Since 1999 , the design of the curriculum has embraced diversity and applicability as its guiding principles and departed from the traditional framework of chinese history and world history 自一九九九年起，历史系的课程设计打破了一向以来分开中国史和世界史的概念，以多元和致用为主要精神。
The china - centered approach , advocated by paul a . cohen in his work discover ing history in china , is not only a problem in historical methodology but a d eep one in historiography . albeit with flaws , it is still of great importance in overcoming american westcenterism defect in their chinese history study 柯文《在中国发现历史》一书所提倡的“中国中心观” ，不仅仅是一个史学方法论问题，更是一个深层次的史学理论问题；尽管它仍存在着明显的缺陷，但对于克服美国中国史研究领域中的“西方中心主义”弊端，具有重要的意义。
