An online discussion on modern local history from a world history perspective was held.
The author of The Missionary's Curse and Other Tales from a Chinese Catholic Village and two professors of history discussed about challenges in Chinese modern history research on September 29.
The book The Missionary's Curse and Other Tales from a Chinese Catholic Village has drawn wide attention in academia since its release in 2013, its Chinese version in 2021. The book written by Henrietta Harrison, professor of modern Chinese studies at Oxford University, tells a 300-year history of a Catholic village in North China, indicating an interaction between world history and microhistory.
Various forms of materials were used during the writing of this book, including paintings, sculptures, memories, letters, and oral reports. The question of how to approach historic individuals using these archive materials and field studies has been an inevitable challenge to historians.
To further discuss the challenges faced by contemporary historians, an online dialogue themed “Time, Space, People: Modern Local History with A World History Perspective” was held on September 29. Two history professors from Fudan University, Ge Zhaoguang and Liu Yonghua, as well as the author Professor Henrietta Harrison, shared deep insights into topics including time and space, microhistory and world history, literature and field, and ritual and society.
The discussion was hosted by Zhao Yanjie, Chinese translator of Henrietta Harrison’s previous book The Man Awakened from Dreams.
- Translated by Grace Song
《传教士的诅咒：一个华北村庄的全球史》一书出版后，引起了学界的广泛关注。该书跨出民族和国家的框架描写了一个华北天主教村庄的三个世纪的历史，提示出全球史与微观史在某种意义上的互动。此外，本书所使用的资料包括绘画、雕塑、回忆、书信和口述，如何运用档案史料和田野调查走进历史中活生生的个体对我们而言也是不得不面对的挑战。
为了深入地探讨当代史家所面临的诸多挑战，本周三（9月29日）下午六点，葛兆光、刘永华和沈艾娣三位教授将在线上展开对谈，主题为“时间·空间·人：全球史视野下的地方近代史”，由社科院近史所副研究员、沈艾娣教授另一本书《梦醒子》的译者赵妍杰担任主持人。这次讨论将聆听到三位老师对时间与空间、微观史与全球史、文献与田野、仪式与社会等问题的深度对话，相信这将丰富我们对近世中国的理解。
时 间：2021年9月29日（星期三）18:00
对谈人：
葛兆光
复旦大学文史研究院及历史学系 教授
北京大学人文社会科学研究院 学术委员
刘永华
复旦大学历史学系 教授
北京大学人文社会科学研究院 邀访学者
沈艾娣
英国牛津大学东方学系 教授
主持人：赵妍杰
中国社会科学院近代史研究所 副研究员
北京大学人文社会科学研究院 邀访学者
预告｜葛兆光、刘永华、沈艾娣对谈：全球史视野下的地方近世史
An online discussion on modern local history from a world history perspective was held.
The author of The Missionary's Curse and Other Tales from a Chinese Catholic Village and two professors of history discussed about challenges in Chinese modern history research on September 29.
The book The Missionary's Curse and Other Tales from a Chinese Catholic Village has drawn wide attention in academia since its release in 2013, its Chinese version in 2021. The book written by Henrietta Harrison, professor of modern Chinese studies at Oxford University, tells a 300-year history of a Catholic village in North China, indicating an interaction between world history and microhistory.
Various forms of materials were used during the writing of this book, including paintings, sculptures, memories, letters, and oral reports. The question of how to approach historic individuals using these archive materials and field studies has been an inevitable challenge to historians.
To further discuss the challenges faced by contemporary historians, an online dialogue themed “Time, Space, People: Modern Local History with A World History Perspective” was held on September 29. Two history professors from Fudan University, Ge Zhaoguang and Liu Yonghua, as well as the author Professor Henrietta Harrison, shared deep insights into topics including time and space, microhistory and world history, literature and field, and ritual and society.
The discussion was hosted by Zhao Yanjie, Chinese translator of Henrietta Harrison’s previous book The Man Awakened from Dreams.
- Translated by Grace Song
Professor Henrietta Harrison Talks about Modern Local History Under a World History Perspective
