编者按:2011年6月10~12日,由教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地南开大学世界近现代史研究中心会同美国历史与文化研究中心在天津举办了“美国族裔与社会文化”国际学术研讨会,有来自美国、丹麦、加拿大、韩国、菲律宾、塞拉利昂、墨西哥、阿根廷以及中国香港、大陆的80多位学者参加了会议,提交论文近50篇,学者们围绕美国种族、文化等一系列问题展开了热烈的讨论。美国是一个多种族的国家,同时也是一个主要由移民组成的国家, Editor’s Notes: From June 10 to June 12, 2011, the Center for World Modernity and History of Nankai University and the Center for American History and Culture jointly organized the “American Ethnicity and Social Culture” in Tianjin with a focus on humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education. More than 80 scholars from the United States, Denmark, Canada, South Korea, the Philippines, Sierra Leone, Mexico, Argentina and Hong Kong and mainland China attended the conference. They submitted nearly 50 papers and scholars focused on American race, culture, etc. A series of issues started a lively discussion. The United States is a multi-ethnic country, it is also a country mainly composed of immigrants,