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Home News In Memoriam — Keith Hitchins

In Memoriam — Keith Hitchins

We learn with profound regret the passing away of outstanding historian and scholar Keith Hitchins, Professor at the University of Illinois and the first American grantee to study in Romania under the auspices of the U.S.-Romania Cultural Exchange program back in 1960. It was the beginning of a long brilliant career of studies on Romanian and South-East European history, during which Professor Hitchins published an impressive number of volumes in Romanian and English, such as Rumanian National Movement in Transylvania, 1780-1849 (Harvard University Press, 1969), Romania, 1866-1947 and The Romanians, 1774-1866 (both published by Oxford University Press, 1994 and 1996) and A Concise History of Romania (Cambridge University Press, 2014).

Professors Hitchins has not only essentially contributed to Romanian historiography and to define Romanian identity, but he was a first and outstanding participant in the Fulbright exchanges. In his own words, quoted from his speech during the Anniversary of 50 Years of the Fulbright Program in Romania in June 2010:

“After a period of strain in the late 1940s and 1950s, regular relations between Romania and the United States were gradually re-established in the 1960s and 1970s. It is reasonable to think that the cultural exchange was not only a consequence of this thaw, but also contributed decisively to a deepening of what had been a long-term, mutually satisfactory relationship. Our gathering today is striking testimony to the strength of the bonds of culture and friendship that thousands of American and Romanian Fulbrighters have forged in the last half-century. They and all those who have served the Fulbright program with such dedication have laid the solid foundations for many more half-centuries of fruitful exchanges to come.”

Alumni Stories

"My Fulbright visit at Rutgers has offered amazing opportunities not only to present my work in the area of Human-Animal Interactions to some of the faculties of Rutgers University and SSW students, but also to establish valuable connections for future collaborations."

Alina Rusu
Fulbright Visiting Scholar, 2017-2018

"I did not get to give Columbia a proper farewell last Spring, but I will do it now as a new year begins, and as I continue to unpack lessons from my time here. I arrived at Columbia full of curiosity and academic naiveté. Now I’m leaving with a collection of lessons yet to be fully revealed and distilled."

Oana Mihalache
Fulbright Student Researcher, 2019-2020

"My time as a Fulbrighter was about so much more than the research I was honored to work on. It was about building lasting relationships, learning about Romanian culture, and sharing my experiences with friends."

Elizabeth Wiita
U.S. Fulbright Student Researcher, 2019-2020

"The Fulbright Scholar Award gave me the unique opportunity to conduct research at the reputed Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California, and meet top scholars in communication and public diplomacy."

Alina Dolea
Fulbright Senior Award, 2015-2016

"The idea of experiencing one of the best education systems in the world (if not the best) could be quite overwhelming. But soon I realized that this is going to be a unique opportunity to learn as much as possible, to work like never before in my academic life. And I did just that."

Ciprian Crețu
Fulbright Student Researcher, 2019-2020

"In all, I feel fulfilled despite a truncated Fulbright experience. Thankfully, I got a taste of all my goals, in some fashion, before the pandemic. And it’s only a matter of time before I come back to fully explore Romania and Europe, hand-in-hand with my fellow colleagues and friends."

Allen Chen
U.S. Fulbright ETA, 2019-2020

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