Tactful Visitor, Scientific Observer, or 100 Percent Patriot? Ambassadorship in the Australian-US Fulbright program

Garner, A; Kirkby, D

Tactful Visitor, Scientific Observer, or 100 Percent Patriot? Ambassadorship in the Australian-US Fulbright program

Garner, A Kirkby, D

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Publisher:: University Press of Kentucky
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: The Legacy of J. William Fulbright Policy, Power, and Ideology, 2019, pp. 199-221
Issue Date:: 2019-07-22

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dc.contributor.author	Garner, A
dc.contributor.author	Kirkby, D https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3288-4819
dc.contributor.editor	Brogi, A
dc.contributor.editor	Scott-Smith, G
dc.contributor.editor	Snyder, D
dc.date.accessioned	2020-05-05T07:48:20Z
dc.date.available	2020-05-05T07:48:20Z
dc.date.issued	2019-07-22
dc.identifier.citation	The Legacy of J. William Fulbright Policy, Power, and Ideology, 2019, pp. 199-221
dc.identifier.isbn	0813177723
dc.identifier.isbn	9780813177724
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dc.description.abstract	The meaning of ambassadorship for scholars lies at the heart of the Fulbright program. As participants in a scheme that straddled the worlds of education and diplomacy, scholars were expected to act as unofficial ambassadors for their education systems, the program itself, and their country of origin. Yet the requirements and boundaries of this role were not always clear-cut. Unlike government representatives on foreign soil, who had strict protocols to guide their behavior in a range of social and political contexts, Fulbright scholars had to work things out for themselves, in both casual social situations and formal, public fora. In the early years, the scheme's reputation rested on the success (or otherwise) of the participating scholars. Initial impressions were crucial at a time when there was growing suspicion around the world of the true motives of the United States in promoting educational exchange. Australia's experience as one of the first countries to participate in the global Fulbright program reveals the often fraught and haphazard nature of those early years for Fulbright scholars and program administrators. The meaning of ambassadorship for academics emerged gradually as the scheme became established. Here, we show how the political context, new understandings about gender and race, and the experiences of the scholars themselves together recast the program's ambassadorial dimension in
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dc.publisher	University Press of Kentucky
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dc.title	Tactful Visitor, Scientific Observer, or 100 Percent Patriot? Ambassadorship in the Australian-US Fulbright program
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dc.location	Lexington, USA

Abstract:

The meaning of ambassadorship for scholars lies at the heart of the Fulbright program. As participants in a scheme that straddled the worlds of education and diplomacy, scholars were expected to act as unofficial ambassadors for their education systems, the program itself, and their country of origin. Yet the requirements and boundaries of this role were not always clear-cut. Unlike government representatives on foreign soil, who had strict protocols to guide their behavior in a range of social and political contexts, Fulbright scholars had to work things out for themselves, in both casual social situations and formal, public fora. In the early years, the scheme's reputation rested on the success (or otherwise) of the participating scholars. Initial impressions were crucial at a time when there was growing suspicion around the world of the true motives of the United States in promoting educational exchange. Australia's experience as one of the first countries to participate in the global Fulbright program reveals the often fraught and haphazard nature of those early years for Fulbright scholars and program administrators. The meaning of ambassadorship for academics emerged gradually as the scheme became established. Here, we show how the political context, new understandings about gender and race, and the experiences of the scholars themselves together recast the program's ambassadorial dimension in

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