As the leading unit in the discipline construction of the history of science and technology of Shanghai Jiaotong University, it also integrates the School of Shipbuilding and Ocean Engineering (shipbuilding history, architectural history, marine history), the Department of History (disease history, disaster history), the Agricultural College (agricultural history), the Medical College (medical history, life science history), the Department of Physics and Astronomy (physical history), and relevant departments such as Qian Xuesen Library, Li Zhengdao Library and Publishing House.
Overview: The Institute of Science History and Science Culture of Shanghai Jiaotong University, formerly the Department of Science History and Philosophy of Shanghai Jiaotong University, was established on March 9, 1999 at/kloc-0. It is the first department of history of science and philosophy in domestic universities. The establishment of this department has played an important role in promoting and demonstrating the establishment of the history of science and technology in China. Following 13, Shanghai Jiaotong University has taken a new step in institutionalizing the history of science and technology.
After years of development, the disciplines of history of science and technology and philosophy of science in Shanghai Jiaotong University have made remarkable achievements in discipline construction, personnel training and academic research, and have strong academic accumulation and strong core competitiveness in the fields of astronomy history, physics history, econometric history, mathematics history, philosophy of science, sociology of science and science communication, laying a solid foundation for further development in the future.
Talent Team: After 17 years of construction, the disciplines of history of science and technology and philosophy of science in Shanghai Jiaotong University have condensed a high-level academic team. At present, there are only professors 1 person, distinguished professor 1 person, 3 new century talents of the Ministry of Education, 7 doctoral supervisors, 4 master supervisors 1 person, and doctoral teachers from overseas famous schools1person.
Academic research: In recent five years, it has won more than 20 national, provincial and ministerial scientific research projects, including 2 national social science major projects, China Association for Science and Technology 1 major projects, the State Press and Publication Administration 1 major projects and 3 national social science fund projects, with funds of more than 4 million yuan. At present, all teachers in the college are in charge of scientific research projects at or above the provincial and ministerial levels. He has published more than 100 high-quality papers and more than 30 books in domestic and foreign journals on the history of science.
The institute emphasizes academic orientation and has strong strength in the traditional research directions of the history of science and technology, such as the history of astronomy, the history of physical metrology and the history of mathematics. Many people have been supported by national and provincial projects for many times, and have been implementing high academic standards in scientific research, talent training, talent introduction, etc., maintaining a leading position in these advantageous disciplines. The Institute has strong research strength in the field of scientific and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries in ancient times and has achieved fruitful results. The major project of the National Social Science Fund, Collation and Research of Historical Documents of Scientific and Cultural Exchanges between China and Foreign Countries, which was launched on 20 10 and presided over by Jiang, became the first project of the school to receive rolling funding. The research of econometric history is also a characteristic research direction of this discipline. 20 15 The Metrology History of China hosted by Guan Zengjian was approved by the National Social Science Fund, and its Metrology History of China (German version) is the only academic translation project of the National Social Science Fund of Jiaotong University so far.
This discipline also pays special attention to the systematization of academic achievements, and makes academic achievements serve related disciplines and the public by publishing monographs, among which 20 12-20 15 published more than 40 monographs. For example, Astronomy of Chinese Grand Ceremony, with Jiang as the chief editor and Niu and Dong Yuyu as the deputy editors, has contributed to the cultural cause of the country and provided convenience for related disciplines to use ancient astronomical historical materials; Guan Zengjian and Herman's "Examination of Gong Ji-Translation and Introduction" is published in Chinese, English and German, which makes it possible for modern readers and even foreign readers to correctly grasp this pre-Qin document. Jiang's five-volume General History of Science and Technology in China is the latest general history of ancient science and technology in China written by domestic scholars. As soon as the book was published, it had a great social impact.
Discipline direction: At present, the Institute of History and Culture of Science focuses on developing five disciplines:
1. Direction of astronomical history: He has devoted himself to the study of ancient astronomy and society in China, the exchange and comparison between Chinese and western astronomy, the chronology of astronomical history, Buddhist astronomy, etc. Many groundbreaking achievements have been made. Professor Jiang's "The True Source of Tianxue" is regarded as a classic of domestic scientific history works in the direction of foreign history.
Second, the direction of the history of physical metrology: devoted to the study of the history of physics, metrology and contemporary science in China, with outstanding achievements. Professor Guan Zengjian, the leader, is a pioneer in the first two fields. His Exploration of China's Ancient Physics Thought, the History of Metrology and the Draft of Modern Metrology History of China are all the firsts in his field, and the theoretical framework and demonstration results of the history of metrology all come from this direction. The research results in this direction have also been highly valued and affirmed by the national quality inspection department.
