Aspirational Reflections: The Future of Sport History

Abstract

This article provides a scrambled form of SWOT analysis of the ideas contained in the various contributions to this special issue on sport historians and the field of sport history. The market for sport history, pure and simple, is not in good shape in many places. Yet we must be careful not to confuse trends in employment prospects with shorter term fluctuations in demand. Nor should we conflate national issues with the international situation. One thing is certain: worldwide academia is expanding; surely, there must be opportunities somewhere for sport history. Sport historians may have to be prepared to move geographically or to get a job. Nonetheless, the field of sport history also has many strengths highlighted, and opportunities abound for collaborations, public engagement, and supporting our fellow sport historians across the globe. Instead of allowing the external threats and weaknesses to continue to grow, sport historians should draw on the encouraging aspects contained herein and take advantage of our field’s strengths and opportunities to develop new and creative initiatives which demonstrate the vibrancy and breadth of sport history.     

从崔浩国史案看中国史家地位的转变

中国自黄帝时代起便有史官,由于当时史官职权的特殊性——掌管人事、沟通鬼神,所以史官一开始就有超然世俗政权的地位。但是从春秋战国开始,史官的地位便慢慢下降。至北魏"崔浩国史案"的爆发,真正标志着史官地位从可以和当权统治者平等对话到受统治者控制的一个转变。这其中的原因包括对鬼神不信任、学术的下降以及中央集权的加强、皇权不容侵犯。     

人文学者的数字人文接受意愿影响因素——以历史学者为中心的考察

数字人文近年来受到人文学科和图书情报与档案管理学科的广泛关注,其中在历史学领域的实践项目尤为突出,因而以历史学者为中心考察其对数字人文的认识和接受情况,探究人文学者接受数字人文的影响因素,可促进数字人文更好地与人文学科融合发展。文章采用面对面访谈、电话访谈和微信语音的方式对22名历史学者进行采访,得到近6万字的访谈记录。运用扎根理论方法探索人文学者对数字人文接受意愿的影响因素,得到51项范畴和18项主范畴,在此基础上逐步归纳提炼出人文学者对数字人文接受意愿的5个维度:个人因素、参与方式、技术制度因素、环境因素和数字人文学科属性,根据维度之间的相关关系建立人文学者对数字人文的接受意愿PPTEC模型框架。结果表明,个人因素和环境因素会直接影响接受意愿,参与方式、制度技术因素、数字人文属性会受其他因素的调节后影响接受意愿。     

论17世纪蒙古史家笔下的异姓贵族

17世纪蒙古史家以成吉思汗“黄金家族”为正统，强调异姓贵族无权成为蒙古大汗，在他们的笔下瓦刺脱欢太师企图篡夺汗位，遭到成吉思汗在天之灵的惩罚而死，虽记述也先篡位却根本不把他列入北元蒙古汗系中。与此同时，蒙古史家有意抬高“黄金家族”妇女地位，以贬低异姓贵族的历史作用，他们抬高太松汗之妻萨睦尔太后和满都鲁汗遗孀满都海哈屯，以贬低异姓贵族孛来太师和亦思马因太师。     

汉唐之际的“兴亡论”

中国古代的政治家和史学家十分关注国之兴亡,汉唐之际的政治家和史学家的相关论述更具有独到之处,至今仍有参考价值和借鉴意义。