U.S. Exchange Program Alumna of the Month
U.S. Exchange Program Alumna of the Month
Over the last 60 years, thousands of UK citizens have traveled to the United States on exchange programs sponsored by the American Embassy in London. Each month we will highlight alumni of these programs.
This August’s Alumna of the Month is Yvonne Murphy, who
managed Northern Ireland’s most important collection of political
materials at the Linen Hall Library in Belfast. Yvonne traveled to the
U.S. on the International Visitor Leadership Program in 1997 to
participate in an American Studies exchange. Watch
Yvonne discuss her exchange experience and an exhibition she helped
develop entitled “Troubled Images,” which toured the U.S. in 2004 and
was visited in Northern Ireland by former President Bill Clinton (Windows Media video).
From
now until September 11th, 2010, the same exhibition that toured the
United States will be on display at Linen Hall Library in Belfast. The
exhibition, “Troubled Images: Posters and Images of the Northern Ireland Conflict,”
features 70 posters on display that illustrate collective experiences
in Northern Ireland since the beginning of the Troubles, and reflect all
sides of the conflict.
For more information about our exchange programs can be found here.
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