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Lance Crisler: The Rise of Fiction in the Legal Cases of Early China
Lance’s current project explores recently excavated legal manuscripts, which date to the Han and pre-Han period (~200 BCE). Lance’s research examines plot creation in these early legal case files to discover the larger implications of the early role of fiction in Chinese legal and historical narrative texts. Lance Crisler is
Jake Werner: Speculative Mania and the Masses – Shanghai in the 1930s and Today
Dr. Jake Werner’s research explores how China’s articulation within global modernity was conditioned by the nature of work, urban space, and political economy in Shanghai from the 1930s to the 1950s. Dr. Jake Werner is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago. In the fall, he will be
My Fulbright Experience at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlU0pTh-q18 In her video about her experiences at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Chen discusses her interest in researching child maltreatment and domestic violence. She was located in the Office of Noncommunicable Diseases, Injury, and Environmental Health, specifically at the National Center for Injury Prevention and
Afternoon at The Getty
It was a sunny afternoon when I visited the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. I took a bus to the foot of the hill where it is situated, and then I lined up for the tram to take me up the hill. The Getty is a museum that
What Makes an Ivy League University Ivy-Leaguely Prestigious: My Experiences and Reflections at Cornell University
Preface This paper is not a formal academic one. It is a paper which is based upon my first-hand experiences and reflections which I have gained since I arrived at Cornell University on September 2, 2014. By “first-hand,” I mean “authentic and genuine:” I attribute these experiences to the people,
The Meaning of John Dewey’s Trip to China, 1919-1921
This year, in addition to teaching American philosophy in Taiwan, I have been researching John Dewey’s visit to China from 1919-1921. The facts surrounding Dewey’s visit are fairly well known. Dewey arrived in China at the height of the May Fourth Movement. His former students invited him to
Teaching Dewey in Taiwan
In the fall semester of 2014, I taught a seminar on American philosophy to graduate students in the Philosophy department at National Taiwan University. The main focus of the course was on the work of John Dewey, an American philosopher who, along with his wife Alice, spent over two years
Debory Yi Li: The Evolution of Taiwanese Identity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCStzJazmR8 USC graduate Debory Li came to Taiwan for an independent documentary project on Taiwanese identity. She spent ten months working at the Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation as an intern and on her project. Debory found wealth of experiences and a depth of understanding that coincided with the vision of Fulbright
Kirsten Asdal: Naval Perspectives on Asia-Pacific Maritime Conflict
Kirsten Asdal graduated from the US Naval Academy in May 2013 with a B.S. in Chinese. She will complete a masters in Contemporary Chinese Studies at Oxford University in 2015, then report to her first ship, the USS MICHAEL MURPHY (DDG112), to serve as a division officer. She
Eugene “John” Gregory: The Militarization of Law in Eighteenth Century Qing China (1644-1912)：the Case of Deserting Soldiers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJTrPg8R1cs Over the course of the eighteenth century in Qing China, increasing categories of criminal cases began to be processed within a militarized judicial track emphasizing speed, simplicity, and finality. This represented a significant structural change to China’s judicial system and is well illustrated by criminal desertion cases. John
