Rishma Dunlop has been awarded a prestigious Canada-US Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Creative Writing at Arizona State University for 2009-2010. In her role as a Canada-US Fulbright Visiting Research Chair, Professor Dunlop will be Resident at the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University, engaging in creative and scholarly activities, public lectures and literary readings. During her term as Visiting Research Chair, Dunlop will be working on a multi-genre book, Midnight at the Algonquin Hotel.
By engaging the brightest minds in academic exchanges, the Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program seeks to enhance mutual understanding between Canada and the United States. Through its bilateral academic exchanges, outstanding students, scholars and professionals strengthen Canada-U.S. relations by examining a wide range of subjects that are critical to the relationship between the two countries.
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