艾琳·鲍尔是20世纪上半叶英国最著名的中世纪历史学家之一。她既是经济社会史学家,又是妇女史学家和女权主义活动家。在短暂的一生中,她取得了辉煌的学术成就,受到国际史学界的普遍认同和尊重,享有世界声誉。但是,在去世后的几十年间,艾琳·鲍尔的学术地位一落千丈,极少被后辈学者提及,在经济社会史研究领域尤其如此。20世纪七八十年代,西方学术女权主义兴起后,艾琳·鲍尔被学界重新发现和挖掘,其学术贡献被淹没的现象得到部分扭转。但是,艾琳·鲍尔生前死后学术声望的两极反差,需要引起学界的认真对待和反思。 Irene Bauer was one of Britain’s most famous medieval historians in the first half of the 20th century. She is both an economic social historian and a women historian and feminist activist. In a short period of her life, she achieved brilliant academic achievement, which was universally recognized and respected by international historians and enjoyed a world reputation. However, in the decades after her death, Irene Bauer’s academic status has plummeted, rarely mentioned by later scholars, especially in the field of economic and social history. After the rise of Western academic feminism in the seventies and eighties of the 20th century, Erin Bauer was rediscovered and excavated by the academic circles and the phenomenon of submerged academic contributions was partially reversed. However, the bizarre contrast between Irene Bauer and his pre-death academic reputation needs to be taken seriously and rethought in academia.