The office edits and publishes professional journals and book series on historical theory.

From 1987 to 1989, he founded the quarterly "Historical Theory", and in 1992, he founded the quarterly "Historical Theory Research".

This is the first and only professional magazine on historical theory in the country. It is a window and bridge for historians to understand the status of foreign historical theoretical research, and for foreign colleagues to understand the dynamics of domestic historical theory in China.

The magazine "Historical Theoretical Research" has always been among the best in history publications.

In 2000, "Historical Theory Research" ranked fourth among 1,069 historical and geographical publications (Guangming Daily, 2001/05/17); in 2001, it ranked third among 1,029 historical and geographical publications nationwide (

Guangming Daily, 2002/03/05).

He has successively planned and launched the "Translation Series of Foreign Historical Theory Masterpieces", "New Historiography Translation Series", and "Historical Theory Series".

In scientific research.

As of 2011, it has published "Slavic Civilization", "Canadian Civilization", "Compendium of Masterpieces of Western History", "History of Modern Western Social Thoughts", "Globalization Issues", "Eastern Echoes of Western Historiography", "Historical Theory"

Dictionary", "20th Century Chinese Academic Classics Library - Historical Theory Volume", "History of Western Historiography", "Annals School", "New Explorations in Marxist Historiography", "History and Mind: The Theory and Practice of Western Psychohistory", "

"Introduction to the Sub-disciplines of Modern History", "Traditional State Institutions and Early Industrialization", "Comment on Wittfolk's "Oriental Despotism"", "Records of Nations·Canada Volume", "Family Forms in the Middle Ages", "Focus of Social History Research"

, "World History Research", "Globalization and Global History", "Slavic-Orthodox Christian Style", "Historical Trends and Social Thoughts", "Western Border Theory in the Realm of Globalization", "Introduction to Historical Understanding", "Western Historiography"

"Theories and Schools of History", "Introduction to Historiography", "Social History: Theory and Practice", "Introduction to Historiography" and other works.

Published hundreds of papers of various types.

In 2002, the foreign history theory discipline was identified as a “Key Discipline Construction Project” project of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

The topics that members of key disciplines have participated in or hosted mainly include: the major project of the academy "World History"; the major project of the academy "History of Marxist Historiography and Thought"; the major project of the academy "General Theory of Civilization"; the major project of the academy (B) "Productivity Revolution"

and the Evolution of Civilization - Research on Frontier Issues in World History"; the academy's key project "Ethnicity, Democracy and People's Livelihood Issues in Modern German History"; the academy's youth project "Changes in Cultural Concepts and Cultural Development in the Era of Globalization"; key projects of the Social Science Fund

Project "Economic Globalization and Cultural Diversity"; Social Science Fund Project "The Development of American Civil Rights in Modern Times", etc.

The Russian and Eastern European History Research Laboratory takes Russian history and Eastern European history as its main research directions, and its research fields are mainly Russian political history, economic history, ideological and cultural history and diplomatic history, as well as the history of Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania and the former Yugoslavia.

It is supplemented by the history of *** movement.

The research laboratory was established in 1982.

As of 2011, he has undertaken many national key social science projects for the Sixth Five-Year Plan, the Seventh Five-Year Plan, and the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and completed the "Outline of the History of the Soviet Union (1917--1937)" and "The Outline of the History of the Soviet Union (1953)".

1964)" and "Postwar Eastern Europe - Reform and Crisis" and other collective works.

This office is currently conducting research on the "History of the Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union", a key project of the Academy and a key national "Ninth Five-Year Plan" project.

The language distribution in this room is relatively complete, and there are a group of scholars with solid professional foundation and high academic attainments, who are respectively engaged in the research of Russian history, Hungarian history, Bulgarian history, Yugoslav history, Polish history, Romanian history and the history of the Communist Movement.

Published more than 20 kinds of monographs, the important ones include: Li Xianrong's "Critical Biography of Trotsky", the three-volume "Soviet History Outline" edited by Chen Zhihua, Ma Longshan's "The Evolution of the Soviet Cultural System", Wen Yi's "Bukha"

"Biography of Lin", as well as "Postwar Eastern Europe - Reform and Crisis" edited by Ma Xipu, "Kadar and Hungary" by Kan Sijing, "Biography of Gomulka" by Liu Bangyi, "The Victorious Loser -" by Cao Tekin.

"The Biography of Blanqui", Sun Yaowen's "Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow", the collective project monograph "History of the Paris Commune", etc.

As of 2011, the laboratory has 10 researchers, including 2 researchers and 2 associate researchers.

There is 1 supervisor for doctoral students and 1 supervisor for master students.

The research laboratory has trained 5 doctors and 4 masters for the country, most of whom serve as leaders and academic backbones of relevant units.

Successive office directors: Chen Zhihua, Zhang Hongru, Li Xianrong, Ma Xipu, Kang Chunlin, and Ma Longshan.

The Laboratory of Western European and North American History was established in 1964 and is one of the earliest laboratories of the Institute of World History.

This room mainly studies the modern and contemporary history of the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Canada and other countries.

The room once had Professor Huang Shaoxiang, a famous expert on world history of the older generation in China, and also gathered a group of first-generation world history experts trained by New China, such as researchers Zhang Chunnian, Liao Xuesheng, Cheng Xijun, Sun Chengmu, Wang Zhende, Zhang Haitao, Zhu Guisheng, Zhou Jianqing and other researchers.

As of 2011, there are 13 researchers on staff (Liao Xuesheng, Zhou Rongrong, Wu Bikang, Xu Zairong, Yu Jinyao, Gu Ning, Qin Haibo, Xie Wenge, Jin Hai, Wang Hongbo, Zhang Hongju, Yao Peng, Huang Yanhong), including 6 researchers and 5 associate researchers.

There are 2 assistant researchers and 7 doctoral degree holders.