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Bishop Named Fulbright Scholar To Université d’Oran, Algeria

“My investment in North African studies is integral to my research and scholarly conversations,” Bishop said. “At the Université d’Oran, I will address African-American nationalism in its transnational context…”


SAN MARCOS – Elizabeth Bishop, an associate professor in the Department of History at Texas State University, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program grant to work with the Université d’Oran in Oran, Algeria.

Bishop is one of more than 1,200 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for the 2018-2019 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement.

“My investment in North African studies is integral to my research and scholarly conversations,” Bishop said. “At the Université d’Oran, I will address African-American nationalism in its transnational context, at both undergraduate and graduate levels.”

This will be Bishop’s second Fulbright in Algeria. Her first was at the Université d’Alger in the capital city, Algiers, during 2007-2008. That project focused on north African national liberation in the work of three African American authors—James Baldwin, Richard Wright and Chester Himes.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.

Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership in their fields. The program operates in more than 160 countries worldwide.

For further information about the Fulbright Program or the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, eca.state.gov/fulbright or contact ECA Press, via telephone at (202) 632-6445 or e-mail at ECA-Press@state.gov.


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Founded in 1899, Texas State University is among the largest universities in Texas with an enrollment of 38,694 students on campuses in San Marcos and Round Rock. Texas State’s 184,000-plus alumni are a powerful force in serving the economic workforce needs of Texas and throughout the world. Designated an Emerging Research University by the State of Texas, Texas State is classified under “Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity,” the second-highest designation for research institutions under the Carnegie classification system.

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