History Department

The History Department is at the core of history studies at Tsinghua, and it has teaching and research branches in ancient Chinese history, modern Chinese history, world history, intellectual and cultural history, and also Research Center of Bamboo and Silk Inscriptions and Unearthed Literatures, Research Center of Chinese Classics, Research Center of Chinese Economic History, Research Center of Modern Chinese Culture and Modernization, Institute of International Sinology, Institute of Northeast Asia Research, Research Center of Tourist Culture and Cultural Heritages. The Department has been authored to enroll undergraduates, graduates and doctoral students (including international students) in all areas of the study of history.

The Department presently has 20 full professors, 7 associate professors, 3 lecturers, and 4 adjacent professors. Among the faculty, there is a Fellow of Euro-Asian Academy of Sciences, one director of the evaluation group for history under the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council, one member of the National Ancient Literature Compilation Committee, one member of the National Universities Committee of Ancient Literature Compilation, one member of the National Directing committee of Historical Teaching, and one president and three vice presidents of national academic associations.

Currently, Professor Zhang Guogang serves as Chair of the department, and Professors Wang Qi and Peng Gang as Vice Chairs. Professor Zhang Yong works as the party secretary, and Professor Ge Zhaoguang as Chair of the Academic Committee of the Department with Professor Liu Beicheng as Vice Chair.

Institute of Humanities

The Institute of Humanities was founded in 1985, which initially had two branches—Chinese and Western intellectual histories, and was under the direct leadership of Tsinghua University. The first three directors of the institute were Professors Zhang Dainian, Qian Xun and Li Xueqin. Distinguished scholars such as Professors He Zhaowu and Liu Guisheng had long been working in the institute.

In 1993, the institute was incorporated into the newly-founded SHSS. In 2000, the Institute of International Sinology was merged into the institute (The name of the Institute of International Sinology is still in use).

In 2003, the institute was restructured as part of the History Department, but with its name and organizational structure unchanged.

Currently, Professor Zhang Guogang is Director of the institute. Professors Wang Qi and Peng Gang are Deputy Directors.