东南亚史研究的新史料、新方法和新视角——以哈里·本达奖获奖著作为例

哈里·本达奖是美国亚洲研究学会旨在表彰东南亚研究领域杰出成果的国际学术大奖,代表了当代国际学界东南亚历史研究的重要成果。本达奖获奖著作涵盖东南亚殖民主义史、社会史、文化史等领域,并不断拓展到宗教史、女性史等专题史研究,反映第二次世界大战后东南亚史研究范式的重大转向,并从史料、方法、视角领域探讨了东南亚历史发展的本土性、自主性与能动性。获奖作品在当代东南亚史研究领域的理论探讨与实践研究方面都做出了积极贡献,值得中国东南亚史学界进一步学习与借鉴。

New Materials,New Methods,and New Perspectives in the Study of Southeast Asian History: A Case Study of the Harry J. Benda Book Prize

The Harry J.Benda Prize is an international academic prize granted by the Association for Asian Studies to recognize outstanding works in the field of Southeast Asia studies,including books that represent the most significant achievements in the study of Southeast Asian history in contemporary international academic circles.The Benda Book Prize covers works in the fields such as the colonialist history,social history,cultural history of Southeast Asia,and it continues to expand to religious history,women’s history,and other specific historical genres.These works reflect the important shifts in the research paradigms of Southeast Asian history after World War II,and they also stress the indigenous and autonomous nature as well as the agency of the historical development of Southeast Asia based on new historical materials,methods,and perspectives.In short,Benda Prize works have greatly contributed to the contemporary theoretical discussion and practical research in the field of Southeast Asian historical studies,and scholars in China need to pay more attention to their scholarly value.