History Department Of Jinling University And Chinese Modern History Education(1924-1946)

Under the system of college, the setting of the Department of History in university is an important performance of the development of modern Chinese history study.The creation and development of the Department of History in Jinling University,has distinguishing feature in the Republic of China higher education.lt is worthy of attention.But unfortunately, so far there is no specific achievement.The Jinling University’s teaching and researching activities in the Department of History will be the core of this paper,thus further analyze the Jinling University in the context of modern Chinese historical education development role.At the same time,The paper also try to via the thinking of scholar’s mind in Jinling University as well as their academic works、 relationship、 social network and place it in the academic history context to take care of the factors have impacted the developement of Jinling University History Department.As a result,we will connect the continues of the tradition to inject new time axis,grasp the key to the development of modern Chinese academic and transforming.The paper is trying to clarify the establishment and development of Jinling University History Department from the long period of time and depicting the history that it was set up before the merger in 1924 to 1946,respectively to observe the features in different stages of development;Then focus on the changes of history courses from the general development trend and describe the history curriculum system architecture process;Meanwhile it described the Department of History teachers and students, investigated comprehensively the related historical research organizations and journals and vivid displayed teachers’ and students’ faces as a whole in Jinling University of history department during the period of the republic of China. Finally disscuss M.S,Bates, the soul of the history department, in-depth from the perspective of scholar.And through reading history teachers and students to participate in the history of the republic of China, to revaluate the position of Jinling university Department of History in the development of education.The study concluded that the impact of Jinling University Department of History in China’s modern history beyond the academic circles’ understanding, and its academic activities have a certain echo in the development of China’s Modern History. M.S.Bates in the planning and practice of the Department of History established the basic direction of development.The growth of the new generation of Chinese historians promoted the rapid development of Jinling University Department of History under its influence, which has become an active force that promote the higher education to " localization ".The study of Jinling University Department of History, there is a certain inspiration that revisit the issue of the construction of modern Chinese history.