"Senior sister, what are you going to write?"

"I am good at sociology and field investigations, but the topics I prepared before were too niche, and I think it is difficult to excel. What suggestions do you have?"

In academic research, Weng Xiupin only said one word about Chen Kan, otherwise she would not have traveled from Jinling to Zhonghai to talk to Chen Kan about this, because Chen Kan's academic level is indeed excellent.

It is basically okay for Weng Xiupin to enter the venue. Even if she is in the face of her supervisor, she will be allowed to enter. The so-called submission of papers to the office does not all depend on your paper level.

If you have an awesome teacher, even if you write an article casually, it will be easy to get in. The real difficulty is to go on stage to read your paper, which is what really tests your skills.

Because there are too many people attending the conference, basically everyone who can come in has an academic background, which is meaningless than the background. There are only a dozen people reading the papers. Some old men are deducted and there are very few places for young scholars. This really depends on the level.

It is so difficult to get on stage, so you have to give these young scholars a chance, otherwise everyone will not come in the future, and the organizers of the conference will be very smart. Since there are not many opportunities to get on stage, we are creating an opportunity for you to show yourself.

This is the legendary "collected papers". Some excellent papers submitted are printed into a book, and the number of papers that can be published is limited, which artificially creates an honor.

Although Chen Kan has no interest in these two, not every scholar is a "letter" like Chen Kan.

"Either innovate in methods or in the application of theory, but I don't think my senior sister has much hope in writing about sociology." Chen Kan told the truth.

We often say that many people follow the trend in the film industry. When they make money, they will pour in when they see a topic that makes a profit.

In fact, it is not just the film industry, every industry is the same, and it will "ride popularity", and history is no exception. However, history is not for making money, history is for making reputation, to produce better results, and to gain popularity, this has existed since ancient times.

Not to mention it too early, just before and after the New Culture Movement, historians basically criticized Chinese history. At that time, historians often wrote general history, from the pre-Qin period to the Qing Dynasty, almost all cursed and praised the West.

When the Japanese invaded China, many historians were reflecting on Chinese history and what was wrong with China, an ancient civilization. At this time, they began to treat Chinese cultural history more rationally.

At the beginning of the founding of New China, the proletariat, as a result, overturned peasant uprisings and criticized the feudal dynasty, and even formed a "five golden flowers" at that time. This was originally a matter of the historical field, but other fields also had to intervene and gain popularity.

Later, when science emerged, history immediately took advantage of the popularity, and a science called "measured history" emerged, which used a large number of data and mathematical models to make history.

In the 1980s and 1990s, a trend of overturning verdicts was set off, and many historians rushed in. As long as they were historical figures, they could overturn the verdict. They were originally national heroes, but they could become national sinners in that era. They were originally traitors and evil people. At that time, they were "wrongly accused" and then they overturned the verdict again.

In the new century, Western sociology and field investigation methods entered the field of history, and a large number of scholars used sociology and field investigations to do history.

Overall, it shows an irrational state, not looking at what you are suitable for, but looking at what is hotter now, and then getting in. Weng Xiupin is one of them.

Of course, you can't say that this method is wrong. After all, people's instincts seek benefits and avoid harm. It is easier to achieve results by following the general trend. The cost of sticking to yourself is very high.

But anything in this world is too much, so there is no problem. Although Weng Xiupin's ability to use sociology and field research methods to do history is pretty good, this method is too common and has no new ideas. With her strength, it is even more difficult to be outstanding.

That's why she came to find Chen Kan, hoping that Chen Kan could give her some advice.

"I suggest you dig deeper and dig deeper into a topic. If the depth is enough, I think the possibility is still very high." Chen Kan said:

"But as your junior brother, I suggest you change your research direction, change your research method, and go deep into one field."

"Oh, this is not that easy!" Weng Xiupin sighed.

"It's really not easy, and it's always difficult to take the first step. But senior sister, if you still have academic ambitions, I think it would be a better choice for you to change direction." Chen Kan said.

As the name suggests, the research method of field investigation is to go down to the place for field investigation. If it is done with sociology, the inspection locations are basically remote rural areas, which is very hard and time is long.

In the field of social and cultural research, American historians do the best. Even in the study of social and cultural studies of China, many American scholars do better than the Chinese. Why? Why do foreigners understand China better than the Chinese?

Because American historians are willing to spend time, American scholars have lived there for thirteen years in order to study the folk customs and customs of the Three Gorges area. Think about how they have been there for thirteen years and ate, live and work with the people there. How could the works written in this way be not profound!

And Chinese scholars, although you are a Chinese, do these scholars who are "high and do not eat grains" really understand everything about this countryside? Not necessarily.

Moreover, now that Weng Xiupin has a child, it is impossible for her to conduct research outside for a long time, so she is destined to find it difficult to continue on this road, so Chen Kan suggested that she change her research direction.

"Oh..." Weng Xiupin sighed long. She also understood, but it was really difficult.

"What are you going to write? Tell me what you want to learn from me."

"I am going to write about Cixi. I thought this old woman was quite fun before, so I was going to write about this woman."

"Cixi, what stage are you going to write?"

"Things happened during the Boxer Rebellion."
Chapter completed!