Wydział Historii UAM i Sekcja THHiMH zapraszają na serię seminariów gościnnych pod tytułem „New Approaches to History in a Changing World: A View from China”, które poprowadzi Profesor ZhangZuocheng (Poznań, 3-6 marca 2025 r.)
Profesor ZhangZuocheng (Department of History at Northeast Normal University, China), "New Approaches to History in a Changing World: A View from China”, Poznań, 3-6 March 2025
Wydział Historii UAM i Sekcja THHiMH Komitetu Nauk Historycznych PAN
oraz The International Commission for the History and Theory of Historiography (CISH)
zapraszają na serię seminariów gościnnych
„New Approaches to History in a Changing World: A View from China”,
które poprowadzi
Profesor ZhangZuocheng
Department of History at Northeast Normal University (China)
Faculty of History, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 7 (Morasko)
Monday-Thursday, March 3–6, 2025
more info here
Abstract
This mini-course explores the evolution of Chinese world history writing, its methodological transformations, and its engagement with contemporary theoretical debates in historiography. It aims to provide students with a deeper understanding of the intellectual development of world history studies in China and its relationship with both Chinese historical traditions and global historiographical discourse. This course challenges students to think beyond conventional Eurocentric or Sinocentric frameworks by engaging directly with Chinese historiographical sources, theories, and approaches. It encourages students to critically reflect on how historiography is shaped by social, political, and intellectual contexts and how Chinese historians contribute to global historical discourse. Through a combination of theoretical reflection and comparative historiography, students will gain a nuanced understanding of how history is written, debated, and conceptualized in China.
Program
1. Monday, March 3, 10:45-12:15 (room 3.68)
The Process of World History Writing in Early Modern and Modern China
2. Wednesday, March 5, 10:45-12.15 (room 3.44)
Key Controversies in Contemporary Chinese World History: Theoretical Debates
3. Thursday, March 6, 12:30-14:00 (room 3.68)
Historical Responsibility: A Comparative Perspective of Chinese and Western Historiography
ZhangZuocheng, Ph.D. in History, graduated from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 2009, his doctoral supervisor is Professor YuPei. He is a professor in Department of History at Northeast Normal University, visiting scholar in Department of History at University of Virginia (2016-2017), history editor of the journal The Northern Forum (2019-2021), with research interests in Western historical theory and historiography, comparison of Chinese and foreign historiography. His publications include the academic monograph The Research on R.G. Collingwood’s Historical Theory (2015) and academic papers on the Anthropocene and historical time, among others.
Zob.: Ewa Domańska and Zhang Zuocheng 张作成, “The Eastern West Meets the Far East: Dialogues on Historical Theory—A Conversation between Ewa Domańska and Zhang Zuocheng 张作成,” One More Thing . . . (blog), History and Theory, July 2025, https://historyandtheory.org/omt/2025-ewadomanskazhangzuocheng.