John D. Gates, acting associate director and visiting lecturer in the University of New Mexico Native American Studies department, has been awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholar grant to lecture and research at the University of Bonn, North American Studies Program, Bonn, Germany during the 2004-2005 academic year.
The United States Department of State and J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced the award.
Gates will teach two classes during the fall and spring terms, lecturing in federal Indian law, Native American Studies and international Indigenous human rights. In the spring, he teaches an online course “Native Americans and Germans: the Politics of Nationalism and Identity” offered through WebCT.
His research will focus on Native Americans’ and Germans’ varied conceptions of nationalism, identity and self-determination leading into the 21st century.
Gates is one of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad to some 140 countries this academic year through the Fulbright Scholar Program. Established in 1946, the program’s purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries.
The Fulbright Program, America’s flagship international educational exchange activity, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Recipients of Fulbright Scholar awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement and because they have demonstrated extraordinary leadership potential in their fields.
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