한국사 전공교육의 위기와 개혁 방안

주진오 한국역사연구회 2004 역사와 현실 Vol.- No.52

The reasons why the education of Korean history major has become a crisis, is that the interest in Humanities has decreased, and the attractiveness of history as well. In addition, Undeclared Major System (Hakbuje) has caused the decline of Humanities. The shortage of professors and the unpractical courses of the Department of History are the internal factors of the decline. However, the absence of general association for history has proven to be inefficient in solving these problems. Also, attitudes of history professors focusing on research rather than education have become another cause of the crisis. Another reason is the discrimination of the women in the field with its hierarchical structure; with over half of the students being women, this factor has caused many students to become outsiders of the field. There are still many universities that do not have a definite cause and goal to establish the Department of History. Many universities have divided classes into three groups and this has led Korean history to have less importance. Also, students cannot know what they will learn from the titles of classes. In realistic, there are many universities, which even run the same curriculum in 1950s. Also in many universities, the subject's deal with historical period is so much and it's very difficult to find classes on the recent issues in the society. On the other hand, some universities have developed various subjects including rural history, management of records, and management of cultural assets, women's history, multimedia history and so on. In order to solve this problem, we should first change the goal to establish the Department of History from to train a historian to educate them as a people of culture based on historical knowledge. Also, medium and small size universities would form consortium group to educate the next generation and to open the interdisciplinary major. Besides, we should train students with informational technology skills to become the workers in professional sections such as manager of cultural assets, professional tour guide, manager of historical records, teachers who can describe our history and culture to foreigners. We should broaden the field of women's history and emphasize multimedia history. Furthermore, there should be a change of education policy such as improvement of current public examination policy and upgrade in the opportunity for students to become teachers.

