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見山是山，見水是水

Hui-Hsin Hung 洪慧欣 November 7, 2017

如同十個月前離開的那天，我喝著巷口甘醇的古早味紅茶，迎面而來的不是克里夫蘭仍然微涼的冷風，而是濕黏厚重的空氣緊貼在皮膚上，耳邊傳來閩南語與國語夾雜的日常，於是清楚地知道，我到家了。

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Visiting a Buddhist Statue Factory in Taiwan

Kevin Buckelew 呂凱文 November 2, 2017

      During my 2016–17 Fulbright fellowship in Taiwan, I had the opportunity to visit the Taoyuan factory of Sheng Kuang 聖光 (Sacred Radiance), a leading manufacturer of Buddhist statuary whose finished work can be found in temples and sacred sites across Taiwan and other parts of Asia. While the company

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The Native Speaker: A Category in Need of Rupture

Gina Elia 艾真 October 6, 2017

In my language, we say “I love you” a lot. Think about that sentence for a minute. Really think about it. Does it strike you as odd? I speak of my native language, which happens to be English, as though it belongs to me.  But how can something as massive

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Christine Norton: Cross-Cultural Learning & Outdoor Adventure Therapy

Fulbright Taiwan September 26, 2017

Dr. Norton provides an overview of her Fulbright Teaching project, “Cultural bridging through shared adventure,” as well as other Fulbright-related projects, and the resulting personal and professional outcomes. Christine Norton, LCSW, has a PhD in Social Work from Loyola University Chicago, a MA in Social Service Administration from the University

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Barbara Reed: The Transformation of Buddhist Education in Taiwan

Fulbright Taiwan August 30, 2017

Since the 1990s, new and transformed Buddhist educational institutions have developed in Taiwan to meet the needs of a modern, globalized society. Dr. Barbara Reed devoted her Fulbright year in Taiwan to teaching and researching how these new colleges and universities develop different approaches to integrating Buddhist values into modern

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Kevin Buckelew: “What is the Buddha?”

Fulbright Taiwan August 30, 2017

“What is the Buddha?”: Authority, Encounter Dialogue, and Ritual Efficacy in the Song-dynasty Chan Tradition Song-dynasty Chan discourse records represent Chan masters as “living buddhas.” But how did this idea attain efficacy in dialogue with an audience during the routine ritual of “ascending the hall”? Kevin Buckelew is a Ph.D.

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Integrating Global Curricula: Reflections on Taiwan

Steve Varela August 23, 2017

    I recently discovered that I indeed had something in common with the esteemed Paul Krugman, the 2008 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics. Not surprisingly, it has to do with Taiwan. My recent visit back to the island brought back to mind many of the reasons why

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