Five years ago, Nadege Conger and her husband, former McGill management professor Jay Conger, began traveling regularly from near Los Angeles to London, where Jay held joint appointments. Their experience abroad became the seed of SabbaticalHomes.
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Nadege Conger sees herself as a kind of international matchmaker, though lifelong love affairs aren’t the aim, a two- or three-month lease will do. This Chronicle piece covers the June launch of Sabbatical Homes and how it serves nomadic scholars.
When SabbaticalHomes first featured Rachel Louise Snyder, she was an international journalist researching stories around the world. Today, the longtime member is an award-winning author, professor and journalist whose acclaimed books include No Visible Bruises and Women We Buried, Women We Burned.
SabbaticalHomes member Mary Jane Baxter combined her passions for journalism, fashion and making to forge a creative career. The former BBC journalist became an author with Chic on a Shoestring, sharing inventive ideas for transforming everyday and vintage finds into stylish creations.
Artist and SabbaticalHomes member Katherine Dolgy Ludwig found a creative way to combine her international art practice with extended stays around the world: exchanging original paintings for housing and forming lasting friendships along the way.
When Lorna Hendry and her family grew tired of balancing work and family pressures, they gave up city life for a year camping across Australia and a year in a remote Aboriginal community in the Kimberley. This is the story of their outback adventure.
Screenwriter and Harvard lecturer Chris Keane, author of Romancing the A-list, shares his experience renting through SabbaticalHomes and his advice on writing a screenplay that sells.
Photographer, author, and founder of the Latin music label Tumi Music, Mo Fini has spent more than four decades exploring the arts, crafts, and culture of Latin America. We revisit the remarkable journey of one of our most well-traveled notable members.
In 2012, SabbaticalHomes celebrates its twelfth anniversary. For finding or offering a home to rent, exchange, sit, or share, the academic community has counted on the site since 2000. In that spirit, here are a dozen reasons to love Sabbatical Homes.