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Benjamin Brose: Xuanzang’s Skull
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVuwUTwAJQI Dr. Benjamin Brose discusses some of the ways Buddhist relics have been employed by modern political regimes to evoke patriotic sentiments at home and to establish diplomatic and economic alliances abroad. He is currently conducting research on modern representations of the Tang monk, pilgrim, and scholar Xuanzang (600?-664). Benjamin
Translation of “Enlightenment” in Late Qing and Republican China Political Thought
My research as a Fulbright grantee at Harvard University concerns the appropriation of political terminology from the West in late Qing and Republican China. Here is a small section of my work, to give an idea of the research my Fulbright grant supports. In recent research, LuoZhitian 羅志田 has argued
My Fulbright Experience at Eleanor Roosevelt College at the University of California, San Diego
I was very pleased and honored to receive the prestigious research grant as a Fulbright Senior Scholar in 2014. It represents a wonderful opportunity to obtain new knowledge in the field of child protection in the United States. My research grant will let me help children in need
Reflections on Illiteracy
“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.” ―M. Angelou One challenge that I didn’t understand in its entirety when I accepted my grant to come to
美國求學生活淺談
窗外飄著細雪，客廳的地毯上放著還沒打包完的行李箱，書桌上散落著期末報告的相關書籍，我又打開電腦默默地敲打著要交給傅爾布萊特的心得報告。這麼忙碌的生活，就是來到美國後的日常生活寫照。總是在準備著下一份報告，總是在規劃著另一個申請計劃，彷彿無止盡的學習，努力，這就是我來到俄亥俄州立大學攻讀博士的實際情況。
美國體驗
申請傅爾布萊特華語教學獎助計畫之前，我做了好一陣子的線上華語教學，從各國學生的學習反應、造句、作文，能聽聞各地的奇聞軼事，能領會與語言的妙處。有次我讓學生用手勢比出我所說的中文動詞，我說：「吃。」學生同時作勢拿叉子，只有我一個人伸出食指和中指作勢拿筷子扒飯。華語教學的樂趣讓我期待著這次到美國大學教華語，順道體驗與我迥異的生活和文化。
My Fulbright Experiences at University of Minnesota
As a Fulbright Taiwan grantee, I always feel honored to introduce my country and discuss culturaldifferences whenever I meet people. When I attended a three-week Fulbright pre-academic program, which was sponsored by Fulbright IIE at Virginia Tech, I met Fulbright grantees from 26 countries. We not only
Hierarchical Image Segmentation based on Sequential Partitioning and Merging
1. Background In computer vision, image segmentation is the process that decomposes an image into multiple segments. The goal of this process is to partition an image into something more meaningful and easier for subsequent analyses. For example, for the image shown in Figure 1, human eyes can
A Midyear Reflection on the State of my Research
I do a lot of reading; it’s part of my job description as a graduate student. I read all types of works: newspaper articles, opinion pieces, scientific data, political diatribe, etc. I also read quite a bit of Chinese literature and modern scholarship on such works. Recently, it
傅爾布萊特 第一學期交流計畫心得
一、引言 於第一學期的交流過程中，本人在暑假參與了傅爾布萊特相關單位舉辦的「暑期先修研習營」（Orientation）以及在寒假「青年充實課程」（Youth Enrichment Seminar）。另外，在學校裡面除了正規課程外，主要參加臺灣同學會的活動，包括中秋節烤肉、感恩節火鍋等等以假日為主軸的盛宴。下文將以文化體悟、學業成長、人脈經營等各方面為經，上述各活動為緯，闡述這學期之心得感想。
