The phrase "historical orientation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a perspective or approach that considers historical context or influences.
Example: "The historical orientation of the research provides valuable insights into the development of cultural practices over time."
Alternatives: "historical perspective" or "historical approach."
Urwin said this was down to culture: "UK pension funds have had a historical orientation to equities for some time.
But, before the philological and increasingly historical orientation of his interests could fully assert itself, Burckhardt spent three years in the study of formal theology.
The approach that is followed here includes therefore a strong historical orientation as a way to better understand the present situation, profile each school, promote complementarities while maintaining nuances.
This purity of approach - the devotion to sources and hard information, the historical orientation and the logical ferocity - produces, finally, a characteristic stony tone, such that reading a Draper essay becomes something like driving over a gravel driveway, facts and arguments cheerfully crunching beneath your tires as the argument rolls inexorably forward.
All of Cohen's major works share a profoundly historical orientation.
(In Cohen's hands, this historical orientation contributes in no small part to other aspects of his writing that none of his readers can fail to notice: its obscurity, repetition, and sometimes unnecessary length).
They share the same, if not scripture exactly, but the same kind of historical religious orientation.
Home to the Civil War Institute, the college is proud of its historical roots during orientation, first-year students recreate the Gettysburg Address, joining a procession through town to hear a guest speaker read Lincoln's centuries-old speech.
His thought is eclectic and pragmatic, as well as historical, in its orientation.
The two men's work was complementary: Lazarsfeld combined quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, along with his logic of concept clarification, and thereby influenced Merton's orientation to historical studies.
Through careful examination of their historical contexts and philosophical orientations, close attention to their use of language, and new interpretations of musical compositions that proved influential for their work, Deep Refrains forges the first panoptic view of their writings on music.
