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E-NEWSLETTER

No. 06
Time-telling Plant from the West

Overview the Network of European Botany in the Imperial Palace of Qing Dynasty via Giuseppe Castiglione’s “Time-telling Plant from the West”

How could Mimosa pudica from Central and South America so appeal to Qianlong? Not only did Qianlong order Giuseppe Castiglione for this painting‚ but also did he create a poem on his own with autograph on.

Student Activism Exhibition Draws Young

The exhibition offers a historical overview of student action against the one-party rule of the Kuomintang‚ the struggle for freedom of speech‚ the Wild Lily Movement and the most recent Sunflower Movement‚ among others.

Student Activism

View of Nature:Nocturnal Observations

This day‚ I went to the mountain area for night observation and found the sound I remember from childhood. We recognized the source of the sound and pointed the lights in our hands to the same place. There was a mahogany figure appearing on the branch in the dark.

Nocturnal Observations

Chemistry between Ibsen and Digitization

As Ibsen‚ the Father of Modern Drama‚ endowed dramas with the meaning of modernity‚ we have coated his artifacts with digital color. What chemistry can his dramas and the Digital Archives spark off?

Ibsen
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