Brenda Bethman, director of the UMKC Women’s Center and the Women’s & Gender Studies Program, and Affiliated Faculty in German in the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures, has been awarded a Fulbright Grant to attend the 2013 Baden-Württemberg Seminar for American Faculty in German and German Studies. The award includes seminar fees, room and board, and travel to/from Germany. Participants must be teaching at U.S. universities and only 15 are selected.
The German-American Fulbright Commission describes the seminar as offering “professional development in all areas relevant to the teaching of German Studies including German Language, Literature, Culture, Professional Education, Politics and Higher Education.” It will be held June 9-22, 2013. The primary location is University of Tübingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg, but the program also includes visits to other universities in the state.