应对“地方生计和全球挑战”的学术盛会 第一届世界环境史大会记述与展望

The First World Congress of Environmental History as an Academic Conference with Focusing on"Local Livelihood and Global Challenge"

在丹麦哥本哈根和瑞典马尔默举行的第一届世界环境史大会及会前博士研究生工作坊汇集了当前这个领域的众多优秀学者,使全球各地最新的环境史研究成果得到了很好的交流与讨论,并有效提升了年轻学者的视野和研究能力。从此次大会所展示的研究成果来看,环境史的研究对象得到了进一步扩展。其中海洋环境史和社会生活的物质代谢研究是值得注意的两个重要领域。它们得到重视并发展的过程说明,对"环境"以及人与环境相互关系认识的加深会拓宽环境史研究的视界。与此同时,环境史研究在理论和方法层面也有新的发展。这表现在对环境史"叙事"特征的强调以及对史学领域之内或之外的理论与分析方法的积极应用,还表现在对旧史料的新运用,以及追求多样化呈现方式之上。我们认为,在了解和借鉴大会成果的基础上,环境史学者在未来的研究中可以在尝试新的研究主题、综合不同的研究视角以及将成果进行社会转化上多做努力。

Many outstanding scholars and young PhD students attended the First World Congress of Environmental History and a preconference workshop of PhD students in Copenhagen, Denmark and Malm？, Sweden in August, 2009, which not only prorooted the latest research of environmental history around the world, but also provided a good training opportunity for young students and scholars. Some new research fields in environment history have been developing rapidly such as marine environmental history and the material metabolism of social life which prove deeper tmderstanding the relationships between the human beings and the environment. The Congress has also showed some new trends in theories and methods, such as emphasis of ＂narrative＂ as the core feature for environmental history, introduction and application of various theories and methods of history and other subjects, and adopting new interpretation of old materials and pursuing diverse presentation of environmental histories. The environmental historians may try to improve their work in the following aspects according to the review of the Congress： trying new themes and various research approaches, and contributing to the reform of contemporary society.