Cultural Insights
文化洞見
Notes from a Sufi Shrine in Sindh, Pakistan
The heat of the day had receded as we walked into the shrine after ‘isha, the final evening prayers. The marble ground felt cool
On Shamanism, Positivism, and Shifting One’s Frame of Reference
An important skill that I have adopted for living overseas in a different culture is shifting my frame of reference to accommodate new
Chinese Buddhist Poetry and Academic Lineages in Taiwan: Part Two of Two
In this two-part essay, I survey two important academic lineages in Taiwan and their contributions to the study of Chinese Buddhist poetry. In
Chinese Buddhist Poetry and Academic Lineages in Taiwan: Part One of Two
Chinese Buddhist poetry and literature remains largely unstudied in Western academia. The study of Buddhist poetry requires facility with the disparate fields of
Children’s Literature Ambassadors: Advocates of the 1960s: Munro Leaf and Helen R. Sattley
This research period, so far, has been a fruitful one, thanks to the generous support of the Fulbright Taiwan Foundation for Scholarly Exchange.
Of Fishing Boats and Comfort Boats: Playing with Gender Ideology in A’tolan a Niyaro
“If they won’t go on the boats, then we’ll just go fishing, go far oceaning, ourselves!” says the wife of a member
Late-Imperial Bibliographic Studies and Digital Quantitative Analysis
Modern scholars of late-Imperial Chinese literature benefit from collected texts printed during the Ming and Qing dynasties that are supplemented with bibliographic
On the Road with Xuanzang
This was a spectacular find. Xuanzang is one of the most celebrated monks in the history of Asia. His historic pilgrimage from China to India
Preliminary Reflections on the CKS Memorial Hall
The Fulbright Taiwan program is generously sponsoring my year of sabbatical research here in Taipei, where I am investigating the relationships between public spaces and
