The College of History and Culture is the main teaching and research unit of Shaanxi Normal University. The College is located in Chang 'an Campus of Shaanxi Normal University, at the foot of Zhong Nanshan Mountain, near the water, with unique historical and cultural landscape and excellent academic environment. Shaanxi Normal University 65438-0944, the predecessor of Shaanxi Normal University, was founded with the Department of Historical Geography. From 65438 to 0954, the school was named Xi 'an Teachers College, and the history department was established independently, with Professor Shi Nianhai, a famous historical geographer, as the head of the department. 1960 Xi normal university and Shaanxi normal university merged to form Shaanxi normal university, and the history department retained the original organizational system. In the mid-1980s, the Department of History established an independent research institute on historical geography, Tang Shi and ancient books collation. In 2000, the school reformed its management organization and adjusted its department system. The History Department, the Institute of Tang History and the Institute of Ancient Books Arrangement merged to form the School of History and Culture. At present, the college has eight research institutions, including the History Department, the Cultural and Cultural Department and the Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang Culture Research Center. In addition, it has a history and art museum and a reference room.
At present, the college has the right to award doctoral and master's degrees in history, a post-doctoral research station in history, and three undergraduate majors in history, China classical philology and museum science. History is a well-known major in Shaanxi Province, and it has a fairly perfect training system for high-quality historical talents.
The college has a high-level teaching staff, and a group of experts and scholars with outstanding achievements and high reputation in academic circles have appeared in different fields. At present, there are 67 employees in vocational education, including 56 professional teachers. At present, teachers with doctoral degrees account for 5 1.8% of all professional teachers in our college, and teachers with postgraduate (doctor, master) degrees account for 9 1. 1%. Teachers with senior titles account for 82. 1%. 75% of teachers have obtained academic qualifications or degrees from other schools, and the academic structure of teachers is diverse. Among the professional teachers, young and middle-aged teachers account for 78.6%, and the distribution of all age groups is reasonable.
The college has a strong history teaching and research strength. Adhering to the educational philosophy of "freedom, self-confidence, self-esteem and self-improvement", and adhering to the educational policy of "laying a solid foundation, strengthening disciplines and emphasizing the integration of humanities, modernity and tradition", it has trained a large number of outstanding talents for academic research and basic education. In recent years, more than 40 high-level monographs have been published, and a large number of papers have been published in academic journals such as China Social Sciences and Historical Research. He has undertaken major research projects in humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, a number of national social science fund projects and provincial and ministerial research projects, and has successively won various academic awards such as China University Humanities and Social Sciences Award, National "Five Ones" Project Award, China Book Award, Wu Award and Shaanxi Philosophy and Social Sciences Award. There are two courses listed as excellent courses in Shaanxi Province. History ranks among the best in the evaluation of various disciplines in colleges and universities across the country.