On a bright and beautiful spring day, I had the pleasure of meeting with one of our wonderful members, Toni Devreaux, at the Huntington Library, Art Collection, and Botanical Gardens in California. We were surrounded by lush plants and creatures that seamlessly existed among numerous…
After you have added all of your information to your Sabbatical Homes Home Offered listing, you can add pictures via the Add Pictures button at the bottom of the page: You can upload up to ten pictures (in JPG format and under 2mb in size) either…
Los Angeles, CA (August 2015) – SabbaticalHomes.com, an online listing service for scholars needing to find or offer temporary accommodations, is proud to announce Samantha Gambling as recipient of their inaugural Scholarship Opportunity. Nadege Conger, Sabbatical Homes’ founder, was inspired by the universal reach of…
The capabilities of our brain are boundless. How can we keep it sharp and healthy? It is commonly believed that our brain functions as a machine, facing the inevitable fate of eventually breaking down and no longer operating as it once had. However, similar to…
Scholars are consistently making the world a better place through thoughtful research, observation, and application. Inspired by graduate students’ zeal for learning, we created our very first scholarship opportunity to cover one month’s housing costs for one graduate student traveling for educational purposes. We were…
Nadege Conger, Founder of SabbaticalHomes.com, serendipitously meets Author Carla Kaplan at the MLA ’14 Convention in Chicago. Devoted to helping scholars travel, she is thrilled to learn about our members’ success. Only a day after the “Chibera” polar freeze began to relent its winter winds…
We are always looking for wonderful places to stay, while traveling. I eschew hotels for the most part, and prefer homes in which we can relax (and have a yard, if possible), especially if we are to be gone for long periods of time. I…
Although Evanston residents can log onto Web sites to try and temporarily exchange houses, like Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz’s characters did in the film “The Holiday,” the possibility of finding someone who wants to visit Evanston is slim. Instead of hunting for a temporary…
Traveling for research is a part of any historian’s job description, and arranging housing for an extended research stay can be a hassle. Since 2000, the web site SabbaticalHomes.com has been connecting academics around the world in all disciplines in an effort to make arranging…