Third, the direction of the history of mathematics: mainly devoted to discussing the theory and characteristics of China's classical mathematics, and achieved fruitful results in the theory and method of classical mathematics astronomy, the transformation from traditional mathematics to modern mathematics, and the exchange and dissemination of mathematical knowledge between the East and the West. Professor Ji Zhigang, the academic leader, enjoys a high reputation in this field. 20 15 was elected as the chairman of the Chinese mathematical history society.
Four. Direction of Environment and Disaster History (co-built with the History Department of the School of Humanities, our school): Mainly devoted to the study of historical environment changes, disasters and traditional society in China, and investigated historical climate changes, marine environment, ecological awareness, environmental protection and traditional society, diseases and epidemics, disasters and regional society. Professor Chen, the academic leader, has been engaged in the research in this direction, and has made remarkable achievements in historical climate change, traditional ecological consciousness and environmental protection, parameterization and accurate processing of disaster historical materials, river basin disasters and social changes. Professor Li Yushang from the Department of History is a major pioneer in the field of marine environmental history in East Asia. His doctoral thesis "History of Diseases" was selected as the national excellent doctoral thesis in 2006, and has made fruitful achievements in the study of marine biological history in recent years.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) direction of sociology of science: mainly devoted to the study of basic principles and applications of sociology of science, science and technology communication and science and technology policy, science and technology ethics and engineering ethics. Professor Li Xia's analysis of the origin, scale and boundary constraints of the isomorphism of science and technology, as well as his research on the mechanism of recognition and contempt within the scientific community, are groundbreaking.
Degree programs and personnel training: In terms of personnel training, the Science and Technology History Department of Shanghai Jiaotong University is committed to building this discipline into a training base for high-end talents majoring in science and technology history. At present, this discipline has a first-class master's degree authorization point and a first-class doctor's degree authorization point (20 14 years ago, two doctoral degree authorization points in the history of physics were set up to recruit and train doctoral students in the history of science and technology). The enrollment scale of master's degree and doctoral students in the history of science and technology reached 16 and 15 respectively, and more than 40 masters and 30 doctors have graduated. These graduates have become the business backbones of their own or adjacent majors in scientific research and teaching units of many universities, including 5 professors and 0/2 associate professors/kloc. Some graduates hold important scientific and technological decision-making and management jobs in relevant government departments, and some graduates hold leading positions in news and publishing units. One of them is the president of Jiaotong University Press, and won the highest prize in the publishing industry "Tao Fen Award". This subject will, as always, continue to implement the policy of cultivating high-end talents in the history of science and technology, and make greater contributions to the development of the history of science and technology in China on the basis of existing achievements.
Secondly, take this discipline as the core, and establish a research base of undergraduate general education and teaching featuring the integration of science and culture. At present, the subject has formed a core curriculum group of undergraduate general education with the history of science and technology as the core, and the textbook Fifteen Lectures on the History of Science has been adopted by many universities in China. The teaching video of the history of science and technology recorded by the professor of the history of science is used for online training of Shanghai cadres. The course of history of science and technology was also rated as an excellent course in Shanghai. Through these courses, we can achieve the educational goals of perfecting students' knowledge structure, improving students' humanistic quality and cultivating students' sound personality. It will further strengthen the construction of the postgraduate public course "Introduction to Dialectics of Nature" to better serve the training of full-time postgraduates and engineering postgraduates.
International cooperation: The Institute has always attached great importance to exchanges and cooperation with international counterparts, and maintained good cooperation and exchange relations with well-known overseas research institutions such as Needham Institute in Cambridge, Research Center for the History of Science of French National Academy of Sciences, Research Center for the History of Science in China of Berlin University of Technology, Department of Science History of Sydney University, Department of Egypt and Assyria of Brown University, and Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Germany. Good results have been achieved in personnel exchange visits, academic cooperation and joint training of graduate students. 20 1 165438 The Framework Agreement on Academic Cooperation and Exchange between the Department of Science History and Philosophy of Shanghai Jiaotong University and the Department of Science History and Philosophy of Sydney University was formally signed, 20 15 65438. He has presided over many international conferences, and joined hands with the Japanese Society of Metrology History to set up a branch meeting place of Metrology History at three consecutive international conferences on the history of science for special discussion. The series of international conferences on the history of Chinese science have set up sub-venues for special discussions many times, which have won unanimous praise and praise from academic circles at home and abroad.
Social influence and service: Over the years, relying on personnel training and scientific research, the discipline of science and technology history of Shanghai Jiaotong University has given full play to its own advantages, actively explored effective modes of giving back to and serving the society, and achieved a series of achievements.
