브로델의 역사 3층 구조로 본 한일 관계의 다층적 분석 = A Multi-Level Analysis of Korea–Japan Relations through Braudel’s Tripartite division of Historical Time

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan in 2025, undertakes a multi-level analysis of Korea–Japan relations based on Fernand Braudel’s tripartite division of historical time—structure, conjuncture, and event—as an attempt to approach the subject from a new perspective. In contrast to previous scholarship, which has predominantly concentrated on short-term diplomatic incidents, regime-specific fluctuations, or contested historical consciousness, this article integrates long-term determinants(Longue Durée: geographical proximity, colonial legacies), medium-term determinants (Conjoncture: patterns of cooperation and conflict during and after the Cold War), and short-term determinants(Événement: summit diplomacy, the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute, the “comfort women” controversy, and the “No Japan” movement).
Significantly, the 1965 Treaty on Basic Relations and the 1998 Kim Dae-jung –Obuchi Joint Declaration are reinterpreted not as discrete events but as critical conjunctural turning points and indicative markers of structural transformation. Likewise, issues of historical memory are conceptualized as recurrently reproduced conflicts embedded within a “structure of remembrance.” This analytical strategy departs from a mere chronological enumeration of events by foregrounding the multilayered temporality of history and the constraining as well as enabling role of structural conditions.
Furthermore, this study is significant in that it avoids a narrow focus on short-term issues and, through a multi-level analysis of structure, conjuncture, and event, provides an academic foundation for the future reconstruction of Korea–Japan relations.