Start Date Title Lecturer
2019-5-23 The Origin of Middle Class Culture in Britain——A New Discussion of John Smail
CHEN Yong (Wuhan University)
2019-4-5 My Views on the Ming Dynasty and Others
NAN Bingwen (Nankai University)
Based on his profound understanding of the Ming Dynasty, Professor Nan discussed the specific connotations of the Ming Dynasty and the era it situatedfrom four aspects with the research methods of comparative history. First, compared with the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was generally in a state of peace for three hundred years, with its productivity improved markedly. Second, compared with foreign countries contemporary, The Ming Dynasty had the upper hand in all aspects, such as textile, metallurgy and so on. Third, when European countries were on their ways towards the period of large-scale machine production with the vigorous development of industrial revolution, the Ming Dynasty missed development opportunities and failed to achieve substantial victory in dealing with the international relations with neighboring countries. Forth, the ruling clique of the Ming Dynasty was short of diplomatic experience so that they failed to innovate in how to deal with interestrelation.
2018-10-19 Robertson’s viewpoint of American Degeneracy During the Enlightenment Period
WANG Xiaode (Fujian Normal University)
Initially, Professor Wang talked about Robertson himself and the History of the America. Like most scholars in his generation, Robertson had a strong tendency to observe the world outside Europe with Eurocentrism. Then, Professor Wang introduced the American history under the perspective of Eurocentrism (the American continent is different from Europe in all aspects, and the ignorance and backwardness of the America is served as a foil to the progress of civilization in Europe). Finally, Professor Wang summed up Robertson's view of American Degeneracy. First, the degradation of Native Americans is inevitably linked to their barbaric state to some extent. Second, the relatively harsh climate in the American continent is the cause of the degradation of Indians. Third, the climate has a decisive impact.
2018-4-27 The Spread of the Theory of Chinese Race and Civilization With Western Origin in Modern China
LI Fan(Beijing Normal University)
2018-4-19 New Revolutionary History
LI Jinzheng(Nankai University)
The outline of Professor Li's lecture is divided into three parts. First, about the understanding of the basic concepts of the new revolutionary history. The new revolutionary history is specifically addressed to the problems of the traditional revolutionary history. Second, how the new revolutionary history was proposed? The new revolutionary history is not a denial of the traditional revolutionary history. The concept of new revolutionary was officially proposed in 2012. Professor Li applied his new revolutionary history to the study of village and peasant issues. Third, the revolution and countryside of China are inseparable. Only by combining the rural history and the revolutionary history can we have a comprehensive understanding of the history of Chinese revolution.
2017-6-26 The Annales School and the Birth of Cultural History
Peter Robert Campbell (Boğaziçi University)
2017-6-2 The Research Perspective and Subject of the Transformation in Japan After the First World War
YANG Dongliang (Nankai University)
2017-3-24 Several Issues On the Evaluation of the Church in the Late Middle Ages
LONG Xiuqing (Zhongshan University)
Professor Long gave detailed answers to the three questions of "How to evaluate the monasteries in the late Middle Ages", "How to understand the Anticlericalism in the late Middle Ages" and "How to understand the European Christian Church" from the perspective of academic history. He corrected some common misconceptions about the monasteries, popular beliefs and European Christian churches in late Middle Ages. Professor Long pointed out, it was biased that traditional historians regarded Anticlericalism prevailed in the late Middle Ages as the direct cause of the Reformation.. Traditional historians didn't take into account the diversity of Anticlericalism and the different demands of the social classes in Western Europe towards the Church and the clergy. It's true that Anticlericalism existed in the late Middle Ages, yet historical sources showed that Aniticlericalism didn't made too much problems, and there was no substantive Anti-clerical movements in the secular world. Protestant historians subsequent exaggerated the so-called "Anticlericalism."
2016-12-29 The Origin and Characteristics of Arab Nationalism
HUANG Minxing (Northwest University)
2016-12-29 Japan’s Integrated Design as well as Theoretical and Practical Approaches to the Disassembly of the “Tributary System”—Re-understandingon the Sino-Japanese Friendship and Trade Treaty
HAN Dongyu (Northeast Normal University)
2016-11-21 Chinese Crisis in the 19th Century from the Perspective of Economic Globalization：A Case Study of Tea and Opium Trade
ZHONG Weimin (Tsinghua University)
Professor Zhong’s lecture began with the "Basic Concepts of Globalization". He introduced Roderick's explanation of the concepts of Globalization, and listed the characteristics of three waves of Globalization and their relationships with China. Secondly, Professor Zhong talked about the three aspects, i.e., addictive consumer goods and industrious revolution, tea and opium trade, and the trade crisis in 19th century. Finally, Professor Zhong pointed out that tea had great significance and influence on the Britain. Tea and opium were the core commodities of the British-Chinese-Indian triangle trade. And Professor Zhong also revealed the inspiration that the opium trade and tea trade have brought us.
