HARROGATE, Tenn. - Dr. Charles M. Hubbard, Professor of History and Lincoln Historian at Lincoln Memorial University (LMU), has been awarded a Distinguished Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research at the Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations in Kula Lumpur, Malaysia, during the 2006-2007 academic year, according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Hubbard will lecture and teach diplomats and foreign service personnel from Southeast Asian countries. His research will focus on U.S. relations with Southeast Asia during the Cold War period.

Hubbard is one of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad through the Fulbright Scholar Program. Established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the Program's purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the rest of the world.

The Fulbright Program, America's flagship international educational exchange program, is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Program operates in more than 150 countries worldwide.

Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields. Among the prominent Fulbright alumni are: Dolores Kendrick, Poet Laureate of the District of Columbia; Ruth Simmons, President, Brown University; and Javier Solana, Foreign Policy Chief, European Union.

For more than forty years, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has supported programs that seek to promote mutual understanding and respect between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The Fulbright Scholar Program is administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars in Washington, D.C.