I received the 2022/23 Fulbright Senior Research Grant and visited the Department of the History of Art at Yale University between February and August 2023 (see the cover photo where I am in front of the departmental building). I chose Yale because there are world-renowned scholar and collections for British Art History: Professor Tim Barringer and the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA; see the in-text photo where I and my children are in a display room at YCBA).
While at Yale, I conducted day-by-day archival surveys to dig information out of ancient books and old letters, and I could read, on a daily basis, relevant publications to gain new knowledge and develop my thoughts. I also met with Prof. Barringer regularly to discuss ideas. These three things (studying archival materials, reading the latest books, and meeting with professors) brought me back to one of the sweetest years in my life: my doctoral years in London, UK. It is blissful to be able to work in such a tranquil, rewarding, and independent manner at Yale. This slow work pattern is what I, a busy associate professor, need the most. I thank the Fulbright Foundation and the Yale faculty and staff for making these precious seven months of uninterrupted art-historical study possible.