女汉学家孙念礼在加拿大期间的工作与学术研究

Nancy Lee Swann’s Work and Academic Research during Her Years in Canada

孙念礼在汉学界被普遍认为是北美第一位研究汉学的女博士。她的博士论文及随后出版的关于中国第一位女历史学家班昭的研究专著引起汉学界的极大关注与赞誉。然而,很少有人知道她在葛思德图书馆创办初期的工作经历。本文将着重讲述她在1928至1936年间在加拿大麦吉尔大学葛思德中文研究图书馆的历史,以及她对这一馆藏的整理、保护与发展所做的贡献。

Nancy Lee Swann was widely considered as the first woman sinologist in North America.Her doctoral dissertation and publication on Pan Chao,the first female historian in China,was greatly valued by scholars in the field of Chinese studies.This article will focus on her work and academic research as a staff and later a curator at the Gest Chinese Research Library between 1928 and 1936,as well as her tremendous contribution to the development,arrangement and preservation of the Gest Collection.