2016-3-25 Petitions andTheirPoliticalContextinLateMedievalEngland
Gwilym Dodd (University of Nottingham)
Professor Gwilym Dodd's report focuses on the relatively special legal phenomenon of Petitions emerged in the late Middle Ages in England. Professor Dodd specified the cause and content of Petitions, the social class that filed Petitions, the treatment to Petitions, and social impact of Petitions. The Petitions can be looked on as an important legal supplement and improvement in the formation of the English common law.
2015-10-26 The Political Thinking of the Ruled People During the Period of Founding of the United States
LI Jianming (Fudan University)
2015-10-23 On the Inheritance and Innovation in Research
QU Lindong (Beijing Normal University)
2015-10-23 Discussion on the pivot of Chinese civilization
JIANG Yihua (Fudan University)
2015-10-22 The ‘Drop-Right’ Structure and Future Direction of the East Asian world
HAN Dongyu (Northeast Normal University)
2015-4-24 The Transformation and Enlightenment of World Urbanization since the Mid-20th Century
WANG Xu (Xiamen University)
2015-1-19 Civilization and the Country - A Debate Over A Hundred Years
YI Jianping (Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
In this lecture, Researcher Yi emphatically introduced the theoretical discussion on the origin of the state in western academic circle since the middle and late nineteenth century. He begins with an etymological analysis of the word “civilization” as it comes from the ancient Latin “Civis” (civil collective) while its derivative “Civitas” comes from the ancient Greek “Polis” (city-state) . “civilization” and “state” have the same etymology. From the perspective of history, civilization is social structure and life style different from primitive society, and it is consistent with the state. Later, Researcher Yi expounded on Morgan and Engels' theory of the origin of the state. First, He thought that the symbol of state formation mentioned in Morgan and Engels' theory can be further discussed. Morgan and Engels believed the transition from blood relations to geographic relations and the emergence of public power were symbols of state formation. However, ancient China was a counter testimony with a strong characteristic of kinship. Second, Morgan and Engels’ understanding of primitive society is worthy of further discussion. For example, human society was originally a patrilineal society with matrilineal society as isolated phenomenon; Primitive societies were not free and equal; States were not transitioned from tribal alliances and military democracies, but from chiefdom.
23/12/2014 Archaeological Interpretation of the Silk Road
LIU Qingzhu (Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
19/12/2014 What is world history?
XU Hao (Renmin University of China)
Professor Xu made a detailed interpretation of the changes and differences in “World History” and the views of “World History” before and after the 20th century from two aspects. First, the origin, birth and changes of “World History”. Second, the present situation and the outlet of the “World History” in China. Professor Xu pointed out that Marx believed that world history originated after the Age of Exploration, yet some domestic and foreign scholars believed that many nations and cultures had their own "world history" and "world history views" as early as ancient times, and they also compiled some works covering the history of other states. Although these can also be called world history, they are fundamentally different from the meaning of World History as we know today. World history in the true sense was born in the 20th century, especially after World War II. As a new field, it abandons the narrow development model of regional and national history, and becomes a “new World History” of the interrelation and interactionamong nations and cultures. Professor Xu believed that despite there were certain achievements in the development of world history and the construction of world history discipline after 1949 in China, there are still many problems. For example, our “world history” is equivalent to foreign history to varying degrees instead of its true meaning, the lack of purposiveness and specialists in world history, and unreasonable teaching styles of world history, regional history, and national history.
2014-12-19 Is Proto-industrialization the First Stage of Industrialization? Rethinking of the Western European Industry in the Middle Ages
XU Hao (Renmin University of China)
Professor Xu introduced three views in the research of the industrialization process of western Europe. They are the catastrophe theory of industrial revolution, the gradualism theory marked by Proto-industrialization, and the theory that industrialization began in the pre-industrial period. On this basis, Professor Xu sorted out the basic context of the development of industrialization, that is, from the pre-industrialization period to the proto-industrialization period, and then to the industrialization period. Then He explained the meaning of pre-industrialization. He believed that pre-industrialization was a stage before industrialization. Although Medieval western Europe was infeudal society at that time, the process of industrialization had already begun actually. In order to prove the point of view above, Professor Xu explained the development of western Europe’s urban and rural industry in the late Middle Ages from three aspects i.e., the growth of industry in the late Middle Ages, the mechanization of industry, and the growth of industry in the countryside.He used a large number of examples and data to demonstrate that industry had become an important part of the social economy, in both urban and rural areas. Under the background of “primitive, nut not poor”, the separation of agriculture and handicraft industry in Western Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries was an important prerequisite for the development of rural industry. By the late Middle Ages, industry developed in countryside and gathered towards cities, and partly mechanized. Human labour force was replaced by energy on a large scale for the first time. The development of rural industry also laid the foundation for the rise of a number of industrial cities.
