SCIO is delighted by the news that alumnus Stanley Schwarz (Oxford Summer Programme, 2017), a native of Noblesville, Indiana, has been awarded a Fulbright postgraduate scholarship to conduct research at the Australian National University.
Concerning his research, Stanley writes:
I am currently a Fulbright postgraduate scholar in Canberra, researching the Australian Labor Party, 1910-1925, and the political, intellectual, and legal currents which shaped it and the Socialist movement in Australia during the same period.
Stanley’s passion for his subject began during his time as an undergraduate at Cedarville University, where he read for a double major in History and Economics: ‘During that time I did research in the development of American Socialism which led me towards broader interest in the intellectual, political, and social currents which shape Labor and Socialist political movements more generally.’
SCIO’s Academic Director, Dr Elizabeth Baigent, writes regarding Stanley’s achievement and his time in Oxford:
It was a great pleasure to have Stanley with us on the Oxford Summer Programme. He approached his Oxford work in the light of his ambitions for graduate school, making focused and intelligent use of Oxford’s research libraries and engaging in tutorial and other discussion on a graduate level and with broad geographical sweep. I remember discussions on British socialism, particularly the thesis that British socialism not Marxist, and he is now exploring the Australian situation. This epitomises his thoughtfulness and internationalism. SCIO tutors take great pleasure when their students secure opportunities which can be life changing.
Stanley writes that his time at SCIO represented an ‘excellent experience in [his] intellectual development’; he continues:
While at SCIO, I enjoyed a wonderful experience of intellectual challenge and research opportunity due to the resources of the Bodleian library. In this atmosphere including both hard work and excellent guidance by SCIO faculty, I was able to develop and refine my ability as a scholar and my focus on certain projects, including research on Socialism in England.