本人利用學校參與國際會議之經費補助，於今年暑期參與2015年美國國際荻瑾孫學會的會議，從8月7號到9號，為期三天，約有全球150多名學者參與。我的報告在第一天，我的研討會和五位美國學者(像是Prof Karen Sanchez-Eppler, Prof Karen Anderson and Prof Renee Bergland等美國知名學者)討論宇宙觀與荻瑾蓀詩學的關係，我的報告主要是探討美國詩人荻瑾蓀和英國浪漫派詩人荻坤西之間的作品中，天文意象互相呼應的關係。 本人報告中，以狄坤西1840與1850年代在英美期刊選集中，提到愛爾蘭的羅素伯爵，用新型望遠鏡解析歐瑞恩星團的星雲影像，對美國詩人狄瑾蓀詩中，可能造成的影響。尤其是荻瑾孫詩中，對星雲與天文意象的描寫，多處與荻坤西有互相輝映之處，故此篇報告，藉由分析兩位作家對雙重視野的描述與運用，探討英國與美國詩人的文化影響以及文學交流，以及英美浪漫主義隨科技的發展，也相隨的流傳與呼應。此次報告獲得相當正面與細節的討論與回饋，並有機會使用當地圖書收藏的資源，展獲勝多。 I attended the Emily Dickinson International Society for their annual meeting of around 150 scholars around the world and presented one paper at the Dickinson critical institute in Amherst MA from the 7-9 August 2015. This trip has proven to be extremely fruitful. Throughout the period of meeting and researching in Amherst, I have managed to present my current research result to a number of Dickinson scholars who are also interested in the field of literature and science, as well as provide immediate and useful comments on their works during the discussion panel. I have also worked on the literary and textual analysis of existent data and kept a considerable number of notes using the NCCU travel grant. Thanks to the NCCU sponsorship, the experiences of attending the international meeting and institute are largely positive and intellectually stimulating. My papers on De Quincey’s American receptions and Dickinson’s transatlantic connections received several intriguing questions during the discussion sessions and positive feedback after the panels from several well-established scholars, such as Prof Karen Sanchez-Eppler, Prof Karen Anderson, Prof Richard Brantley, and Prof Renee Bergland. My comments on some papers in the same panel and the research group received responsive remarks constructive feedbacks.