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A Case of China’s Economic Power

Grant Nordby 羅若彬 November 13, 2017

A case study provides the opportunity to delve deeper into the perceived advantage that China wields over the United States in monetary power. By analyzing a real world case of Chinese monetary power, this research aims to answer the questions: when is economic coercive action in the Chinese-United States relationship

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流連柏克萊：嬉皮、創客與旅行學者

Shu-Ching Chen 陳淑卿 November 7, 2017

拿到學位從美國回台轉眼已經二十年，這期間雖然時常來美國開會，進行短期研究，但總是來去匆匆，學校的教學行政研究壓力如影隨形，未能停下來聞聞路邊的花香。二十幾年前得到傅爾布萊特基金會的獎助，讓我能專心攻讀博士學位，一直銘感於心，此次再度獲得基金會的青睞，得到資深學者赴美研究獎助，格外覺得意義重大。二十年攸忽疾逝，我已從年輕新秀熬成資深前輩，這兩次赴美標誌著我學術生命與個人生命的不同階段，也交織著我對美國社會與文化的不同觀察，與對自己台灣社會認知的進化。 1993年我在傅爾布萊特基金會的贊助下來美國東岸攻讀博士學位，那不僅是我第一次來美國，也是我人生中第一次坐飛機離開台灣。初來美國，心情興奮而充滿好奇，儘管我的專業是英美文學，對西方文化已有一定的認知，但實際的日常生活接觸仍面臨許多衝擊，在地理、交通、金融、語言、人際關係、社交應對、上課方式、課堂生態等面向，都需在短期間適應，並迅速進入備戰狀態，那四年專心投入課業，對美國學術圈的認知多於對美國文化的品味觀察，一心只想早日完成學業，回國再執教鞭。

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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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