Fulbright Taiwan - Research & Reflections

Lance Crisler: The Rise of Fiction in the Legal Cases of Early China

Fulbright Taiwan October 5, 2015

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 a PhD Candidate at UCLA specializing in Early Chinese literature and historiography. He has spent the 2014-15 academic year researching at Academia Sinica.

Jake Werner: Speculative Mania and the Masses – Shanghai in the 1930s and Today

Fulbright Taiwan September 21, 2015

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 a Harper fellow and collegiate assistant professor.

Debory Yi Li: The Evolution of Taiwanese Identity

Fulbright Taiwan September 2, 2015

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 Taiwan, “a world with a little more knowledge and a little less conflict.” 李柏儀：台灣人身分認同的演進美國南加州大學畢業生李柏儀於2011-2012年獲得傅爾布萊特獎助到臺灣進行獨立紀錄片拍攝，主題是“台灣人身分認同的演進”。經過十個月於公共電視實習與拍攝計畫，她十分推崇台灣傅爾布萊特計畫給她的協助。

Eugene “John” Gregory: The Militarization of Law in Eighteenth Century Qing China (1644-1912)：the Case of Deserting Soldiers

Fulbright Taiwan September 2, 2015

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 Gregory, Ph.D. Candidate, Chinese history, Georgetown University. John graduated from West Point in 1995 and has a JD degree from the University of Florida (2001). He served as a judge advocate in the US Army from 2001-2011 with two tours in Iraq. He is married to Mrs. Yali Gregory, and they have five children. Beginning this summer, he will serve as an Academy Professor at West Point. 十八世紀中國清朝(1644年至1912年)的法律軍事化：以逃兵為例十八世紀的清代中國，越來越多種類的刑事案件開始採用一個軍事化的審判制度來處理，強調迅速、簡明、決斷。因此透過刑事案件可以發現中國的司法審判制度呈現了一個顯著的結構性改變。葛約翰是美國喬治城大學晚期帝制中國史研究所的博士候選人。他於1995年畢業於美國西點軍校，並於2001年獲得佛羅里達大學法學博士學位。在2001年至2011年期間，其擔任美國陸軍的軍事法官且任內有兩次調派至伊拉克。他和邱雅莉女士結婚有五個小孩。今年夏天開始，他將任教於美國西點軍校。

Marilyn Rahilly: Affective and Cultural Considerations in English Language Learning

Fulbright Taiwan July 23, 2015

Dr. Marilyn Rahilly conducted a qualitative study of a group of Taiwanese university students and examined the role that the affective domain and culture play in second language learning in adult learners of English, including: motivation, cultural differences, language anxiety, saving face, fear of making errors, public speaking, and risk-taking behavior among university students learning English as a second language. Dr. Marilyn Rahilly is an Assistant Professor of ESL, George Mason University. In the year of 2014-2015 she worked as a Fulbright Scholar at National Taiwan Normal University.

Carol Lee: Solving The Mystery of Terrestrialization

Fulbright Taiwan July 5, 2015

Dr. Carol Lee and her Taiwan host, Dr. Wen-Hsiung Li, are using novel genome sequence data, generated for the first time for 35 arthropod species, to determine patterns of evolution across habitats. From these data, we can infer adaptations over both macro- and micro evolutionary time scales to determine physiological mechanisms underlying adaptation to environmental change. Dr. Carol Lee currently is a full professor at the Center of Rapid Evolution (CORE) and Department of Zoology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In the year of 2014-2015 she worked as a Fulbright Scholar at the Biodiversity Research Center at Academia Sinica in Taiwan.

Kimberly Wilson: Ambiguity and Change in China’s and Taiwan’s South China and East China Sea Claims

Fulbright Taiwan June 24, 2015

Kimberly Wilson illustrated her research findings on both China’s and Taiwan’s maritime and territorial claims in the South China and East China Seas. She also shared her observation of Taiwan and her host institution, National Chengchi University. Kimberly Wilson is a doctoral student studying international relations and comparative politics at the University of Maryland-College Park. She specializes in territorial conflict and East Asian politics, having lived in Asia for a total of four years. 享和競爭：中國和臺灣在南海與東海的主權爭議金貝利是本年度傅爾布萊特獎學金的獲獎學者，研究中國和台灣在東海及南海之海域與島嶼主權歸屬的爭議。目前為馬里蘭大學帕克分校國際關係與比較政治學的博士研究生，主要研究領土衝突和東亞政治，目前已在亞洲居住了四年。

Paul Vierthaler: Late-Imperial bibliographic studies and digital quantitative analysis

Fulbright Taiwan June 24, 2015

New methodologies allow us to explore stylistic relationships among late Imperial Chinese texts. These new techniques may provide insight into the anxiety-ridden traditional classification of unofficial histories as novels. Paul Vierthaler, leads us to navigate these new possibilities and also share his research experience in Taiwan. Paul Vierthaler is a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University. He is currently a Fulbright Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy at the Academia Sinica. His dissertation analyzes the role unofficial historical narratives (yeshi, novels, and drama ) played the construction of historical imagination in late Imperial China.

Kirsten Asdal: Naval Perspectives on Asia-Pacific Maritime Conflict

Fulbright Taiwan June 24, 2015

Kirsten shared her experiences living and studying in Taipei in 2013-2014 and discussed what she has learned about Asia-Pacific international relations and regional 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.

Kenneth Loh: Smart Sensors for Safer Bridges

Fulbright Taiwan May 13, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVcmAxpJfHwDr. Kenneth Loh explained his research which characterizes the performance of a sensor prototype for monitoring bridge scour, which is the erosion of soil/riverbed materials by flowing water near bridge foundations that could cause collapse. Dr. Loh is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering, Nano-Engineering and Smart Structures Technologies (NESST) Laboratory, University of California, Davis, and he received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of Michigan. He is conducting his Fulbright research in bridge scour monitoring at National Taiwan University. His research interests include multifunctional materials, and resilient structures. Read more about Dr. Loh’s project here: https://journal.fulbright.org.tw/index.php/about-taiwan/essays/item/123-smart-sensors-for-safer-bridges-an-international-collaborative-effort 監測橋梁結構安全的智能感測器此研究主題是應用橋梁監測智能感測器偵測當橋梁被河床附近之土石流沖刷可能會產生破壞之檢測結果。羅健晃博士任職於奈米工程和智能監控系統技術實驗室暨加州大學戴維斯分校之土木工程學系副教授。他於密西根大學獲得土木工程博士學位，目前以傅爾布萊特資深學者的身分在國立台灣大學進行有關橋梁沖刷監測系統方面的研究。他的研究領域包括多功能材料及彈力回復性結構。

Research & Reflections

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Research & Reflections

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Lance Crisler: The Rise of Fiction in the Legal Cases of Early China

Jake Werner: Speculative Mania and the Masses – Shanghai in the 1930s and Today

Debory Yi Li: The Evolution of Taiwanese Identity

Eugene “John” Gregory: The Militarization of Law in Eighteenth Century Qing China (1644-1912)：the Case of Deserting Soldiers

Marilyn Rahilly: Affective and Cultural Considerations in English Language Learning

Carol Lee: Solving The Mystery of Terrestrialization

Kimberly Wilson: Ambiguity and Change in China’s and Taiwan’s South China and East China Sea Claims

Paul Vierthaler: Late-Imperial bibliographic studies and digital quantitative analysis

Kirsten Asdal: Naval Perspectives on Asia-Pacific Maritime Conflict

Kenneth Loh: Smart Sensors for Safer Bridges

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