On the morning of December 10, the Global History Research Institute of Beijing Foreign Studies University was announced. Professor Han Zhen, Secretary of the Party Committee, Professor La Bishi, Director of the History and Academic History Research Center of the National Academy of Sciences of the German Academy of Sciences, Gu Bin, a special professor of our school and a famous sinologist, and Professor Li Xuetao of the Global History Research Institute Unveiled. Professor Han Zhen opened the "Global History Research Institute" network platform (), and Professor Peng Long attended the ceremony and delivered a speech. The ceremony was chaired by Professor Sun Youzhong, Vice President.

The establishment of the institute has served the national strategy needs

Since the reform and opening up, my country's modernization business has become increasingly urgent to the desire for high -quality talents with a global history and cultural knowledge system. In accordance with the improvement of my country's international status, global historical disciplines should also be an important academic resource for high -level specialized talents and government decisions. In my country's foreign exchanges, personnel in various fields not only need to be proficient in foreign languages, familiar with foreign history and culture, but also to tell Chinese stories and spread Chinese historical and cultural to the world. Therefore, under the new historical conditions, as the university with the most language in the country, Beiwai should undoubtedly assume a deeper task. The establishment of a global historical research institution in our school is a task we are facing at present.

As Peng Long pointed out in his speech, "The establishment of the Global History Research Institute is a major decision made by the school after long -term discussions and inviting authoritative experts to make multiple arguments. Perspective, practice general education concepts, and important measures to cultivate cross -professional composite talents are one of the specific measures to implement the reform of comprehensive governance of national education. "

Our school has achieved outstanding achievements in the process of "introducing the world to China". In the future, we must continue to play a leading role in the process of "introducing China to the world". The Global History Research Institute needs to closely combine research and teaching, focusing on cultivating students' historical consciousness and humanistic feelings, and serving national strategic needs.

The establishment of the Institute has received great attention from all walks of life at home and abroad

In the ceremony, Professor Germany not only represented himself, but also expressed congratulations to our school's establishment of global history researchers. In his speech, Professor La Bishi believes that Beijing University of Foreign Languages ​​has a long tradition in the research and teaching of world language and culture. Therefore, it is a wise decision to establish the "Global History Research Institute" as its primary reform measure. Professor La Bishi also read the congratulatory letter from the German Academy of Sciences and conveyed the willingness to strengthen cooperation with the newly established Northword Global History Research Institute. Professor Gu Bin is a well -known German sinologist and a special professor of our school. In his speech, he used the correlation between Goste's creation and Tang Shi, Blacht and Wei Lixian's "Tao Te Ching" translation in his later years, which shows that the era of global history has actually arrived very early.

Ivan Ilkv, President of Sovia University, Bulgaria, Director of the Library of Kansai University in Japan, well -known Sinologist Uchida City, Li Xiade, Dean of the Confucius Institute at the University of Vienna, Austria, President Peghd, Dean of the Confucius Institute of Dusseldorf, Germany , Director of the Institute of Natural History of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cecilia Baichun, and other experts and scholars from academic circles at home and abroad gave speeches.

In his speech, President Yilchev also expressed his desire to cooperate: you can carry out cooperation on China Insurance Relations, European ideological exchanges with China, and a wider range of fields. Essence Professor Li Xiade believes that global history helps to make the younger generation cherish the hard -won peace. Researcher Cecilia Chun said that the Institute of Natural History of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has a good exchange and cooperation tradition. It is hoped that in the future, we can carry out more extensive academic exchanges and cooperation with the Global History Research Institute, and create conditions for the cultivation of young talents.

Different from academic research in the general sense, global historical research has the inherent nature of civilized dialogue and academic exchanges and cultural communication at the beginning. Naturally, the establishment of the Global History Research Institute has received the attention of the publishing industry. At the establishment ceremony, representative representatives of publishing communities such as Wang Liu Chun, assistant to the president of our school, president of the Foreign Research Agency, Wang Liu Chun, President of Elephant Publishing House, Wang Yan, president of East China Normal University Press, also expressed in his speech that the Global Institute was established in the world Congratulations and willingness to carry out academic publishing cooperation.

The establishment of the Institute is also an academic feast itself

After the establishment ceremony, Professor La Bishi and Professor Li Xuetao brought a theme report of "ordinary history, world history, global history -the West and the East" to the guests and teachers and students of our school. The two scholars define the concepts of universal history, world history, and global history in history, explain the theoretical framework and specific perspective of global history research, and point out the direction of the future development of the institute. In addition, La Bi Shi and Li Xuetao also conducted an in -depth analysis of the theory of German philosopher Yasbiels' "Axis Age" and the concept of "diversified modernity" of Eisenosdatt. They believed that these two theories could be used as a theory as a regard. Theoretical program of the Global History Research Institute. After that, in combination with the theory of the Axis Axis Axis and the "overall history" of Brostel, the two scholars proposed the new three -time level of "History of Event", "Long -term History" and "History of the Shaxic Heart" The point of view is believed that only on this basis can we study today's global history. The reporter believes that it is a one -sided perspective to see the world from Europe alone or only from China. Any centralism will be broken and can only understand history from interaction. In addition, it is necessary to distinguish between national and global culture and the horizontal and vertical penetration between them. One possible method is "common history".

The establishment of the Institute will promote the development of our school's discipline

In 2011, after the world history became a first -level discipline under the historian category, China's global history and world history research faced unprecedented opportunities and challenges. Relying on the advantages of strong foreign language resources, Beiwai has established the Global History Research Institute, which is to adapt to this major development trend. The Global History Research Institute covers two first -level disciplines under the historian category, and it will set up two majors of "World History" and "Chinese History". The study of "World History" and "Chinese History" is opened to explore the relationship between China and the world since modern times. New research platforms and research perspectives better serve Beiwai's long -term development strategy and China's vision plan for the world.

In addition, the Academy will also set up academic committees and academic consulting committees, and establish "basic teaching and research offices", "project center" and "multi -language global historical research data and literature centers". The "Project Center" mainly coordinate the application and management of various projects, adopts the commercialized management model, integrates relevant resources in the school, and guide relevant teachers in the school to apply for projects and conduct effective management on the basis of existing. Horizontal discipline contact. The purpose of the "multi -language database and literature center" is to integrate related resources, give full play to the advantages of multi -language in North and foreign, and make the research institute into an important platform for international scholars for global history research. The Institute establishes the development positioning of "teaching type", "research type", "open" and "internationalization". It will publish related research and publications, hold an international seminar, and translate and publish a series of multi -language global historical research works.

(News Center)