《南大评论》的出版是推进南京大学人文社会科学学术研究国际化的重要努力，它的主要目标是将南大学者通过对话和交流而激发的最新最顶尖的研究成果呈现给外界。第一期《南大评论》主要集中于以下三个主题：当代中国问题、全球化语境下的理论诉求、中国文学与文化研究。

    The publication of Nanda Review is but another important endeavor to internationalize the scholarship of Nanjing University in the humanities and social sciences. Its major goal is to introduce to the outside world those new and significant research results by Nanjing University faculty for the sake of dialogue and exchange. This first issue mainly deals with the following three topics: contemporary Chinese issues, theoretical inquiries in the global context, and Chinese literary and cultural studies.