專題 | 歐陽泰TONIO ANDRADE和他的歷史研究
歐陽泰，本名Tonio Andrade，Emory University歷史學教授，漢學家和全球史學家。以下介紹摘自Emory University歷史系歐陽泰介紹。
Tonio Andrade歐陽泰, Professor (B.A., Reed College, 1992; M.A., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1994; M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D., Yale University, 1997, 1998, and 2000). Chinese History, Global History. Major Books: The Last Embassy: The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten History of Western Encounters with China (Princeton 2021), The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History (Princeton, 2016), Lost Colony: The Untold Story of Europe’s First War with China (Princeton, 2011), and How Taiwan Became Chinese(Columbia University Press, 2007). Articles in Journal of World History, Late Imperial China, Canadian Journal of Sociology, Itinerario, and Journal of Asian Studies, among others. Honors include The John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and the Gutenberg-e Prize.
I’m part of a new field in historical studies known as Global History, which focuses on commonalities and connections between the myriad societies on the planet rather than on traditionally-defined political or cultural units. My core geographical area of expertise is China, but my research focuses on interconnections in the Early Modern Period (1500-1800) and on comparative history. The main question that fascinates me is: Why did western Europeans, who sat on the far edge of Eurasia and were backward by Asian standards, rise to global prominence starting in the 1500s, establishing durable maritime empires that spanned the seas?
