从“国际史”到“共有的历史”——徐国琦教授近代以来中国与世界关系的研究述评

From“International History”to“Shared History”:An Analysis of Xu Guoqi s Research on the Relationship between Modern China and the World

香港大学徐国琦教授近期出版多部著作,对近代以来中国与世界的关系、中国的国际化和国家认同等问题进行了系列研究。徐国琦教授对中国在第一次世界大战中所发挥的作用进行了重新定位。同时,徐国琦教授通过中国对国际体育的参与,透视中国的国际化进程。他提出的“共有的历史”,在推动中美关系史、中国与世界关系的研究的同时,对中国处理未来同美国乃至世界的关系富有启发。不过,要更有效地发挥“共有的历史”的学术价值和现实意义,其概念、内涵、边界等方面需加以界定,其与国际史、跨国史、全球史等学术理念的关联与差别也需详细澄清。

Xu Guoqi is a Hong Kong University history professor who has produced important pioneering research on the First World War,the internationalization of China and its national identity issues,and has explored the neglected significance of the First World War for Asian countries.He has brought the war into Asian history,and,to a great extent,his studies have enriched the study of the First World War.At the same time,Xu Guoqi redefined the role of China in the First World War,especially his research on the Chinese workers in the Western Front,which brought to light the relationship between China and the First World War.Xu Guoqi s research on China s internationalization and national identity is a forward-looking China-centered research in the general context of a“transnational turn”of American history.Contextualized within international and transnational history,Xu Guoqi proposed“shared history,”which opens new directions in historical research.However,in order to give full play to the value of“shared history”in the study of history,its concept,connotation,boundary and other aspects need to be defined,and its connections and differences with international history,transnational history,global history and other historical concepts need to be clarified in detail.