西北边疆民族学术研讨会暨中国中亚文化研究会第三届年会述要

由陕西师范大学西北民族研究中心、中国社会科学院中国边疆史地研究中心、中国中亚文化研究会联合主办的西北边疆民族学术研讨会既中国中亚文化研究会第三届年会于2002年3月24-26日在陕西师范大学召开.来自北京、四川、甘肃、宁夏、新疆、内蒙古、江苏、陕西等8个省市区的60余位专家学者参加了大会.     

Geography in the Republics of Central Asia

A review of the last 50 years of geographic research in the four Central Asian republics of Uzbekistan, Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, and Turkmenia, where the dominant desert and mountain landscapes impose a specific character on geographic investigations. Physical geography has tended to focus on glaciation in mountains and on surface runoff in the desert as potential sources of water for irrigation. Economic geography has emphasized the utilization of desert pastures.     

The Paleolithic of Central Asia

The Lower Paleolithic of Central Asia is represented by several sealed and more or less firmly dated Lower–Middle Pleistocene cave and open-air sites in the southeastern part and by more numerous surface occurrences throughout the region. The assemblages assigned to the Lower Paleolithic form two rather distinct groups, one remarkable for well-made handaxes and the other characterized by cores and flakes with no handaxes. The distribution map of pebble industries and industries with handaxes shows that while the latter originate from the western regions of Central Asia, the former are concentrated in the eastern part of the area. The Middle Paleolithic assemblages of Central Asia do not form a single technocomplex. Their variability in time is difficult to assess, but variation in space is obvious. Very few Upper Paleolithic sites in this region are known. At the same time, their stone industries are very diverse and most of them differ sharply from each other and from sites in adjacent regions.     

Regionalism, Iran and Central Asia

A combination of revolutionary ideology, trouble with neighbours and location in the Middle East, where regionalism is moribund, make the Islamic Republic of Iran an unlikely enthusiast for regional coalition-building. The impetus towards regionalism derives first and foremost from geopolitical considerations–the need to counter the US government's efforts to isolate Iran–but also from domestic dynamics; the regionalist discourse has lent an acceptable ideological colouring to an increasingly pragmatic foreign policy.
Iran's neighbours, however, share neither its geopolitical predicament nor its ideological complexion, and the actual implementation of Tehran's regionalist agenda has been based on functional cooperation, rather than on geopolitics and ideology. Trade promotion and the development of transport infrastructure to link Central Asia and the Caspian to Turkey and the Persian Gulf have been the most appealing areas for northern neighbours, and dominate the agenda of the Economic Cooperation Organization, Iran's main vehicle for multilateral cooperaton with Central Asia and Azerbaijan. Tehran's 1992 proposal for a Caspian Sea Cooperation Organization has so far been stymied by the littoral states' well-publicized disagreements over the sea's legal status, though their numerous multilateral meetings and handful of agreements suggest that the idea has potential in the medium–term.
Notwithstanding the meagre tangible results to date, Iran's tilt towards regionalism has had a positive impact. It has helped to rehabilitate the Islamic Republic in the eyes of its neighbours, contributed to the evolution of policy debate at home and prepared the ground for future multilateral cooperation.     

中国民俗学会第六次代表大会在北京召开

中国民俗学会第六次代表大会暨“新世纪的中国民俗学:机遇与挑战”学术研讨会2006年3月31日至4月2日在北京召开,来自全国各地以及海外的260余名代表参加了大会。大会开幕式于3月31日上午进行,中国民俗学会理事长刘魁立致开幕词。秘书长高丙中代表第五届理事会作工作报告,回顾了过去几年民俗学在非物质文化遗产保护等方面做出的巨大贡献,对学会过去几年在实体化等方面的成就和不足进行了总结。学会副秘书长萧放和万建中分别代表学会秘书处向大会作财务报告和关于修改中国民俗学会章程的建议报告。开幕式上,宋兆麟、陈勤建、高丙中以及美国葳…     

Han China in Central Asia

A.F.P. Hulsewé. China in Central Asia, the Early Stage: 125 B.C.-A.D. 23. An annotated translation of Chapters 61 and 96 of the History of the Former Han Dynasty, with an Introduction by M.A.N. Loewe. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1979, Pp. viii, 273, map. (70 guilders)     

