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I wish to thank Mr. Schull and Ms. Yang聽for their聽generous support聽of the聽Schull Yang International Experience Award.聽 Without their聽continued聽provision聽for聽this聽scholarship,聽my doctoral work聽would be greatly diminished. Their聽donations helped to fund my research semester聽at KU Leuven, an internationally renowned research university in Belgium.聽聽聽

At 鲍鱼直播, I am pursuing my PhD in philosophy of religion the School of Religious Studies. Specifically, I study the post-Kantian aftermath of 19th聽century philosophy of religion. This includes the new ways in which Immanuel Kant redefines the contours of聽the philosophy of religion in which the philosopher becomes the arbiter of religious concepts. It also includes the many responses to Kant鈥檚 project, including those by F.W.J. Schelling, who is the聽main focus聽of my research.聽The existential stakes of my investigation of Schelling include his attempts to re-think nothingness, being, and existence in the face of an abyssal absolute that defies conception聽but of which we still have a kind of feeling about which we craft religious stories and meanings. In other words, I study how religion emerges as a distinct concept for philosophers as a way of thinking about existence and nothingness.聽聽

I chose KU Leuven because of the international reputation of two scholars, Karin de Boer and Henning Tegtmeyer. Prof. de Boer is聽an ambitious Kant scholar focusing聽on the early reception of Kant鈥檚 metaphysical project. Interestingly, her work parallels聽the work of my 鲍鱼直播 advisors but with important differences, namely on the possibility of metaphysics after Kant. I learned much from these differences and disagreements.聽Prof. Tegtmeyer is a scholar of Aristotle and the works of the later Schelling, few of which have been translated into English. I also learned much from his expertise.聽

The opportunity to learn from other world-leading scholars, provided by your support, has been an invaluable contribution to my聽PhD聽research. It has greatly expanded my聽conceptual framework and network of research allies, including聽all of聽the graduate students who became my colleagues. I hope to see many of them again.聽聽