The first "Department of History and Philosophy of Science" in colleges and universities was established, and the way to establish the discipline of history of science and technology in China in colleges and universities in China was explored, which played an exemplary role in the discipline construction.
Pay attention to the support of high-quality academic achievements and promote the scientific and cultural construction facing the society. Disseminate knowledge of the history of science and technology through platforms such as Qian Xuesen Library, Li Zhengdao Library and Dong Haoyun Ship History Museum. Disseminate scientific and cultural ideas to the public through the publication of "Our Science and Culture" series. Established "Metrology Culture Research Center" in cooperation with Shanghai Institute of Metrology and Testing Technology to provide metrology scientific services for the society. The research on the ancient concept of "in the earth" in this discipline has become an important academic support for the application of the "in the world" ancient buildings in Henan Province for world cultural heritage. Cooperate with Shanghai Xuhui District Cultural Bureau to provide historical documents and academic support for the exhibition of Xu Guangqi Memorial Hall.
Through the cooperation of relevant units inside and outside the school, the China Research Center for Outstanding Scientists and the Research Center for Science and Technology Policy Consultation and Evaluation have been established to carry out cutting-edge academic research with science and society in China as the core, and publish science and technology policy comments in important newspapers and periodicals, providing a basis for the decision-making of national and local institutions.
Actively hold academic conferences and build academic exchange platforms. He has successively hosted the 10 international conference on the history of science in East Asia, the international symposium on the history of science from the perspective of globalization, the international symposium on the history of science from summer to Japan, the international symposium on the history of mathematics in East Asia, the fifth national symposium on sociology of science, and the eighth symposium on the history of science and technology in East Asia by the Golden Foundation. A series of measurement history sub-venues were held at the international conference on the history of science. The forum on the history of science and technology held by graduate students in our college has been held for more than ten years and has become a well-known postgraduate forum on the history of science at home and abroad.
The full-time teachers of our institute hold various important academic part-time jobs and perform corresponding duties: Jiang Weiyuan, vice chairman of chinese society of history of science and technology, and chairman of Shanghai Science and Technology History Society; Guan Zengjian is the vice-chairman of China Science and Technology History Society and Shanghai Science and Technology History Society. Ji Zhigang, chairman of the Chinese Society of Mathematical History, executive director of the China Society of Science and Technology History, and the first batch of distinguished researchers of the Chinese-Western Cultural Exchange Center of Shanghai Library. Niu is the executive director of China Science and Technology History Society; Dong Yuyu, Secretary-General of Shanghai Society of Science and Technology History and Director of chinese society of history of science and technology. Many people serve as editors of authoritative academic journals.
Further build the history and philosophy of science and technology. Give full play to the advantage that the history of science and technology has entered the forefront of China and promote the development of philosophy of science and technology.
Relying on the existing research strength of the Institute of Historical and Cultural Sciences, by actively introducing outstanding talents, integrating the strength of relevant departments and platforms in the school, uniting the relevant functional departments of the state and Shanghai, combining full-time and part-time researchers, establishing an elite team and carrying out international cooperation, the Institute of Historical and Cultural Sciences of Shanghai Jiaotong University will be built into a platform for interdisciplinary research of arts and sciences, making more outstanding achievements in scientific research, playing a more prominent role in teaching, and finally becoming a leading domestic and internationally renowned academic research center.
Establish a research base of general education and teaching in Shanghai Jiaotong University featuring the integration of science and culture. It is planned to construct a general education curriculum module of "Science and Humanities" consisting of three sub-modules: history of science and technology, philosophy of science and culture, and form a unique core curriculum series of general education. Through these courses, we can improve students' knowledge structure, improve their humanistic quality and cultivate their sound personality. Further strengthen the construction of "Introduction to Dialectics of Nature", which is a public course for graduate students, and better serve the training of full-time graduate students and engineering graduate students in the whole school.
Establish an internationally renowned research base for the history of science and the dissemination of science and culture. Cooperate closely with the government, media and publishing houses in the fields of scientific communication and popularization, scientific culture and so on, and build a training base for scientific culture and popular science talents.
Establish a leading scientific and social research base in China. By cooperating with relevant institutions in the school, we will build China Outstanding Scientists Research Center and Science and Technology Policy Evaluation Research Center, and carry out cutting-edge academic research with China's science and society as the core, so as to become a think tank of China's science and technology policy.
While achieving the above development goals, it will form a college of science and culture with the characteristics of Shanghai Jiaotong University, which integrates the history of science, science culture, philosophy of science, sociology of science and science communication.