Two professors earn Fulbrights
Two College of William and Mary professors were awarded Fulbright Scholar Program grants this fall to conduct research abroad.
Timothy Barnard and Cindy Hahamovitch will travel to France and Ireland, respectively, at the end of the year to teach and conduct research projects during the spring, 2008 semester.
Barnard, visiting assistant professor of American
studies and English and coordinator of Mellon projects in the humanities, will
research Franco-American film relations and history, specifically French
reception of Hollywood cinema in the 1920s. Hahamovitch, associate professor of
history, will teach a graduate course on U.S. Immigration History at University
College Cork.
Barnard's research will also benefit his work on the Williamsburg Theater Project, a web site database of local film exhibition and reception that is part of the international History of Motion Picture Exhibition and Reception Project. Barnard's grant is co-sponsored by the Franco-American Commission for Education Exchange, and he will be hosted by ARIAS, a research consortium of scholars from the Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III), the École Normale Supérieure and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
"Participating in this Fulbright exchange will create
the perfect opportunity for me to pursue my research goals as an American
studies and film scholar dedicated to global perspectives," he said. "It will
also allow me to expand my interests in both transnational American studies
research and global and local film reception studies."
In addition to teaching at University College Cork, Hahamovitch will seek to inform her larger research on international labor migration and will work on a document reader, which is an edited collection of primary sources, or historical documents, for use in history classes. She also plans on learning more about the history of migration out of and into Ireland.
"Ireland is certainly more diverse now that it was when I studied there as a sophomore a quarter century ago, and I'm particularly interested in comparing the Irish and American responses to recent immigration," she said.
In addition to the two faculty members, 11 students and recent graduates of the College were awarded Fulbright U.S. Student scholarships. They are: Chuck Abbott, Amy Benoit, Will Dolive, Helen Wong, Neah Monteiro, Amanda Norris, Jean Rose, Hakan Seyalioglu, Laura Smith, Catherine Williams and Aisa Martinez.
They will work in countries around the world including Oman, Germany, Taiwan, Poland and Hungary. Many of the scholars will work as part of English-teaching assistantships, while others will conduct research on topics ranging from cross-cultural interchange through mathematics to musical connections across the Mediterranean.
The Fulbright Scholar Program is sponsored by
the U.S. Department of State and sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals
abroad each year. 
