A Study On The Construction And Development Of The Discipline Of World History In The Seventeen Years Of The People’s Republic Of China

Since the late Qing Dynasty,China’s relationship with the world has become increasingly close.Chinese historical works have gradually expanded from attaching importance to the writing of Chinese historical books to foreign countries,Besides,the research field of vision has opened little by little,and the selection of world history masterpieces has increased by degrees.The cognition of world history in Chinese historiography has experienced a conceptual change from “Western history” “Oriental history” to “history of nations” and “World history”.Before the founding of the People’s Republic of China,the construction center of Chinese historiography was dominated by Chinese history,meanwhile,World history did not appear as an independent discipline.From the People’s Republic of China was established,China’s World History science has began to enter the construction track.Owing to promote the study of regional and national history in World History and meet the needs of the diplomatic work of the People’s Republic of China,the Chinese historical community conducted preliminary exploration of the theory of World History Discipline construction in the 1950 s and 1960 s,Besides,they has began to set up an academic system of world history with Chinese characteristics.Universities and scientific research institutes has erected a selection of World History research administrations to carry out targeted discuss on vital regions(countries)in the world.With the change of China’s external situation,the content of regional country studies in world history has expanded from the socialist countries of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to the countries of Asia,Africa,Latin America and Western Europe.In addition,universities and scientific research institutes have dramatically integrated and cultivated the teaching staff of world history,gradually forming a group of scientific research teams engaged in world history discussion.Scholars have compiled(translated)world history works,sorted out world history materials,and created world history journals.The seventeen years of World History deliberation in the People’s Republic of China has provided an essential reference for the Party and the country to carry out diplomatic work,promoted the development of Chinese history,and laid a foundation for contemporary regional or country studies.