Hace unos días tuve el privilegio de viajar a Austin, Texas, para asistir a un Seminario Fulbright organizado por el Instituto de Educación Internacional estadounidense y financiado por el Departamento de Estado Americano. Bajo el título de «Civic Engagement – […]
Chances of getting a Fulbright scholarship are very low. Let’s take my year. 22 Spaniards we were fortunate to get the scholarship out of a pool of 263 applications. So, let’s make the simple assumption that the probability of getting a Fulbright scholarship in Spain is 8%.
The word revolution has several meanings. Nowadays it has a devalued connotation, referring to relatively substantial but not necessarily radical changes in social, economic, technological or cultural behavior. However, there are in fact real revolutions that are (or have been) extremely important in different areas. Some – political and economic – revolutions have a direct impact, sometimes at a huge human cost. Other – cultural and technological – revolutions are more subtle with long-term effects. The media and associated technology used to transmit the strange phenomenon that we call ‘culture’ also influence what is preserved and for how long.
At the beginning of this summer I was furiously preparing for the third Cine Migratorio film festival in Santander, Spain. During my final three months of my Fulbright ETA grant, this film festival consumed me. It was exhausting, challenging, and […]
An exoplanet is confirmed for the first time using an instrument built by the Calar Alto Observatory, Almería, Spain. It is the first planet orbiting a giant star whose confirmation is beyond any doubt. The planetary nature of an […]