CCSA "Talk to the Author" 第24期书评征集

CCSA的各位朋友们：

CCSA，全称Chinese and Comparative Studies Association （中国与比较研究学会），我们致力于促进中国学和比较研究领域中的年轻学者、学生之间的学术交流与合作。

“Talk to the Author”是CCSA的品牌栏目之一，在过去数年间，我们以豆瓣、微信等平台展开这一活动，旨在推动严肃、深入且具有批判性的学术对话。其中，我们不仅组织年轻学者为中英文学界新出中国文学、文化与历史研究著作撰写书评，更将邀请原作者对书评进行回应，答疑解惑，申发论述。

第二十四期“Talk to the Author“活动，我们请到了美国印第安纳大学历史系Fei-Hsien Wang（王飞仙）教授一同讨论其新著《盗版商与出版人：现代中国版权的社会史》（Pirates and Publishers: A Social History of Copyright in Modern China, Princeton University Press, 2019），现征集书评人。

本书内容提要与目录如下：

内容提要：

In Pirates and Publishers, Fei-Hsien Wang reveals the unknown social and cultural history of copyright in China from the 1890s through the 1950s, a time of profound sociopolitical changes. Wang draws on a vast range of previously underutilized archival sources to show how copyright was received, appropriated, and practiced in China, within and beyond the legal institutions of the state. Contrary to common belief, copyright was not a problematic doctrine simply imposed on China by foreign powers with little regard for Chinese cultural and social traditions. Shifting the focus from the state legislation of copyright to the daily, on-the-ground negotiations among Chinese authors, publishers, and state agents, Wang presents a more dynamic, nuanced picture of the encounter between Chinese and foreign ideas and customs.

Developing multiple ways for articulating their understanding of copyright, Chinese authors, booksellers, and publishers played a crucial role in its growth and eventual institutionalization in China. These individuals enforced what they viewed as copyright to justify their profit, protect their books, and crack down on piracy in a changing knowledge economy. As China transitioned from a late imperial system to a modern state, booksellers and publishers created and maintained their own economic rules and regulations when faced with the absence of an effective legal framework.

Exploring how copyright was transplanted, adopted, and practiced, Pirates and Publishers demonstrates the pivotal roles of those who produce and circulate knowledge.

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书评要求与活动流程：

我们诚邀在读博士或青年学者参与我们的书评活动，关于本次活动的形式、要求及流程的说明如下：

1. 有意应征书评人的朋友请发信至ccsasso@gmail.com，并在邮件中告知我们您的专业和研究背景，我们将优先邀请研究论题与本书议题相关者。本次活动的应征有效期至2020年8月24日。

2. 在征集结束后，我们将从中选出三位左右的书评人并与您联系确认，约定书评交稿时间，以及为您提供图书。本活动要求报名参与的书评人确保有充分时间阅读著作，并能够按约定日期完成书评写作，以免造成不必要的延误和麻烦。

3. 书评写作长度不限，意尽即可。在我们公号里可以读到历次的书评，您可以从中了解一下书评的大致形式和风格。除了总结章节大意之外，我们更希望书评人能对著作提出有深度的思考和问题，希望写作者能从各自研究背景出发，在学术史脉络、历史背景、文本与史料的使用、理论工具、思想内容等方面与作者产生碰撞与对话。

4. 书评收齐之后，我们会从中选出两到三篇，将其匿名并发给原书作者，请她对书评中提出的问题进行回应，延伸讨论。

5. 书评的优先处理权归“Talk to the Author”编辑部。一般而言，我们希望书评和作者回应能够同时发表出来，因此请不要在未和编辑部商议并取得同意的情况下在其他平台发表。