And was particularly thrilled to entice our speaker Professor Stanley Chojnacki
我非常激动能向大家介绍这次的主讲人Stanley Chojnacki教授
who is a preeminent scholar of Venetian History
他是一位研究威尼斯历史的杰出学者
So this is going to be a lecture that we're going to listen to
待会我们听到的这场讲座也能在
In books and essays he has mapped out A History of Marriage and Family in the Venetian Republic
他已筹划好的《威尼斯共和国婚姻与家族的历史》这部著作中见到
And has come back again and again to the many important issues raised by the questions of dowries
本书多次讨论到由嫁妆所引发的诸多重要问题
The role of women and the family and the state
妇女,家族和政府的角色
What it meant to be a Venetian adolescent bachelor or mother
在威尼斯作为一名青少年,一个单身汉或母亲的意义
And the many attempts on the part of the government to regulate marriage
以及政府基于各种动机来规范婚姻
These studies have culminated in the collected essays of an important symposium as early as 1987
这些研究成果早在1987年便已收录在一次重要研讨会的论文集中
The Family Sex and Marriage in Renaissance Studies Recent Trends
《关于文艺复兴时期家庭性爱与婚姻研究的新趋势》
For which he wrote the introduction
教授为此写了序言
And later in a wonderful book titled Women and Men in Renaissance Venice Twelve Essays on Patrician Society
这些后来也录入一本名为《威尼斯文艺复兴时期的男人和女人关于贵族社会的12篇报告》的杰作
Although I still have a great deal to learn from his work
我还需要从教授的作品中大量汲取营养
It has been an important underpinning for my own research on the Venetian paintings
这为我在威尼斯绘画艺术的研究提供了重要依据
That make up the grand finale of the exhibition
这也是本次展览的压轴戏,
Professor Chojnacki has just retired from the history department of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chojnacki教授刚退休,之前任教于北卡罗莱纳大学教堂山分校历史系
And has been the recipient of many awards and fellowships
得过无数荣誉和奖学金
Including a Gugenheim Foundation Fellowship
包括古根海姆基金会摄影奖学金
And Fellowships from the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton
普林斯顿大学高级研究院奖学金
And American Council of Learned Societies
及美国学术团体协会奖学金
He's participated in numerous professional groups and activities including… I love this one
他参与过众多专业的团体和活动,包括……我喜欢这个
The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women
早期现代女性研究学会
And the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation for research in Venice
还参与了Gladys Krieble Delma基金会,为继续从事对威尼斯的研究
which has funded most of the most important historical and art historical research that has taken place there in recent years
这一基金会为近年来进行的很多重大历史与艺术历史的研究提供了基金
As you can see Professor Chojnacki's work
可见Chojnacki教授的作品
is at the very center of the exploration of marriage and the family in Renaissance Venice
正是意大利文艺复兴时期婚姻和家庭研究的核心所在
And he will speak with us this evening on Marriage Love and Lineage in Renaissance Venice
今晚即将由他为我们讲解意大利文艺复兴时期的婚姻,爱情与血统
Please welcome Stanley Chojnacki
请大家欢迎Stanley Chojnacki教授的到来