퇴계 이황 연구의 현황과 과제 (1) -석,박사 학위논문을 중심으로-

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The aim of this paper is to explore the present state and the prospect for the studies of Lee Hwang(李滉), focusing on Master`s and Doctoral theses. This paper examined the publication dates of all the dissertations on Lee Hwang, the universities and departments which granted postgraduate degrees and the researchers who received postgraduate degrees in the studies of Lee Hwang.Major findings of the analysis are as follows :From 1958 to Feburary 2009, 227 Master`s theses and 50 doctoral dissertations on Lee Hwang were written.The number of Master`s theses on Lee Hwang have increased since around 1980, and that of doctoral dissertations have increased since 1990. These phenomena were related to the establishment of the Toegye(退溪)Institute in Seoul and other Toegye Institutes and the establishment of the graduate school of education in various universities since the 1980s.Master`s theses and Doctoral dissertations on Lee Hwang were written in 59 universities among 174 universities, and 79 departments of the graduate schools in Korea. 43 were written in Sungkyunkwan university, and 17 were written in Korea university.Researchers who received Master`s and Doctoral degree by presenting thesis on Lee Hwang were sixteen persons in all. Subjects of their Doctoral dissertations include philosophy, literature, pedagogy, politics, ethics and Korean history.To encourage more in-depth research on Lee Hwang, this paper proposed the establishment the Toegye Library, and the financial support in writing and publishing Doctoral dissertations or books on Lee Hwang.