离开纽约大学 陈光诚加盟三机构任学者

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BBC Chinese, Oct 2, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... us_china_chen.shtml

Note: "陈光诚从9月开始分别在美国天主教大学政策与天主教研究所担任杰出访问学者，在位于新泽西州的威瑟斯庞研究所出任人权研究杰出资深学者，及蓝托斯人权与正义基金会的资深顾问。 * * * 威瑟斯庞研究所宗教与宪法中心主任法兰克在记者会指出，将提供为期3年的研究职位，但不方便透露赞助详情。"
(a) Press release: Catholic University Welcomes Chen Guangcheng; Chinese human rights advocate affiliates with CUA's Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies. Catholic University of America (CUA), Oct 2, 2013.
http://publicaffairs.cua.edu/releases/2013/Chen-guangcheng-1.cfm

(b) Witherspoon Institute
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witherspoon_Institute
(a conservative think tank in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded on religious principles, the group is opposed to same-sex marriage, embryonic stem cell research, and abortion; Founded in 2003 by Robert P George and others, the institute is named after John Witherspoon [1723-1794; a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence])
(c) The Scottish surname Witherspoon is "of uncertain origin.
(d) The Dutch, Danish, and German surname Franck is "variant spelling of Frank."

Franks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franks
(a confederation of Germanic tribes first attested to occupying land in the third century AD on the Lower and Middle Rhine; section 1 Etymology; expansion into Frankish Empire or Francia [3rd century -843, when Charlemagne's grandsons divided the empire into three among themselves]