中国东部东南亚研究的复苏、发展及特点

中国东部曾是中国现代东南亚研究的发源地,知名东南亚学者的集中地,首批东南亚研究成果的产生地,有过一段辉煌的历史.在研究力量先后南下北移之后,东部的东南亚研究进入沉寂期.改革开放之后,东部经济的迅猛发展及与东南亚地区经济联系的日益紧密促成了东部东南亚研究的复苏,江苏省东南亚研究会的成立就是一个标志性事件.从此,东部东南亚研究进入了一个发展期并在发展中显现出诸多特点.     

中国东南亚研究的人类学路径:回顾与反思

近年来,中国的人类学和民族学学者在东南亚社会与文化研究方面取得了积极进展.但是,时至今日,中国的东南亚人类学研究面临的一个主要问题在于,该领域的三大研究板块即东南亚华人研究、跨界民族研究和东南亚各国主体社会研究之间缺乏理论对话,导致学科碎片化而对东南亚的整体认知不足,学科知识积累和理论创新遇到瓶颈.本文在评述该领域代表性成果的基础上提出,推进东南亚人类学的学科建设和发展,需要从经验现象、方法和理论三个方面对东南亚人类学的研究对象进行整合,并通过比较和理论对话形成对东南亚的整体认知,建立具有中国意识、区域视角和全球关怀的东南亚人类学学科体系.     

中国东南亚语言专业与东南亚学的建构与发展：从语言支持到学科支持

过去80年来，中国的东南亚语言专业积极参与到中国东南亚学的建构和发展进程中，并做出了应有的贡献。在西方和日本的东南亚研究中，世界史和政治学学科更重视作为必备工具的当地语言，尤其是早期那些被认为是东南亚研究的一流学者。中国的东南亚学在人才培养和学科建设方面，从理论上来说，东南亚语言是不可或缺的，但是在实践层面仍然面临诸多挑战。     

东南亚环境史研究述评

东南亚环境史研究既是东南亚历史研究的一个重要分支学科,也是东南亚研究中的一个新兴跨学科研究领域.本文分为两部分.第一部分综合分析东南亚环境史研究兴起的特点,简要概括东南亚环境史研究的重要进展.第二部分是对荷兰著名东南亚环境史学家彼得·布姆加德教授的访谈,布姆加德教授对笔者提出的东南亚环境史研究中的一些重要问题给予了回答.希望本文能对开拓中国东南亚研究的新领域、深化世界环境史研究有所启示和帮助.     

建立中国的东南亚学：为什么、凭什么、做什么

本文呼吁在“区域国别学”一级学科下设立“东南亚学”二级学科,并从人类社会与国际形势发展的需要、中国和平发展并日益走近国际舞台中心的需要以及大学学科自身发展的需要回答了“为什么”的问题;从中国具有独特的东南亚区域国别知识与理论、拥有充足的从事东南亚研究的人力资源和学术平台、有着培养专门从事东南亚研究的人才的探索回答了“凭什么”的问题;从注重多学科与跨学科创新实践、注意官产学和东南亚国家四方间的联动与合作、虚心学习西方区域研究并有超越它们建立中国特色“东南亚学”的眼界和心胸三个方面回答了“做什么”的问题。     

香港在中国与东南亚关系中的地位和作用

本文题目是香港研究和东南亚研究中一个很有学术价值和现实意义的课题。作者从香港在国际社会中的特殊地位入手,通过历史考察,阐述香港在中国与东南亚关系中的地位和作用,进而论证香港必将维持繁荣稳定,其地位不可能被取代,其作用可以进一步发挥,从而得出结论:在中国与东南亚关系发展中,香港将扮演着日益重要的角色。本文是作者提交今年六月香港“形成中的中国与东南亚关系:局限与展望”国际研讨会并在会上宣读的论文,获主办单位和与会者的好评,香港有的报纸也作了专门报道。     

从双边到多边:中国与东南亚国家的新冠疫苗合作

中国高度重视发展同东南亚国家的关系,始终视东南亚为周边外交的优先方向,东南亚成为中国疫苗海外合作的重点区域.中国疫苗是东南亚国家可在短期内大量获得且价格适中的疫苗,但有的东南亚国家出于地缘政治、文化适应和疫苗安全等顾虑,更倾向于采购欧美国家的疫苗,或通过"新冠肺炎疫苗实施计划"获得疫苗.因此,中国疫苗在东南亚并不占主导,甚至被某些国家完全拒绝.在东南亚疫苗供应中,虽然多边机制扮演着日益重要的角色,但双边购买与捐赠依旧是中国与东南亚国家疫苗合作的主要方式.为了消解东南亚国家对中国疫苗的短期和结构性顾虑,多边合作机制应成为中国与东南亚国家疫苗合作的重要途径.为此,中国需高度重视疫苗的文化适应问题,适时公布更具说服力的疫苗临床试验数据并"讲好中国疫苗故事",进一步深化中国与东南亚国家的关系.     

