Jointly hosted by the Humanities Research Centre and the Fulbright Commission, this public lecture will feature Dr Kotlowksi and Dr Ratti explaining how their research projects were boosted by the Fulbright scholarships.
 
Dr Dean Kotlowski will discuss how the commission helped him place American politics and diplomacy in an international context during a transformative period in US history, the 1930s and 1940s.He will concentrate on Amercian efforts to send European Jews to the Philippines during the period of the Holocaust, as well as the USA's ongoing ties with the Philippines.
 
Dr Manav Ratti will expand on how the Fulbright informed his work on world literature and the values of international education. He will discuss the role of literature informed by secularism, religion and human rights in imagining alternatives to global challenges, such as interreligious conflict.

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Please RSVP by 22 July to Alexander Maclaurin, Fulbright Commission.

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