2007年臺灣史研究的回顧與展望

Taiwan Historical Research 2007: Retrospect and Prospect

中央研究院臺灣史研究所成立於2004年，自2005年起，每年出版一本前年度的《臺灣史研究文獻類目》，旨在結合出版資訊的時效性及文獻書目的完整性，進而建立兼具累積性和學術性的學術批評傳統。本文以中央研究院臺灣史研究所召開的「2007年臺灣史研究回顧與展望學術研討會」為主，探討2007年臺灣史研究的趨勢。本文先以四大類（總類、經濟、政治、社會文化）簡介2007年研究成果，再針對這些研究成果進行綜合討論，最後提出展望未來的視角。雖然臺灣史研究呈現多元的發展，但仍有待建立對於當代史學思潮與研究取向的基本認識，並從比較的歷史的視野，反省臺灣史研究現有成果及未來方向。進而展現其學術獨立與專業並重的歷史敘事與思維方式，這將是臺灣史學未來能否茁壯發展的重要關鍵。

Ever since the founding of the Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica in 2004, the Annual Bibliography of Taiwan History has been published with the aim to provide timely information on publications and an integrated bibliography of historical research of the preceding year, thus establishing a tradition of cumulative and yearly academic review on past studies in Taiwan history. Focusing mainly on the '2007 Conference on Taiwan Historical Research', this paper explores the trend in research on Taiwan history in 2007, beginning with a brief introduction on research efforts in four main categories: General Works, Economics, Politics and Social Culture, followed by an overall discussion on the results obtained, and finally ending with prospects for future historical studies. While the past year has seen diverse development in research on Taiwan history, a basic understanding on the trend of thought and direction of research concerning contemporary historiography is required in order to have a comparative historical perspective for reflecting on current results and future direction for Taiwan historical research. The dual emphasis on academic independence and professionalism in historical recount and way of thinking is the key to prosperous development on Taiwan historiography.