以东盟学为先行示范点推进中国区域国别学发展

东盟作为当代区域发展、全球变迁的重要行为体及中国对外交流的重要对象,属于中国区域国别学的研究范畴;与之相应的学术研究具有战略前瞻和积淀丰厚的特征、理论创新和多元互动的潜力,可成为撬动中国区域国别学建设的有效支点。作为区域国别学学科建设的先行试点,东盟学是以东盟为专门的研究对象和研究层次,基于交叉学科的逻辑和路径,依托东南亚研究的存量资源及多学科的既有优势构建的兼顾活态化、特色化和自主化的东盟学研究生态,形成交叉性、整体性和反身性互促的知识形态。东盟学的建设不但可回应区域国别学建设的时代命题,还能在学、研、用的系统实践中推动完善全球知识体系,夯实中国—东盟命运共同体的智识基石,助力构建人类命运共同体。     

建立面向21世纪的睦邻互信伙伴关系--评中国加入《东南亚友好合作条约》

在今年10月的中国-东盟政府首脑会议上,举行了中国加入<东南亚友好合作条约>签字仪式,中国成为东南亚地区以外第一个加入该条约的大国.此举将对东南亚乃至整个亚太地区的和平与稳定及政治经济新秩序的建立产生重大而深远的影响,它标志着中国的对外政策日益成熟,中国正在成为一个负责任的大国.     

论东南亚泉州籍同乡社团与祖籍地的联系

海外华人社团是海外华侨华人与中国联系的桥梁和纽带.近年来,随着中国经济的飞速发展,海外华人社团与中国的联系日益密切和频繁.本文以东南亚泉州籍同乡社团为例,在简要描述东南亚泉州籍同乡社团一般概况的基础上,具体分析了泉州籍同乡社团是如何通过文化交流、经济投资及捐赠公益事业等方式,形成与祖籍地之间的联系网络,凸显同乡纽带在构建当代海外华人社团与祖籍地联系网络的重要价值.     

Locating Kaliningrad And KÖNigsberg In Russian And German Collective Identity Discourses And Political Symbolism In The 750Th Anniversary Celebrations Of 2005

This article begins by briefly exploring issues of conflict and control in relation to the 750th anniversary of the city of Kaliningrad/Königsberg. An analysis of the tensions between Russian regional (Kaliningrad) and national (federal) identity discourses on the political symbolism of the 750th anniversary commemoration is offered, using Russian media reports and interviews conducted in Kaliningrad. German narratives on the political symbolism of the anniversary events and their implications for German national identity discourses are investigated via interviews conducted in Kaliningrad and Germany, German media reports, books, films and a theater production about Königsberg. Particular attention is given to the impact of the German expellee organizations on framing the discourse about Königsberg in contemporary Germany. The article will conclude by comparing and contrasting the various discourses and interpretations of the anniversary in the Kaliningrad region, Russia and Germany.     

CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES AND THE TREATMENT OF PAKISTAN’S RELIGIOUS MINORITIES

Although Pakistan was created as a homeland for South Asia's Muslims, religious freedom was one of its founding principles. Seventy years later, Pakistan is better known for religious extremism and the persecution of Muslim and non-Muslim religious minorities. Pakistan's blasphemy law is a state-sanctioned tool of religious oppression used to target members of minority faith communities whether Ahmadiya, Christian, Hindu, or Shiite, as well as Sunnis who criticize the law. This paper discusses the blasphemy law and other laws that have led to the state of religious oppression in Pakistan.     

'Adorned with the Mix of Faith and Profanity that Intoxicates the People': The Festival of the Senhor do Bonfim in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 1930–19541

This essay looks at a formative period in the history of the festival of the Senhor do Bonfim, one of Salvador's most important religious festivals. The essay focuses on the public ritual washing of the Church of Bonfim and the tensions between the Catholic Church, who periodically banned the washing from the larger festival, and a variety of historical actors including politicians, journalists, authors and working-class Salvadorans whose efforts eventually contributed to the lifting of the prohibition once and for all in 1953. The author suggests that the defence of the washing both reflected and contributed to a larger hegemonic process taking place in Salvador after 1930, as actors within Salvador's dominant class accepted and even praised Afro-Bahian cultural practices, including them as integral parts of a larger Bahian identity.     

The FBI's Role in Expelling Germans from Ecuador During the 1940s

The expulsion from Latin America of immigrants from axis countries and their descendants is an important but little‐studied episode of the Second World War. The role of the US, and in particular that of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in their removal has largely disappeared from historical memory. This article examines how the FBI advanced US commercial interests, and in the process harmed vulnerable people who were subject to these expulsions.     

INDIA’S DEMONETISATION: MODI’S ‘NUDGE’ TO CHANGE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR

This article offers an account of the impact of Indian PM Narendra Modi’s decision in November 2016 to withdraw suddenly all Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes from circulation in India with the avowed intent of combatting fraud, tax avoidance and other economic problems. The article assesses the impact from the demonetisation in November to the March 2017 Indian regional elections, where wide-scale victories for Modi’s political party, the BJP, appear to have vindicated his reforms. The article provides an analysis of the political background of the period, as well as looking at the economic and societal impact of the changes, including the way in which the behaviour of Indian citizens has been ‘nudged’ with particular regard to use of banking, transactions, social effects, and payment of tax.     

DROUGHT: THE ACHILLES HEEL OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Approximately 97% of the country is experiencing drought conditions. Due to gross water mismanagement and its damaging impact on the country, Iran faces the worst situation in water resources of any industrialized nation. Tens of thousands of villages have been deserted and most of the major urban centers have passed their limits to absorb new rural migrants. Some officials predict that in less than 25 years, 50 million Iranians would be displaced from their current homes because of the pressing ecological conditions. This is happening at the time that the gap between the grassroots and the state has widened and there is increasing dissatisfaction with governance plagued by corruption, nepotism, economic mismanagement, unaccountability and a foreign policy which has produced various regional and trans-regional adversaries. This paper evaluates the pressing ecological challenges in Iran and by conceptualizing political resilience it critically evaluates whether the Islamic Republic is prepared to face the devastating ecological crisis and its socio-economic consequences.