1美国史研究通讯The China Journal of American History2004 年第 2 期（总第 93 期）主主 编：编：王 旭副副 主主 编：编：胡锦山 赵学功编编 辑：辑：胡锦山 韩 宇责任编辑：责任编辑：胡锦山出出 版版 者：者：中国美国史研究会出出 版版 地：地：厦门大学美国史研究所出版日期：出版日期：2004 年 12 月 15 日2本通讯的内容亦刊登于中国美国史研究会网站http:/ushistory.xmu.edu.cn3目 录学术论文Twenty-one Years in American Studies Teaching梅仁毅（1）什么是环境史？高国荣（5）研究会历史回顾令人怀念的往事 杨生茂（14）关于第六届年会的点滴回忆 李世洞（15）关于研究会湖广片区活动的回忆 李世洞（18）关于南开美国史学研究机构 40 年发展历程的思考黄安年（20）德高望重的邓蜀生先生和中国的美国史研究 黄安年（23）祝福邓蜀生先生写在邓先生 81 岁生日之际杨玉圣（28）书评美国宪法与宪政评任东来等著美国宪政历程：影响美国的 25 个司法大案 刘绪贻（30）研究会工作关于召开第十一届年会的通知 秘书处（39）理事工作会议（北京）纪要 秘书处（39）关于万心蕙奖学金基金情况的通报 黄安年（40）我会祝贺中国社会科学院世界历史研究所 40 周年庆典秘书处（43）其他中国人眼中的美国从大选说起 金灿荣 杨玉圣 徐 波（44）“学术宪章”：学术规范的非法律把脉访中国政法大学杨玉圣教授索阿娣（54）中国美国史学界首例著作权纠纷案终结 李 诗（57）学术动态南开大学南开大学南开大学举办美国史研究室成立四十周年纪念活动 张聚国（58）倪亭教授在南开大学讲学 欧阳惠（60）王恩铭教授在南开大学讲学 孙 超（61）苏州大学苏州大学王旭教授在苏州大学讲学 金卫星（61）黄安年教授在苏州大学讲学 卢永嘉（62）杜鲁门图书馆馆长米歇尔戴文在苏州大学讲学金卫星（63）会员动态会员动态 （63）编后记编后记 （64）4Twenty-one Years in American Studies Teaching Mei Ren-yiSince I came back from the History Department of Yale University 1983， I have been engaged in American Studies teaching and research for more than 20 years. The American Studies MA program at Beijing Foreign Studies University （Beiwai） was first initiated in 1979. When we decided to launch this program， we based our decision on the following considerations:1 The United States and China had just established diplomatic relations. After a separation of contact and exchange of 30years and intense hostility and biased propaganda， the two peoples urgently needed mutual understanding. The program was aimed at promoting genuine understanding of America， the country and its people and culture.2 At the beginning of the 1980s， there was a trend of painting a completely rosy picture of the United States and a total negation of Chinese traditional culture. We decided to present， to the best of our effort， a balanced picture of the United States， not through our mouths， but through the eyes and writings of prestigious American scholars. We wanted to draw the students attention to the real， positive aspects of American society and culture， the things that make America what it is today. At the same time， we intended to let the students see the problems America faced.此文是梅仁毅教授在复旦大学美国研究中心举行的 2004 年美国研究联络会上所作的大会发言。征得梅仁毅教授同意在此发表。学术论文53 In order to take advantage of our language strength， we decided to offer all the courses in English and we have stuck to the decision ever since. Such an approach makes it easier for the students to improve their English and to use primary resources in English.At the beginning， we adopted the traditional American approach toward American Studies because we had to rely on professors from the United States who usually regarded American Studies as an interdisciplinary field. We offered courses on American history and American literature. One of the MA theses of the first group of MA students was “Mark Twain in China”， a reflection of our emphasis at that time.We experienced a very difficult period in the early 1980s. Courses varied from year to year because of the expertise of in-coming American professors. With the exception of Professor Frank Tang， the director of the American Studies Center at that time， not a single Chinese professor could offer a course in this area. Since the university was strong in literature and language teaching in the past， the university library had very limited stock of books on history or social sciences. And we did not have access to the stock at the National Library.Things began to change in the mid-1980s for two reasons. One was we began to see that American Studies in China should not be the same as such study in the study in the U.S. or in Europe. This view was reinforced when I became a member of the Chinese delegation attending American Studies Bi-annual Conference at San Diego， CA， in 1985 and visiting the American Studies program in a number of American universities. During the visit， I noticed that different universities had different emphasis in their programs， always exploiting， to the full， the resources of their faculties and the facilities in the neighborhood areas. The Chinese delegation came to a consensus that Chinas American Studies could not and should not be limited to history and literature but should reach out to embrace politics， foreign relations， society， economic development， culture and value and other related areas. Only by doing so could we help our students have an in-depth understanding of the United States.The second was some of the Chinese professors from Beiwai who had been sent to do 6research or to s