Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso History Institute
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The Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso History Institute is a Chilean academic unit that is part of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso's Philosophy and Education Faculty.
Type | Institute |
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Established | 1953 |
Director | PhD Ricardo Iglesias Segura |
Students | 300 |
Location | , |
Colors | Black & white |
Website | www.ihistoriapucv.cl (in Spanish) |
The History Institute dates back to 1952 when it was founded by the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV), which created the Institute alongside the then-new Institute of Pedagogy in English.[1] With the goal of organizing the School of History, the Institute hired the University of Chile scholar Héctor Herrera Cajas.[1] In 1957, the Institute had its first compliment when the Superior Council approved the creation of the Crescente Errázuriz Institute, an institution dedicated to the research on Ecclesiastical History. Its first director was Guillermo Monckeberg.[2]
The experimental University reform was undertaken by PUCV during the 1967–1969 period and had as effect suppression of the old teaching faculties, and for this reason, the Social Sciences and History School became an autonomous academic unit.[3] It was renamed as History and Geography Institute and was under History and Geography Department structure. Subsequently, on July 25, 1972, a Decree issued by Rectory established the division of History and Geography Institute into two different academic units.[3]
The Master's degree in History was created in 1983.[3] This postgraduate degree is generally attended by students from careers such as law, philosophy, literature, among others.[3] It includes three main areas of study: Economic and Social History, Political History and Cultural History. After the first semester, the student must choose one of the three options.[3] Likewise, the Institute also offers a Ph.D. in History under the inspiration of training "professionals capable of building new historiographical knowledge and who possess theoretical and methodological guidelines in the discipline and in the interdisciplinary field".[3]