Monthly Archives: December 2007

December 27, 2007
11:37 pm
by: Sayaka

Assessing Chiang Kai-Shek’s Good and Harm

I have been reading random materials in the East Asian Library at school recently, and I bumped into this report on the national survey in December 11, 2007 Lian-he bao. 誰貢獻大》蔣經國50% 扁5%與蔣中正相當 (Who Contributed Most: Jiang Jingguo 50%, Chen Shuibian … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Taiwan

December 23, 2007
11:18 am
by: Sayaka

Studying Institutions

There has been a trend called “new institutionalism” in political science, in which people identify various formal and informal institutions that cause, change course of, or are resulted from, all sorts of social phenomena. The “new institutionalism” is a huuuuge … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic, My Grad School Life

December 18, 2007
11:40 pm
by: Sayaka

Done with the First Semester (for the third time)

I have finished my first semester in the history department. I am not super satisfied with my progress, but most importantly, I survived. I tend to forget the fact that I am a wandering foreigner in the American system. I … Continue reading →

Posted in My Grad School Life