Kuwait – David Kotz

What a year!

A year of personal and professional exploration.

One year ago, today, I headed out the door for a year-long sabbatical. The professional core of that sabbatical was my Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship at Imperial College London, but I also enjoyed meeting colleagues at University College London, during visits to universities across the UK in England, Scotland, and Wales, and at conferences in France, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. The year was academically very productive! And the year also presented incredible opportunities for travel, much of it described in this blog. Here’s a quick summary, with one photo per month. Each month’s heading is a link to the blog posts for that month, and the bullets link to a few travel highlights.

Kuwait in three days

A delightful visit to an interesting country on the Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf).

I’ve just returned from a fascinating visit to Kuwait. Although Dartmouth has a long-standing relationship with the American University of Kuwait (AUK), and I’ve hosted two AUK faculty for summer fellowships in my lab at Dartmouth, I’d never had the opportunity to visit. This was my first trip to AUK and Kuwait; indeed, my first trip to the Middle East. Although it was a short visit – just three days – it was fascinating and delightful.