I was extremely fortunate to received the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Humanities from the Institute  for Theatre, Film, and Media Research in 2007. I taught hundreds of students from all over the world in  German, while researching a book titled “A Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic.” The book was  published a year after I returned, and I am still in touch with colleagues at the Institute.  Indeed I will  return to Vienna this fall for a conference dealing with theatre practice in Austria during the Third Reich.

William Grange is a professor of theatre arts at the University of Nebraska. He was at the University of Vienna as a US Fulbright Scholar in 2006–07.