44 人物專訪 • EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW 澳大新語 • 2025 UMAGAZINE 32 University, Prof Sun stayed on as a faculty member. To further his research on the history of Christianity, he initially planned to go to the US, but a scholarship opportunity took him to Japan instead. Remarkably, within just one year of self-study during his time in Japan, Prof Sun became fluent in Japanese, which earned him special admission to the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Skipping the standard application process, he was accepted directly into the PhD programme in 1993. While completing his doctorate, Prof Sun taught East Asian history in the School of Law at Waseda University and the Faculty of Letters at Komazawa University. After receiving his PhD in 1999, he joined the Department of Intercultural Studies at the Shizuoka University of Arts and Culture as a professor. During his two decades in Japan, Prof Sun deepened his expertise in social history, memory studies, and intellectual history. He was particularly drawn to the relationship between the past and the present, with a focus on the historical and mnemonic dimensions of the Nanjing Massacre. Beyond his research, Prof Sun was dedicated to mentoring students who shared his academic interests, aiming to foster continued exploration in these areas. This commitment eventually led him back to his alma mater, Nanjing University, where he taught in both the School of Government and the School of History. There, he founded the Xue-heng Institute for Advanced Studies, a research centre devoted to the emerging fields of conceptual history and memory studies. His efforts attracted young scholars from a wide range of disciplines, including history, literature, politics, journalism, and sociology. In 2013, Prof Sun served as the chief expert for the National Social Science Fund Major Project ‘Research on Public Memory and National Identity in Modern China’, which received an ‘excellent’ rating in its final evaluation. In 2024, Prof Sun joined UM. As one of China’s earliest gateways to the world, Macao holds profound historical significance in the context of both modern Chinese and East Asian history. Prof Sun seeks to reinterpret Macao’s past through the lens of lieux de mémoire (sites of memory), proposing a global historical narrative that places Macao at its centre. An Academic Organiser ‘Studying history is about resolving the perplexities of life. History is my field, and the entire humanities and social sciences are my methodology,’ Prof Sun says. This philosophy underpins his interdisciplinary approach, which integrates Chinese, Western, and Japanese perspectives while drawing on methodologies from history, political science, anthropology, sociology, and religious studies. In addition to writing his own monographs, Prof Sun has served as editor for numerous book series and journals, 孫江教授部分著作 A selection of Prof Sun’s publications
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