新中国60年来的西方史学研究,大体可以划分为3个时期:1949~1978年、1979~1989年和1990~2009年。60年的西方史学研究,与社会发展同频,与政治运动息息相关,与对外开放密切相连。这60年中,它从开启走向繁荣与成熟,从简单走向复杂与深入,取得了令世人瞩目的成就。然而,也存在着继续付出巨大努力的必要性和可能性。 The study of Western historiography in the past 60 years in New China can be roughly divided into three periods: 1949-1978, 1979-1989 and 1990-2009. 60 years of Western historiography research, the same frequency with social development, is closely linked with the political movement and closely linked with the opening to the outside world. In these 60 years, it has made remarkable achievements from opening up to prosperity and maturity, moving from simplicity to complexity and depth. However, there is also the necessity and the possibility of continuing to exert great efforts.