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Lisa Trei, a graduate student at Tallinn University, has been awarded a Fulbright Specialist Award<\/a> to work with Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trei plans to develop a digital exhibit and educational resources based on the stories of Estonian refugees who initially fled to Sweden in 1944 to escape Soviet terror. A few years later, fearful of being deported back to Estonia by the Swedish government, hundreds of Estonians escaped again, this time secretly crowding into small boats to sail across the Atlantic to North America.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tales of these 20th<\/sup>-century Vikings, who risked all to live in freedom, is especially relevant today in the wake of Russia\u2019s brutal invasion of Ukraine, which has created millions of new refugees and once again threatens the security of Estonia and Europe,\u201d Trei said. \u201cDuring Soviet times, this remarkable chapter of Estonia\u2019s history was suppressed and even today is largely unknown. It deserves a wider audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trei\u2019s project aligns with Vabamu\u2019s mission \u201cto educate the people of Estonia and its visitors about the recent past, sense the fragility of freedom, and advocate for justice and the rule of law.\u201d Vabamu runs two museums<\/a>, develops educational activities<\/a>, and organizes international partnerships, including with Stanford University<\/a>. Trei will also advise the museum on communications and fundraising strategies aimed at developing deeper relationships with the Estonian \u00e9migr\u00e9 community in the United States.<\/p>\n

The digital exhibit, which will launch in fall 2024 to coincide with the 80th<\/sup> anniversary of the Great Escape, when 80,000 Estonians fled their homeland, will highlight journeys recorded in J\u00fcri Vendla\u2019s book Unustatud merereisid<\/em><\/a> (Forgotten Sea Journeys<\/em>). Although accounts of individual boats have been published, Vendla\u2019s 2010 book, which Trei is translating into English, is the only record that covers all the known boats and ships that escaped from Sweden to the \u201cfree world\u201d in the late 1940s and early 1950s.<\/p>\n

An Estonian connection<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trei\u2019s grandparents emigrated from Saaremaa to New York City in the 1920s during Estonia\u2019s first period of independence. In 1990, as a journalist, she was invited to teach reporting at Tartu University and work at The Estonian Independent<\/em>, the republic\u2019s first English-language newspaper. Trei covered the breakup of the Soviet Union and the reemergence of independent Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania for many U.S. publications, including The Wall Street Journal<\/em>. In 2023, following a long career in communications at Stanford University, Trei returned to Estonia to pursue a master\u2019s degree in Estonian Studies at Tallinn University.<\/p>\n

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Fulbright Specialist Program<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trei is one of more than 400 U.S. citizens selected each year to participate in the Fulbright Specialist Program, which supports the development of short-term, collaborative projects that aim to promote long-lasting relationships between professionals and host institutions. Since its establishment in 1946, the Fulbright Program, the flagship international exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government, has given more than 400,000 professionals the opportunity to study, teach, and conduct research in more than 160 countries worldwide.<\/p>\n

This is Trei\u2019s second Fulbright award. In 1994, she was selected to teach journalism at Tartu University, which led to the publication of Uuriv ajakirjandus<\/em> (Investigative Journalism<\/em>), Estonia\u2019s first handbook on investigative reporting. Today, she is active in Estonian activities in the United States as a member of the Estonian American National Council<\/a> and the Estonian Society of San Francisco.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":10206,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","news-category":[50,49],"class_list":["post-10205","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-global-conversations","news-category-vabamu"],"yoast_head":"\nLisa Trei receives Fulbright to partner with Vabamu Museum - Vabamu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vabamu.ee\/en\/news\/lisa-trei-receives-fulbright-to-partner-with-vabamu-museum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lisa Trei receives Fulbright to partner with Vabamu Museum - 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