近三十年来研究东南亚的中国学者:一个初探性的研究

中国的东南亚研究兴起于后毛泽东时代。我们可以把在过去三十年间研究东南亚的中国学者划分为三代,在第二代学者时期,来自东南亚的“归国华侨”在东南亚研究领域里发挥了主要的作用,他们与中国本土出生的学者一起推动了该领域的发展;第三代东南亚研究学者则都是中国本土出身。尽管研究东南亚的中国学者已经取得了重要的成绩,但与他们的西方同行相比,中国的东南亚研究还存在许多不足,如学术质量不高、因合作不够而导致学术上的重复工作、基础研究与应用性研究同样薄弱等。但目前在中国,一些受过良好学术训练的研究东南亚的学者以及优秀的作品正在不断涌现。

Southeast Asianists in China in the Last Three Decades: A Preliminary Survey

China's Southeast Asian studies started to develop during the post-Mao era.In the last three decades,China's Southeast Asianists can be divided into three generations.It was only during the second generation that the "returned overseas Chinese" from Southeast Asia began to play a major role in this scholarship.They were joined by the China-born scholars in developing the studies.But by the third generation,Southeast Asian studies have come under the purview of the China-born scholars.Despite their significant achievements in this field,compared to their western counterparts,China's Southeast Asian studies still suffer from a low academic quality,poor coordination leading to duplication of work already done by others,and weak basic as well as applied research.Nevertheless,better-trained China's Southeast Asianists and their better works are emerging.