从学术严谨性的角度讲,"公众史学"和"公共史学"这两个概念不应是可以随意互换的,其内涵定义和外延的界定都应有所区别,否则便沦为了一字之差的词汇游戏.所谓"公共史学",应当是特指美国的"Public History",而"公众史学"客观产生及存在的历史渊源,实际上远远超越了公共史学,为此其所形成的定义不仅有别于后者,涵盖也自然是应大于后者的.当然21世纪的今天,随着社会的进步,公众史学在公共史学的启发下,也应进入高校历史专业的殿堂并引起专业史学家的关注和参与,从而能够成为历史学的新兴分支学科,尤其是在拥有数千年历史传统的中国.故尔,有必要对两者的区别作些探讨,予以厘清.
From the perspective of academic rigor,in Chinese context,the two concepts of "Gong Zhong Shi Xue"(public history Ⅱ) and "Gong Gong Shi Xue"(public historyⅠ) should not be freely interchangeable due to their different connotations and extensions otherwise they will become a vocabulary game of only one different word.The so-called "Gong Gong Shi Xue"(public historyⅠ) should be specifically refers to the "Public History" in the United States, while "Gong Zhong Shi Xue"(public history Ⅱ) is far beyond it in the historical origins whose definition is not only different from it and the coverage is naturally greater than it.Of course, with the progress of society in the 21st century, "Gong Zhong Shi Xue"(public history Ⅱ),under the inspiration of "Gong Gong Shi Xue"(public historyⅠ)——Public History in the United States, should also enter the halls of the history specialty of colleges and universities and attract the attention and participation of professional historians to become a new branch of history,especially in China,which has a history of thousands of years.Therefore,it is necessary to clarify the difference between the two concepts.