Fulbright Seminar Birmingham, Alabama – March 2012

Hola a todos,

Durante la semana pasada, Jesús de Felipe (MEC-Fulbright 2012-2013) y yo (Antonio Marcial Escudero, MEC-Fulbright 2011-2012) hemos tenido el gusto de asistir al seminario Fulbright sobre derechos civiles celebrado en Birmingham (Alabama). Durante los cuatro días que ha durado el seminario hemos podido conocer mejor la historia americana de la lucha por los derechos civiles a la vez que disfrutábamos de la hospitalidad sureña y de la compañia de otros 60 becarios Fulbright pertenecientes a más de 30 paises y con gran variedad en lo que se refiere a la disciplina académica. La experiencia ha sido muy enriquecedora. Os adjunto información referente a las actividades que hemos realizado así como de los asistentes.

Overview of Fulbright Seminar

Birmingham, Alabama

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Arrive at the  Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport

Travel to the Tutwiler Hotel by shuttle

1:00 pm, 3:30 pm & 4:00 pm

Optional Cultural Excursion Groups

6:00 pm

Welcome Reception at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Thursday, March 8, 2012

6:30 – 8:00 am

Breakfast

8:30 – 10:00 am

Plenary Speaker: Stephen Black, President/Founder of Impact Alabama

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

“Briefing about the Civil Rights Movement: Birmingham’s Role in Change

12:00 pm

Depart hotel and travel by bus to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame

12:30 – 1:45 pm

Lunch

Keynote Speaker: Honorable William Bell, Mayor of Birmingham

2:00 – 4:45 pm

Panel Discussions: Models for Protecting Humans Rights

4:45 pm

Return to Hotel

6:00

Depart for Home Hospitality

Friday, March 9, 2012

6:30 – 7:15 am

Breakfast

7:30 – 9:00 am

Travel to Montgomery, the capital of Alabama

9:00-11:00 am

Community Service: Montgomery City Schools

11:30 – 12:00 pm

Tour of Rosa Parks Museum

12:00 – 1:15 pm

Lunch & Speaker

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Tour of Alabama State Capitol

Meet with Alabama State Senator Arthur Orr

“Role of State Government in Protecting Human Rights”

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Southern Poverty Law Center

4:30 – 6:30 pm

Travel back to Birmingham

7:00 – 9:00 pm

Neighborhood Alley Party

Saturday, March 10, 2012

7:30 – 8:30 am

Breakfast

9:00 – 11:00 am

Scholars Panel

11:00 – 11:30 am

Closing of Seminar

2012 Fulbright Scholar Seminar – ALABAMA

Thuraya Juma Abdulla – Bahrain

Mohammad Akram Abul Haj – Palestine

Mohammed Abdullah Al-Duais – Yemen

Hina Ashraf – Pakistan

Mohammed Mohibbe Azam – India

Makhbatsho Bakhromov – Tajikistan

Olalekan Oyeleke Banwo – Nigeria

Adrian Birzu – Romania

Anurag Chauhan – India

Eugene Dermot Coyle – Ireland

Jesus De Felipe Redondo – Spain

Tsanka Dimitrova Dikova – Bulgaria

Stepan Douplii – Ukraine

Agnieszka  Dybala-Defratyka – Poland

Eman Mohamed Helmy El-Meligi – Egypt

Antonio Marcial Escuerdo Lirio – Spain

Osita Catherine Ezenwanebe – Nigeria

Benita Maria Gullkvist – Finland

Neeraj Gupta – India

Santoshi Halder – India

Eustace Ayemere Iyayi – Nigeria

Amit Jain – India

Ronghua Ju – China

Maxat Kassen – Kazakhstan

Mahmuda Khatun – Bangladesh

Assi Jose Carlos Kimou  – Cote d’Ivoire

Murali Kodakkattumana Purushothaman – India

Banu Kosgeroglu – Turkey

Rashid Anorovich Kulmatov – Uzbekistan

Han-Durdy Kurbanov – Turkmenistan

Jong Kul Kwon – Republic of Korea

Celestin Lele – Cameroon

Jayaratna Haluge Chandani Liyanage – Sri Lanka

Lianggong Luo – China

Arpan Kumar Maiti – India

Fatthy Mohamed Morsy – Egypt

Christopher Byalusago Mugimu – Uganda

Ashirbek Kurbanovich Muminov – Kazakhstan

Giseok Nam – South Korea

Emmanuel Oluchukwu Odozi – Nigeria

Juma Anthony Okuku – Uganda

Frederic Ouattara – Burkina Faso

Mary Akosua Seiwaa Owusu – Ghana

Velmurugan Palaniyappa Shanmugam – India

Nicole Panorkou – Cyprus

Jeroen Bram Karel Pollet – Belgium

Aris Psilovikos – Greece

Elena Mihail Raevschi – Republic of Moldova

Muhammad Raffi – Pakistan

Shahid Ahmad Rajput – Pakistan

Chandrababu Ranganathan – India

Mokhtar Rejili – Tunisia

Violina Angelova Rizova – Bulgaria

Nita Rukminasari – Indonesia

Anup Saikia – India

Siddharth Singh – India

Joy Mundiz Sorrosa – Philippines

Gabriel Sosa – Mexico

Ognen Spasovski – Republic of Macedonia

Srinivasa Siva Rama Krishnarao Taduri – India
Aysit Tansel – Turkey

Ihor Tarnavchyk – Ukraine

Nicodemus Maashin Useh – Nigeria

Yixin Wang – China

Hui Xu – China

Lili Zhang – China