论中亚的民族主义问题

本民族主义在中亚各国的表现进行了综合分析,特别对各国主体民族意识方面的表现进行了阐述。作认为,尽管中亚国家的民族自我中心主义对提升主体民族的凝聚力有帮助作用,然而却导致了非主体民族与主体民族的矛盾,甚至产生了危害国家安全的异己力量。中亚国家的民族主义思潮严重影响到中亚地区的社会稳定,对我国西北边疆地区的社会稳定也带来消极的影响。中亚国家已经认识到民族主义的危害,并采取了相应的对策,抵制民族主义的泛滥,携手共同打击民族分裂主义势力、宗教极端主义势力和国际恐怖主义势力等三股恶势力。     

The Origins of the Apple in Central Asia

Journal of World Prehistory - The study of agricultural origins has been revolutionized by genomic science. Whole genome sequencing of plant domesticates opens a door to multiple new approaches by...     

地点·工作·身体:现代欧洲的民俗志--第三十四届德国民俗学会大会综述

2003年10月5—8日,在德国首都柏林召开了以“地点·工作·身体——现代欧洲的民俗志”为题的德国民俗学会第三十四届大会。本文将以会议的主要论题为线索,对报告人的题目和观点,尤其是那些作者认为可能会引起中国民俗学界同仁学术兴趣的报告做简单的概括介绍。挂一漏万,在所难免,不足与偏颇之处,敬请学界同仁不吝指教。     

“东亚国家和地区现代化进程”国际学术研讨会纪实

由中国史学会、中国社会科学院世界历史研究所和国际历史科学委员会主办、中国社会科学院中国边疆史地研究中心协办的“东亚国家和地区现代化进程”国际学术研讨会于2004年4月7—9日在北京举行。来自德国、日本、韩国、美国以及中国大陆、香港和台湾的近四十名学参加了会议。     

浅析中亚国家的社会分化与整合

本文通过对中亚国家独立十年来的民族社会结构分化与社会整合等问题的探讨 ,揭示了中亚各国在独立道路上所遇到的困难与波折 ,分析了中亚各国的社会发展情况。从社会结构的分化上来说 ,中亚各国独立十年来体现在各领域的分层十分明显。从社会整合方面来讲 ,由于前苏联人为地造成的资源分配的不平衡 ,导致中亚各国资源利用上的匮乏 ,致使其政治系统的正常运行受到严重的打击 ,结果给中亚各国的社会整合带来了较大的困难。目前中亚各国的社会整合任重而道远 ,需要社会各部分力量的相互协调与合作。     

The United States and Regionalism in Central Asia

This article examines the record of American policy towards regional cooperation in Central Asia. It begins with the determinants of regionalism and the role of external states therein. It then considers the nature of American interests in Central Asia. This is followed by a historical account of the three stages of American policy towards the region. The article argues that regional cooperation has not been a significant aspect of US policy. Instead US policy-makers have preferred bilateral relations or multilateral structures (e.g. the Partnership for Peace, the GUUAM [Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova] group) which draw the region's states beyond its boundaries. US policy tends to reduce incentives for regional actors to develop multilateral cooperation. It may also encourage competitive regionalist agendas on the part of other interested major powers (Russia and China).     

The Transport-Geography Situation and Inter-Regional Links of Central Asia

The author analyzes Central Asia's inter-regional traffic by commodities and major economic regions as of 1960. He predicts that bulk freight will gradually diminish in importance and packaged goods will increase in significance as Central Asia's industry expands. He urges more intensive utilization of the Caspian-Volga waterway in addition to rail routes linking Central Asia with other regions and, in this connection, stresses the importance of the new rail ferry across the Caspian Sea. The paper brings up to date Robert Taaffe's Rail Transportation and the Economic Development of Soviet Central Asia, Univ. of Chicago, 1960.     

中亚的地缘政治--历史和现实

一个多世纪以来 ,中亚的地缘政治格局和作用不断发生变化 ,并在不同时期以不同的方式影响着中国。“9·11”事件之后 ,中亚的地缘政治形势变得更加复杂 ,大国的、区域的、国际的利益交织在一起 ,成为全球关注的热点。阿富汗反恐战争的结束为中亚国家提供了国际合作的新通道 ,尽管中亚在国际地缘政治格局中的作用将越来越重要 ,但它不会成为新的地缘政治“核心地区”。