- Meriden, CT
Clemson University Graduate Tom Kudlacz of Meriden receives Fulbright grant
2012 Jun 12
Tom Kudlacz of Meriden, a Clemson University graduate, received a Fulbright grant to conduct research abroad.
Kudlacz received a grant to conduct research in Poland. Kudlacz graduated from Clemson in May 2011 with a bachelor's degree in history. He spent much of his undergraduate career studying Polish history and philosophy; he coordinated an independent study course on the social and political philosophy of Enlightenment Poland compared to other major western European philosophers. He will spend his time in Poland at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, where he will research the nationalistic concept of freedom in Poland and its effect on other nationalistic movements throughout the 21st century. Kudlacz will be Clemson's first Fulbright research grantee to travel to Poland.
The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and was created to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and those in other countries.
Since its inception in 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided approximately 310,000 participants - chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential - with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.
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