“食货派”的史学理论与方法

食货派的史学理论与方法具有自己的特色,具体表现如下:接近唯物史观,却不是唯物史观的社会史观;从探寻中国社会形态的演变到新经学的研究旨趣;重视史料但不忽视理论的治史主张;倡导分工合作的治史路径等。他们的史学思想对推动社会史论战之后学风的转变起了一定作用,在四十年代中后期也一度产生了积极影响。但抗战爆发以后,食货派未能从史学发展中去理解和把握学术研究的本质要求,没有对唯物史观认真总结,致使其史学思想黯然失色。     

古砚奇葩——砚台展珍品赏析

武汉博物馆与上海松江博物馆联合举办的古砚奇葩——砚台珍品展,于5月1日在武汉博物馆展出。此次展览的展品时间跨度从西汉起,迄止近代,砚质包括石、陶,瓷、澄泥、紫砂、青铜、铁、玉、木、水晶等,制式有辟雍式、风池式、太史式、玉堂式等,形状有方、圆、天然、神兽动物、瓜果花卉、钟鼎器物等,构成了一部形象的中国古砚发展史,也是中国砚台文化的一次较全面的展示。现从展品中撷取26方,稍作赏鉴,以飨观众。     

浅谈敦煌被列为中国历史文化名城的原因

敦煌是中华民族文化艺术的宝库,它既有光辉灿烂的历史,又有丰富的历史文物,同时也是畅通丝绸之路、保全河西的关键。因此,被列为中国历史文化名城。     

从玉配饰的变化浅议中国古代玉文化的传承与变迁

玉配饰作为玉器的一个种类,不仅从诞生迄今从未间断过,而且品种不断翻新、款式繁多,是历朝历代能工巧匠们施展才华的载体。各时期最具特色的工艺特点也都在这些玉佩饰中得以体现,玉配饰的变化反映了中国古代玉文化的传承与变迁。     

邛崃三段式神仙镜的铭文研究

本文通过对邛崃三段式神仙镜上铭文"九子"、"西母东王"和"妻元女"的用典研究,来揭示该镜铭文所反映的思想及背景.     

Biomolecular and micromorphological analysis of suspected faecal deposits at Neolithic Çatalhöyük,Turkey

Suspected coprolites from midden, burial and room fill contexts at Çatalhöyük were analysed by GC/MS and thin section micromorphology. Assessment of sterol biomarkers enabled a distinction between faecal and non-faecal sources for the deposits to be made, with bile acid biomarkers indicating that many of the faecal deposits are human coprolites. The relative lack of ruminant faeces could be due to this material being used as a fuel source. Deposits in burials were observed to contain soil and plant derived sterols rather than their faecal counterparts. Further analysis in thin section enabled identification of associated materials and contents. Diagnostic inclusions such as bone and plant fragments were only present in some of the human coprolites, which were observed to have a very similar morphology to decayed plant remains. This study illustrates the difficulties in distinguishing coprolites in the field and under the microscope, and demonstrates the importance of integrating biogeochemical methods, particularly when such deposits are used as the basis for interpreting human health and diet, and use-of-space in settlements.     

For Mothers,Peace and Family: International (Non)‐Cooperation among Italian Catholic and Communist Women's Organisations during the Early Cold War

In July 1955, women from around the globe gathered in Lausanne, Switzerland for the World Congress of Mothers organised by the social‐communist Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF). On the third day of four days of proceedings, an Italian housewife named Clotilde Cassigoli delivered an impassioned speech calling on women to unite across the divides of the Cold War, and cooperate to ensure that their children and grandchildren would not have to know the horrors of war she had witnessed in Florence at the end of the Second World War. Her plea ultimately went unheeded. This article analyses the national and international activities of Catholic and communist women's organisations between 1945 and 1956 to expand understandings of women's political involvement during the Cold War. My examination of the Italian case will show that during this era cooperation between the politically opposed women's groups was only possible in a limited framework. By interpreting the associations’ discourse of motherhood and peace through a Cold War lens, I show that the Italian women's leaders were successful at advancing their own objectives and making inroads into the homes of more Italian women while they simultaneously constructed a divisive Cold War international women's movement.