University of Richmond Faculty Member Receives Fulbright Scholar Award

October 18, 2004

Edward Larkin, University of Richmond assistant professor of English, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture on American studies and literature at Tallinn Pedagogical University in Tallinn, Estonia, during the 2004-05 academic year.

Larkin will be teaching two classes on American studies and American immigrant literature while in Estonia. He is one of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad to some 140 countries through the Fulbright Scholar Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

"I was thrilled to win the award," Larkin said, "and my family is delighted at the prospect of this grand adventure. It represents an interesting opportunity to teach American literature, history and culture in one of the newly independent Baltic States which were formerly a part of the Soviet Union."

Established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the program's purpose is to build understanding between the people of the United States and other countries. During its 58 years of existence, thousands of U.S. faculty members and professionals have studied, researched or taught abroad, and thousands of their counterparts from other countries have traveled to the U.S. thanks to the program.