Clements Fellow Selected for the Fulbright Program

Congratulations to Clements Undergraduate Fellow Simon Gerst on his selection for a 2024-2025 Fulbright award! Simon is a senior triple-major in Jewish Studies, German, and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

Simon will spend the academic year in Kyrgyzstan, undertaking research on a project entitled “No One is Forgotten: Rediscovering Kyrgyzstan’s Lost Jewish Émigrés.” He will be a visiting scholar at the Central Asian Studies Institute at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek. Simon will bring to this project strong language skills in Russian, prior experience living and studying in Kyrgyzstan, and important background conducting original historical research both on topics related to Jewish Studies during the 20th century and to national security.