January 2008

Martin C. Putna

Fulbrighter of the Month

Martin C. Putna, Associate Professor of comparative literature at Charles University in Prague, focusses on the relationship between religion and culture.

In the 2007/2008 academic year he has been participating in the  Fulbright-Masaryk program at Boston College where he has been working on his project „A different Religious America,“ on conflicts between the religious and civic principle in American society and culture at the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life.

His experience in his daily observation and understanding the United States can be found in his blog http://blog.aktualne.cz/blogy/martin-c-putna.php, more information can be found at http://www.mcputna.cz/www/