As founder, Nadege Conger stays close to the academic traveling community she helped build, always glad to hear what members are up to. She shares one heartfelt email that captured exactly why this work matters.
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Founder Nadege Conger met up with member Arda in Amsterdam over the summer and heard what she thought of the service. Meeting members is always a treat, and this conversation was no exception. Help us spread the word.
Member Gayleen Mackereth shares her experience renting her Waiheke Island, New Zealand home to professors on sabbatical. A retired teacher, writer, and lecturer who now teaches English online, she and her husband Don open their home to visiting academics.
In Paris, founder Nadege Conger had the pleasure of meeting member Daniel Andler. A philosopher of science and cognitive scientist, and professor emeritus at Université Paris-Sorbonne, he remains active at the Ecole normale supérieure. She shares their conversation.
You may have met David Brown at one of our Sabbatical Homes tables at the ACTFL and MLA conferences while he was finishing his degree. Since then he has ventured into something new, and we caught up with him about learning piano online.
Our team shares its own adventures too. We asked Jay, a SabbaticalHomes team member, what he was up to over the summer, and his excitement spilled over. He tells us about a musician’s journey to London and the pull of chasing the next adventure.
Founder Nadege Conger had a wonderful time at the AWP Bookfair in Los Angeles, meeting writers and publishers from around the world. Since starting SabbaticalHomes in 2000, she has worked to make it a strong resource for the scholarly community, and this trip fit right in.
American writer and psychotherapist Kristin Duncombe has lived in Europe since 2001. The child of a US diplomat, she grew up overseas and has spent most of her adult life abroad. Drawing on her work with international families, she has written two memoirs, and she shares her story.
As an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow, member George Williams is leading a five-year international project on anti-terror laws and democracy. One of Australia’s foremost constitutional lawyers and public commentators, he shares the work behind the appointment.
Founder Nadege Conger was delighted to meet new academics and reconnect with Sabbatical Homes members at the ACTFL and MLA conventions in 2016. She filmed some notable members who stopped by the booth, and shares what they had to say.