The College of History and Culture of Shanxi University is one of the departments of Shanxi University with a century-old heritage. History is one of the earliest disciplines established in Shanxi University. As early as 1902, when Shanxi University was founded, Western history (that is, world history) and ancient history of China were compulsory courses for Chinese and western students. /kloc-in the summer of 0/936, the history department was formally established, with Zhou Chuanru as the head of the department. 1in August, 937, Japanese planes bombed Taiyuan, and the history department was transferred to Yuncheng with the College of Literature, borrowing some school buildings of Yuncheng Middle School for classes. The history department hired Yan as its head. 165438+ 10, Taiyuan and Jinnan successively fell, and Shanxi University was closed. 1939 12, Shanxi University was re-established in Sanyuan, Shaanxi Province, with three institutes and six departments. The history department is one of the six departments, and Ma was appointed as the head of the history department. 194 1 year, Shanxi university moved north to Lin Qiu town, Yichuan county, Shaanxi province, and the history department moved accordingly. 1March 946, moved back to Taiyuan. 1949, the college of literature was changed to normal college, and the department of history was changed to the department of literature, history and geography. From 65438 to 0950, the Department of Literature, History and Geography was divided into the Department of History and the Department of Chinese Language, with Yan as the head of the Department of History. 195 1, teachers' college has added six specialized courses, among which the specialized course of history and geography is 1. 1953, department adjustment, the original historical geography specialty is divided into historical geography specialty. Xu is the head of the history department. The History Department consists of five teaching and research groups: World History Teaching and Research Group, Asian History Teaching and Research Group, History Teaching and Research Group, China General History Teaching and Research Group and China Modern History Teaching and Research Group. At the end of the year, Teachers' College was independent of Shanxi Teachers' College, and the Department of History was subordinate to Teachers' College. 1957 adjust the teaching and research groups, including China ancient and medieval history teaching and research group, world ancient and medieval history teaching and research group, world modern history teaching and research group, and China modern history teaching and research group. 196 1 year, Shanxi Normal University merged with the newly-built Shanxi University in Shanxi Province 1959, which was called Shanxi University, and the history department was merged into Shanxi University. The Cultural Revolution began at 1966. 1972, colleges and universities resumed enrollment and teaching order began to recover. The History Department consists of three teaching and research groups: ancient history of China, modern history of China and world history. 65438-0977 The college entrance examination system was restored, and the order of teaching and scientific research was fully restored. 1978, archaeology major was established. 198 1 China ancient history and China modern history were awarded master's degrees, and history was listed as a key discipline in Shanxi province. 1983 the institute of history was established, with Qiao Zhiqiang as its director. 1990 The Department of History held a certificate course in archival science and a certificate course in religious studies. 1993, enrollment of the first junior college class of tourism management. 65438-0995, majoring in tourism management. 65438-0996 Modern History of China was awarded as the key construction discipline in Shanxi Province. 1997, Tourism College established by the Department of History in cooperation with Shanxi Provincial Tourism Bureau. 1998, awarded the master's degree in world history. In 2000, China was awarded a doctorate in modern history. 200 1 The Wenbo College of Shanxi University, jointly organized by the History Department and the Shanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, was established. In September, the museum science major enrolled students for the first time. In 2002, the major of tourism management was awarded as a key supporting discipline in Shanxi Province, and was awarded a master's degree in 2003. In June, 2003, 1 1 was officially changed into a college, with four majors: history, archaeology, museum science and tourism management. In 2005, archaeology and museum science were awarded a doctorate. 20 1 1, the history of China and archaeology became the first-class disciplines authorized by doctoral degrees, and world history became the first-class disciplines authorized by master's degrees.

Since its establishment, the history department has become a prestigious department of Shanxi University. In 1930s and 1940s, Shanxi University, like the whole Chinese nation, experienced the test of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, but the history department has always been famous for its gathering of famous teachers. At that time, the famous teachers who taught in our department were Mr. Yan, an expert in Chinese and Western traffic history who returned from studying in Switzerland, Mr. Ma, an expert in Qin history, and Mr. Zhou Chuanru, a doctor studying in Britain who specializes in the ancient history of China. After the founding of New China, the history department, like Shanxi University, entered a new period of development, with a large number of talents and famous teachers. Among them, the most famous are Mr. Hao Shuhou, an expert in local history, Mr. Liang Yuandong, an expert in the history of Chinese political system, and Mr. Luo, an expert on problems known as the teacher. After the reform and opening up, the history department was reborn for the second time. A number of new academic leaders have emerged, such as Mr. Qiao Zhiqiang, who initiated the study of modern social history in China, Mr. Di Jiang, an expert on the history of Nian Army, and Mr. Cheng Rengan, an expert on international traffic history. After the 1990s, a new generation of young and middle-aged scholars grew rapidly and became the backbone of the history department.

After the diligent pursuit and unremitting efforts of several generations of scholars, the discipline construction of the college has made remarkable achievements. There are two first-class doctoral programs: China history and archaeology; 1 first-class master program: world history; 1 Master's degree in two disciplines: tourism management. 1 provincial key discipline: modern history of China; 1 provincial key construction discipline: tourism management. Two doctoral research roving stations: China history and archaeology.