2014-12-17 Research Orientation of 'New Revolutionary History' in Chinese Academic Circles in Recent Years
WANG Qi (Peking University)
2014-10-29 Between the fictionand the reality: A Discrimination of Some Issues in Henan's Great Disasters from 1942 to 1943from the Movie “1942”
JIANGPei(Nankai University)
2014-9-26 Meiji Restoration and Japanese Traditional Culture
WUYin(Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
2014-3-14 European World History and Its Influence
Leif Littrup (University of Copenhagen)
2013-12-2 Contemporary Chinese Social Changes and My Historical Research
ZHANGHaipeng (President of the Chinese History Society)
2013-10-18Tangled: Literature, History and Philosophy
CHENZhiping(Xiamen University)
2013-9-11 Rethinking the Western Popular Theory after theWorld War II
QIANChengdan (Peking University)
2013-5-22 Self-construction and Difficult Expression of the East Asian World
HANDongyu (Northeast Normal University)
2012-10-19 Work hardon Economic History Research
LIYu (Nanjing University)
2012-5-3 Classical Civilization and Modern Western Civilization
GUOXiaoling (Beijing Normal University)
2012-3-19 Seeking the Truth With History, Sending Emotion With the Literature--About the Integration of Literature and History
ZHAO Wenhong (Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
2011-12-1 Introduction to Canadian Labor History Research
LIUJun (Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
2010-5-24 International Organizations and International Security: A Study Focused on the United Nations
XU Lan (Capital Normal University)
2010-5-21 A Moral Critique of the Middle Class: A Case Study of American Catholic Priest Furphy
PENG Xiaoyu (Peking University)
2010-5-20 Non-marital Sex, Illegitimate Children and "Custom Reformation" In the Early Modern Britain
XIANG Rong (Wuhan University)
2010-1-4 The Modern Significance of Revolutionary Violence from the the perspective of French Revolution——On How to End the Revolution in a Democratic Way
GAO Yi (Peking University)
2009-4-21 The Development Orientation of Universities in German
LI Gongzhen (Wuhan University)
2009-4-20 Universities in German
LI Gongzhen (Wuhan University)
2008-9-12 My Taiwan Experience and Taiwan Study
ZHANGHaipeng(Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
2008-9-10 Wolf: The Misinterpreted Totem of Ocean Culture
YANGGuozhen(Xiamen University)
2008-9-9 Several Theoretical Issues in the Study of Global History
YUPei (Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
2008-9-8 The Formation of European States:FromFeudal Period to Modern Period
QIANChengdan (Peking University)
2008-9-7 Paleography and ancient history in the past 30 years
LIXueqin (Tsinghua Unviersity)
2007-6-12 Analysis of ‘Gentry Invasion’
LIU Xincheng (Capital Normal University)
2007-4-16The Criticism of Chinese Historians onEurocentrism
MAKeyao(Peking University)
2005-6-24 On How to write Historical Ariticles
LIZhenhong (Chief Editor of Journal of Historical Science)
2005-6-10 Estimation of the Proportion of Urban Population in Medieval England
XUHao(Renming University of China)
2005-6-8 On the Agricultural Productivity Issues in Feudal Society
MA Keyao(Peking University)
2004-6-25 Listen to her, Write about her ---A General Talk of Female Oral History
YOUJianming (National Tsing Hua Unviersity)
2004-6-14 An Interpretation of Cultural Diversity from the perspective Historical Philosophy
YUPei (Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
2004-6-3 Reconstructing the World History in Early Modern Period: A Topic of Postmodern History
LIU Xincheng(Capital Normal University)
2004-5-11 Russia's Reflection on the History of the Soviet Union
WUEnyuan (Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
2004-4-20 China and the Knowledge Economy
ZENGZhihua(World Bank Economist)
2003-12-25 Causerie of Chinese Royalism
LIUZehua (Nankai University)
2003-12-15 A Historical Investigation of the Relationship between National Prosperity and Innovative Reformation
QIShirong（Capital Normal University）
2003-12-8 Reflections on the History of the Relationship Between Man and Nature
ZHAOWenhong(Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
2003-9-18 British Popular Religionin Late Medieval Ages
Robert N.Swanson (University of Birmingham)
2003-9-16 Church Law\Subject Rights and Medieval British Political & Legal System
Robert N.Swanson (University of Birmingham)
2002-12-16 The Significance of Learning World History
QIShirong (Capital Normal University)
2002-6-4 Human Security and the Canadian Foreign policy
Greg Donaghy (Department of historical records, Global Affairs, Canada)
2001-6-4 The Different Influences of Protestantism and Catholicism on Western Culture
Miikka Ruokanen (University of Helsinki)
2001-4-8 The Status Quo of Research On World History In Taiwan
LINLishu (Taiwan Normal University)
2000-9-4 The Basic Characteristics and Development Trends of Foreign Historical Theory in Recent Years
YUPei(Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
2000-4-6 The Evolution of British Political System in the 20th Century
QIANChengdan(Nanjing University)
1999-12-16 On the Innovation of HistoricalScience
LIWenhai(Renmin University of China)
1999-12-8 The Evolution of Historical Concepts after the Collapse of the Soviet Union
Sergei Pavlovic Karpov (University of Moscow)
1999-10-9Contemporary Western New Historical Science
CHENQineng (Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
1999-6-30 Some Issues About World History Study
LIAOXuesheng(Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
1998-11-23Russian Political Situation and the Soviet Drastic Change
WUEnyuan (Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
1997-7-2 The State Quo of Oriental Chronicles Study and Taiwan historian circle
CHENJiexian(Taiwan University)
