At Wesleyan, Roth has overseen the creation of four new interdisciplinary colleges emphasizing advanced research and cohort building in the areas of East Asian studies, integrative sciences, film, and the environment. Other major initiatives during his tenure include the dedication of the Gordon Career Center in 2016 and the Fries Center for Global Studies in 2017, and the creation of a new program in Design, Engineering and Applied Science, also this year.

In Beyond the University, Roth brings to life the words and ideas of many great American thinkers throughout history about liberal education, and sets them in the context of today. In the current age, when many are questioning the value of higher education, Roth argues that liberal education, with its emphasis on creative and critical thinking, is actually more crucial than ever.

For generations, education has been tied to the ability to think for oneself and to contribute to society by unleashing creative potential. Roth contends that promoting a narrow, vocational undergraduate education, in reaction to today’s challenging economy, is a critical mistake, resulting in men and women who are trained for yesterday’s problems and yesterday’s jobs. A liberal arts degree is key to success in the economy of the future. Moreover, the free inquiry and experimentation of liberal education, Roth argues, help us to think independently, take responsibility for our beliefs and actions, and add value to the world around us.

This value has been increasingly recognized by citizens around the world. The number of students from China applying to Wesleyan has doubled in the past 5 years. Wesleyan has long and proud tradition of engagement with China almost since its founding in 1831, but has never had an official Chinese name until recently. This year, President Roth announced that he had aceepted the recommendation of a committee to establish Wesleyan’s official Chinese name as 维思大学 (“Weisi Daxue”).

Wesleyan also recently launched an official Wesleyan Chinese news blog, where we share stories related to Chinese culture, Chinese students and alumni, our study abroad programs in China, and more. This content is also posted to our official Wesleyan WeChat Account. (WeChat ID is Wesleyan1831).

胡桑在《在边缘闪耀：关于顾彬的当代汉语诗歌批评》中曾说：“可译性的原作一定对译作构成了挑战，它挑战译作的语言规则，更挑战译作的精神结构。在这种挑战中，对原作越是忠实，译文就更深刻地背叛了自身的语言。”当译者尝试翻译，尤其是诗歌这种注重语言本身的文体时，对译作语言背后“真理”传达完整性的追求，总会导致“具有可译性的原作在精神内涵上对于译作语言而言往往是陌生性的”这一语言的深渊。
现在将翻译置于现代性的语境视角下。东西方的差异，现代古典的差异，以及诗歌翻译本身的“非完全对等性”。这三者都是当下古典汉语诗翻译之“深渊”的重要组成。胡桑曾写到：“译作并不是原作生命的复制品，而是原作生命的劫后余生。”他认为，古典汉语诗翻译超越深渊的可能性，就在于“传统的承续”中。
从译者的角度看，诗歌的翻译并不完全具有一般翻译的现实功用，即为政治经济服务。这种不与流行语言主动合谋的诗人，这类非功利的译者，存在的更为边缘。顾彬在张枣诗集《春秋来信》德译本后记里说：“西方至少知道资本主义仅仅只是生活的一半，而在中国，市场经济作为生活方式刚刚被允许，人们不想知道那另一半是什么。物质的利欲熏心导向自我麻痹的可能，而不是导向诘问。”胡桑对此的评论是：“诗歌代表的就是生活的另一半，是我们必须呼吸的另一种陌生的空气，是对精神的、灵魂的生活的渴望。”尽管当代诗人处于社会关注的边缘，这种疏离反而给予诗人不顶礼膜拜社会幻想的空间，以及静默地为精神灵魂奠基的心境。正如顾彬在《二十世纪中国文学史》中所写的，当代诗人“在‘边缘’闪耀”。
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1）学习词典的性质特征与用户定位
2）外向型与内向型学习词典的区别
3）外向型汉语学习词典的设计特征
4）外向型汉语学习词典的释义方法

1）对外汉语词典编写与市场现状
2）对外汉语词典编写存在的问题
3）国内外学习词典释义对比分析
4）对外汉语学习词典的创新发展

何为经典？经典何为？英国著名诗人、批评家T.S.艾略特把经典分为两类：绝对经典和相对经典。绝对经典就是不同时代不同国别的读者都自愿去阅读的作品；相对经典就是某个时代或某个国家的读者喜欢阅读的作品。经典不是任何人可以随意创造，也不是任何人可以随意销毁的。就像中国文学经典如唐诗宋词、元明戏曲和明清小说，这些经典没有人会强迫我们去阅读，但它们以其本身的艺术价值吸引一代又一代的读者，成为不朽的文学经典。外国文学中也有数量众多的经典作品，从荷马史诗、莎士比亚、歌德、巴尔扎克到福克纳、马尔克斯等等，每个国家都有各自的文学经典。为什么要读经典呢？因为这些经典历史影响巨大，它们反映了普遍的人性和普遍的问题，它们词采华丽思路绵密，它们思想深邃结构雄浑庞大，它们跨越时间和空间，留给人们永恒的真理。

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