서재필의 한국근대사 인식

주진오 인하대학교 한국학연구소 2009 한국학연구 Vol.21 No.-

이 글은 연세대학교 현대한국학연구소에서 발간한 My Days in Korea and Other Essays에서 ‘My Days in Korea’ 부분에 나타난 서재필의 한국근대사에 대한 인식을 검토한 것이다. ‘My Days in Korea’는 『신한민보』의 영문판 The New Korea에 1938년 7월 7일부터 1940년 4월 4일 까지 약 1년 9개월에 걸쳐 매주 한 번씩 연재되었다. 이렇게 영문으로 기고를 하게 된 이유는 이미 한글을 잊은 한인 2세들에게 한국의 근대사를 알린다는 것이었다. 그런데 그 내용을 보면 조선의 왕실을 부패한 존재로 매도하고 있으며 백성들에 대해서도 무지한 존재로 묘사하고 있다. 특히 고종에 대해서는 무능한 군주로 평가하는 한편, 명성황후는 조선의 국정을 파탄으로 몰아넣은 주범으로 서술하고 있다. 반면에 대원군에 대해서는 배외주의자라는 한계를 가지고 있었으나 유능한 정치가로 평가하고 있다. 한편 그는 조선을 은둔의 왕국으로 묘사하면서 문호개방과 자주적 근대화를 추진할 수 있는 조건을 갖추지 못한 나라로 평가하였다. 중국에 대해서는 조선과 비슷한 수준의 나라로서 배울 것이 없는 나라로 혹평을 가하였다. 반면에 일본은 근대 지향적이고 조선에 대해 선의를 가지고 도와주려고 하던 나라로 평가하여 그 침략성에 대해서는 언급하지 않고 있다. 그러한 악조건 속에서 조선의 근대화를 지향했던 개화파 세력에 대해서는 격찬을 아끼지 않고 있다. 그리고 이들이 일으켰던 갑신정변에 대해서도 한국근대화를 위해 불가피했던 사건으로 평가하였다. 하지만 다른 한편에서는 갑신정변이 준비 없이 진행된 ‘조끼 주머니 속의 혁명’이라고 반성하기도 하였다. 독립신문과 독립문 그리고 독립협회에 대한 서술에서는 자신이 주도한 것으로 서술하면서 러시아와의 대립을 부각시키고 있다. 그의 기고문을 통해서 그가 얼마나 당시의 역사에 대해서 잘못된 정보를 가지고 있으며 스스로를 정당화하는데 집중하고 있는지를 알 수 있다. 따라서 이러한 글은 그가 고령에 다가 직접 체험했다는 것, 아메리칸 드림의 상징이라는 점이 복합되어 당시 한인 2세들에게 받아들여졌을 것이다. 그러나 그 내용은 오히려 그들로 하여금 자신의 조국에 대해 부정적인 인식을 심는 역할을 하였을 것으로 생각된다. This essay examines Sŏ Chaep’il [Philip Jaisohn]’s understanding of modern history of Korea as reflected in his “My Days in Korea.” Recently reprinted in Philip Jaisohn, My Days in Korea and Other Essays, published by Yonsei University Institute for Modern Korean Studies, “My Days in Korea” comprised his weekly contributions over a year and nine months, from July 7, 1938 to April 4, 1940, to The New Korea, the English-language edition of the Sinhan minbo. He wrote in English, as he intended to familiarize America’s second-generation Koreans, who did not know Korean, with the modern history of their parents’ homeland. To begin, he denounced the Chosŏn royal house as corrupt, as well as depicting the Korean people in general as ignorant. In particular, he assessed Emperor Kojong as an inept monarch while denouncing Empress Myŏngsŏng as the culprit who brought national governance to ruins. In contrast, the Taewŏn’gun earns Sŏ’s praise as a capable statesman in spite of his limitation as an isolationist. Regarding Chosŏn Korea as a country Sŏ depicts it as the “Hermit Kingdom” that lacked the conditions for pursuing an open-door foreign policy and autonomous modernization. Korea’s immediate neighbor, China, was no better off as a country from which nothing is worthy of learning, whereas Japan―with its modern orientation―sincerely sought to help Korea; Japan’s aggressions toward Korea gets no mention. Presenting the Enlightenment Faction as a force that worked for Korea’s good in spite of such adverse conditions, Sŏ spares no praises. He characterizes the Kapsin Coup (1884) that he and other Faction members engineered as an undertaking inevitable for the sake of Korea’s modernization, though he shows remorse when down-playing the Coup as “a revolution inside a vest pocket” attempted without adequate preparation. In his discussion of The Independent, the Independence Gate, and the Independence Club, Sŏ describes them as his initiatives and emphasizes his confrontational stance toward Russia. Overall, his writing reveals how his information on Korean history was inaccurate, as well as an effort to justify his earlier actions. The second-generation Koreans must have read Sŏ’s writing in light of the fact that the thoughts of a man of advanced age epitomizing the American dream were based on actual experience. Ultimately then, “My Days in Korea” most likely imbued them with a negative perception of Korea.

제주4・3 연구의 방향과 제주4・3연구소의 역할

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주진오 한국학중앙연구원 한국학중앙연구원 2011 Korea Journal Vol.51 No.4

There might have been two ways through which Korea could have maintained independence despite what seemed a fait accompli. First, it could have gotten military assistance by forging an alliance with either Russia or Japan. But setting up an alliance with one side would have created animosity with the other side, thus making a war between Russia and Japan inevitable and colonization of Korea the outcome. The Independence Club stressed the importance of protective neutral status in order for the Great Han Empire to sustain its national sovereignty. The club desired balanced relations between Russia and Japan, but ended up believing that Russia held the greater danger for Korea. Their support of Japan, the United States, and Britain subsequently led to the strengthening of Japanese influence and encouraged a pro-Japanese atmosphere among Koreans. In the process, Japan’s influence grew as it ended up taking a mediating role between the Korean government and the Independence Club, opening the way for the Japanese colonization of Korea.

[특집 - 역사용어 바로 쓰기] 기존 개화파 용어에 대한 비판과 대안

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해산 전후 독립협회 활동에 대한 각 계층의 반응

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