In the spring of 2007 I held the Walt Whitman Distinguished Fulbright Chair in American Studies at Utrecht University. My Fulbright hosts Dr. Jaap Verheul (U.S. History) and Dr. Derek Rubin (American literature) were not only my colleagues in American Studies, but also became my friends. I taught two sections of an undergraduate class on the Harlem Renaissance and a graduate course on food, ethnicity, and race in American culture. Over the course of the semester I also travelled around the Netherlands and guest lectured at Leiden Unviersity, as the guest of Dr. Joke Kardux, and Radboud University in Nijmegen, as the guest of Dr. Hans Bak. The Fulbright was one of the highlights of my academic career.
The entrance to Trans 10, where the department of English is located. 
The view of the Nieuwegracht from my lecture hall in Trans 10. 
The ark of the Sephardic synagogue in Amsterdam. 
The Dom Tower.