tried to eliminate.
    That’s $27 billion, or 48 percent, less funding than the two groups received in fiscal year 2025.
    🆘 The proposed budget cuts would terminate the Fulbright scholarship, a highly selective cultural exchange program established by Congress in 1946 -- along with the State Department’s other educational and cultural programs.
    The president has yet to propose his budget for fiscal year 2026 to Congress -- though he’s expected to do so later this month, the Post reported.
    Congress, by law, has the final say about which programs get funding.
    insidehighered.com/news/quick-

  21. August Muller is a Fulbright research fellow in the “Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity” department, working with Dr. Elisa Maggio.

    She investigates how the upcoming @LISA gravitational-wave observatory can be used to test general relativity. LISA will see the first gravitational-wave signals from merging supermassive black holes, including the ringdown phase of the signal which is produced after the two black holes have already merged. Her research investigates how this ringdown signal may differ if the two black holes merge into an exotic object rather than a black hole in general relativity, in order to determine how well LISA will be able to distinguish these post-merger objects.

    ℹ️ aei.mpg.de/1220257/august-mull

    #IDWGS #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #Physics #Fulbright #ResearchFellow #Relativity #Gravity #GravitationalWaves #BlackHoles #Research #Potsdam

  22. August Muller is a Fulbright research fellow in the “Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity” department, working with Dr. Elisa Maggio.

    She investigates how the upcoming @LISA gravitational-wave observatory can be used to test general relativity. LISA will see the first gravitational-wave signals from merging supermassive black holes, including the ringdown phase of the signal which is produced after the two black holes have already merged. Her research investigates how this ringdown signal may differ if the two black holes merge into an exotic object rather than a black hole in general relativity, in order to determine how well LISA will be able to distinguish these post-merger objects.

    ℹ️ aei.mpg.de/1220257/august-mull

    #IDWGS #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #Physics #Fulbright #ResearchFellow #Relativity #Gravity #GravitationalWaves #BlackHoles #Research #Potsdam

  23. August Muller is a Fulbright research fellow in the “Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity” department, working with Dr. Elisa Maggio.

    She investigates how the upcoming @LISA gravitational-wave observatory can be used to test general relativity. LISA will see the first gravitational-wave signals from merging supermassive black holes, including the ringdown phase of the signal which is produced after the two black holes have already merged. Her research investigates how this ringdown signal may differ if the two black holes merge into an exotic object rather than a black hole in general relativity, in order to determine how well LISA will be able to distinguish these post-merger objects.

    ℹ️ aei.mpg.de/1220257/august-mull

    #IDWGS #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #Physics #Fulbright #ResearchFellow #Relativity #Gravity #GravitationalWaves #BlackHoles #Research #Potsdam

  24. August Muller is a Fulbright research fellow in the “Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity” department, working with Dr. Elisa Maggio.

    She investigates how the upcoming @LISA gravitational-wave observatory can be used to test general relativity. LISA will see the first gravitational-wave signals from merging supermassive black holes, including the ringdown phase of the signal which is produced after the two black holes have already merged. Her research investigates how this ringdown signal may differ if the two black holes merge into an exotic object rather than a black hole in general relativity, in order to determine how well LISA will be able to distinguish these post-merger objects.

    ℹ️ aei.mpg.de/1220257/august-mull

    #IDWGS #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #Physics #Fulbright #ResearchFellow #Relativity #Gravity #GravitationalWaves #BlackHoles #Research #Potsdam

  25. August Muller is a Fulbright research fellow in the “Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity” department, working with Dr. Elisa Maggio.

    She investigates how the upcoming @LISA gravitational-wave observatory can be used to test general relativity. LISA will see the first gravitational-wave signals from merging supermassive black holes, including the ringdown phase of the signal which is produced after the two black holes have already merged. Her research investigates how this ringdown signal may differ if the two black holes merge into an exotic object rather than a black hole in general relativity, in order to determine how well LISA will be able to distinguish these post-merger objects.

    ℹ️ aei.mpg.de/1220257/august-mull

    #IDWGS #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #Physics #Fulbright #ResearchFellow #Relativity #Gravity #GravitationalWaves #BlackHoles #Research #Potsdam

  26. Kun #republikaanit omaavat enemmistön myös kongressissa ja senaatissa, on Trumpin mielivallan vastustaminen entistä vaikeampaa. #Fulbright-professori #JoshuaWilson kertoo Ylelle joitain keinoja, miten sitä voi yrittää vastustaa.

    yle.fi/a/74-20139657

    EDIT: No, nyt on heti esimerkki siitä, miten #osavaltiot voivat taistella Dumpin mielivaltaa vastaan; tässä #ilmasto ja #ympäristö suhteen.

    social.vivaldi.net/@Ann1944/11

    #USpol #USA #Yhdysvallat #politiikka #Trump #Dump

  27. For future #Fulbright scholars and students interested in studying in #Denmark: My most recent blog post is about the ins and outs of resettling in this beautiful country.
    sadareed.com/single-post/how-t

  28. +++ 15. Mai 2024 +++

    Mills Kelly, seit März #Fulbright-Professer an der #JGU, hält im Rahmen unserer Ringvorlesung kommenden Mittwoch einen Vortrag zum Thema: "Doing Collaborative Public Digital History"

    Ort: IEG, Alte Universitätsstr. 19, Mainz (1. Stock)
    Zeit: 15.5.2024, 18 Uhr

    Wir möchten ihn zusammen mit dem Historischen Seminar und dem #IEG
    ganz herzlich in willkommen heißen.

    Ausnahmesweise bitten wir deshalb um unverbindliche Anmeldung zur Teilnahme:

    terminplaner6.dfn.de/de/b/f82a #DH

  29. Ending up #lectureship with #GlobalDigitalHumanities #students on '#DigitalRights & #DigitalCitizenship' module at the Mondragon Unibertsitatea being delivered from the #USA, #UK, and #Spain along the line of my #Fulbright programme via US-UK Fulbright Commission as a way to transfer timely research produced on recent developments on #digitalisation and #civilsociety through ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd #research #university

  30. Podcast on , too good not to share. Link in the article.

    Political scientist David is a Security Studies scholar and a visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund, and he has been looking into why so much of wasn't ready for .

    Rowe, who's on sabbatical from College in the US, gives his personal views about how the needs to rethink the role of war and peace in building and maintaining liberal .

    euobserver.com/eu-scream/15665

  31. O programa de Bolsas #Fulbright PT para Investigação destina-se a doutorandos financiados pela #FCT que tenham previsto a realização de um período de investigação numa universidade ou centro de investigação no US. Abrange todas as áreas de estudo. Candidaturas abertas até 31 de Janeiro
    fct.pt/bolsas-fulbright-para-i
    #cienciapt