Storm Tide Recurrence Intervals – A Statistical Approach Using Beach Ridge Plains in Northern Australia

The marine inundation generated by Tropical Cyclone Yasi, north Queensland, February 2011, flooded at least 130 beachfront homes and many commercial businesses, becoming the most substantial marine inundation impact in Australia's modern history. As a consequence, guidelines for building in storm tide impact areas have been developed and discussions are beginning on whether Australia needs a national standard for buildings impacted by these events. Central to this will be determining which areas of coastal land need to be subjected to the standard, and this will likely be based upon the magnitude of a particular return interval event. The veracity of the current method for determining these return intervals is difficult to determine as there has been no objective way to assess the accuracy of this approach. One such method is developed here – applying extreme value theory statistics to millennial scale sedimentary records of tropical cyclone marine inundations. The approach is applied to a 5000‐year‐long beach ridge record of tropical cyclone inundations near Tully Heads and the results suggest that the inundation generated by Tropical Cyclone Yasi here had a return interval of approximately 1000 years. This is a substantially lower figure than the approximately 5000‐year return interval suggested by the currently accepted approach. Irrespective of which method is more accurate, the marine inundation generated by Yasi was a very rare event and one that may become more common under a future altered climate.     

试论钱穆与胡适的交谊及其学术论争

在中国现代学术思想史上,钱穆与胡适是两种不同类型的学者,一个是新文化运动的领袖,西化派的代表人物;一个是传统史学派的大家、文化民族主义史学的代表人物。本文以钱穆眼中的胡适为切入点,分析了不同时期两人的学术关联及其文化观的异同,认为钱穆对胡适的评价经历了一个由尊崇到疏离再到公开批评的转变过程,研究这个转变过程,对于20世纪的中国学术思想史而言,应是一件有意义的事。     

西津渡历史文脉及文化价值探析

西津渡是古代长江下游的重要渡口,相关史料主要涉及历史事件、渡口建设和官设机构等方面.西津渡遗址考古发掘揭示了千年古渡的历史面貌和演变轨迹,其文化价值体现在对我国交通史的重要性、遗址时空的完整性以及文化景观的独特性等三方面.     

论遗产的价值

肇始于法国的遗产保护运动已有两百余年的历史,而遗产价值却一直是个近乎扑朔迷离的话题。与一般商品相比,遗产有何特殊的价值与使用价值,遗产价值如何衡量及其对对现代社会的意义都有待于思考。从某种意义上看,过去之于现在,是古为今用的过程,亦是遗产价值从神圣走向世俗的关键缘由。无论是遗产保护热、遗产研究热,还是遗产旅游热,都在判断、建构、计算与赋予这四个面相上论证着遗产的价值,进而揭示遗产价值表象下人类集团的精神实践活动。     

人的全面发展：社会主义的最高价值目标

在社会主义条件下,人的自由而全面发展的最高价值目标是在社会主义经济价值目标、政治价值目标、文化价值目标、社会价值目标及生态价值目标实现的基础上才能得以实现的,离开任何一个或强调任何一个价值目标,人的全面发展就无＂全面＂可谈。因此,经济、政治、文化的发展、社会文明的增进、生态文明的提出,都只是人自身发展的手段,都是为人的解放和全面发展这个最终目的、最高价值目标服务的。把握人的全面发展的内涵及其实现途径有利于我们更加自觉地坚定社会主义信念,建设中国特色社会主义。     

论青海藏族传统文化与社会主义核心价值体系的和谐发展

青海藏族的传统文化作为中华文化的重要组成部分具有独特的文化思想基础,在价值追求、思想道德教育功能和社会文化功能方面与社会主义核心价值体系具有一致性,促进青海藏族传统文化与社会主义核心价值体系的和谐发展对于构建社会主义和谐社会具有重要意义。     

玉树抗震救灾精神与社会主义核心价值

玉树抗震救灾精神就是大爱同心、众志成城的民族精神,就是坚韧不拔、百折不挠的革命英雄主义精神,就是挑战极限、全心全意为人民服务的精神,就是感恩奋进、自力更生、艰苦奋斗的精神。玉树抗震救灾精神是社会主义核心价值的时代表达,彰显了社会主义核心价值体系的现实要求。     

辛亥革命学术讨论会与辛亥革命史研究

在武汉举办纪念辛亥革命逢十周年学术讨论会,自1961年始,至今已举办4次。十年一度的以纪念为依托的辛亥革命学术讨论会,已形成蜚声海内外的学术品牌,同时也清晰地折射出辛亥革命史研究的发展脉络。半个世纪以来辛亥革命史的学科发展,固然因为辛亥革命这一历史事件本身具有巨大的魅力,但更与这四次辛亥革命学术讨论会有密不可分的关系。由这四次深具典型意义的讨论会管窥学术会议与学科发展之互动关系,或可为学术史的探讨提供一个新的视角。     

浅论唐卡的美学特征及价值

唐卡是藏族文化中独具特色的绘画艺术形式,其风格细腻、精美、富丽,体现了精巧的艺术构思和高超的绘画技巧,唐卡本身具有色彩美、内涵美、意蕴美等特点。前人在这方面已经有所探讨,但欠具体、系统。本文在前人论述的基础上,对唐卡的美学特征和美学价值作以论述。     

Thirty years of modern Chinese history studies: past experiences and prospective trends

This paper presents an overview of and comments on a symposium concerning modern Chinese history held in Beijing, China in October 2009. It is composed of four parts: first, the paradigm issues of modern Chinese historical studies; second, indigenous reorientation and the study of regional social history; third, the relationship between social history and regional social history; fourth, the history of scholarship on the Chinese revolution. All the conference participants were prestigious scholars in the fields of modern Chinese history and Ming–Qing historical studies in Mainland China. The attending scholars provided in-depth and well considered views about the macro issues of this discipline. Furthermore, the discussion was very active and productive. This paper reflects the latest trends in the field of modern Chinese historical studies in Mainland China.