독일] 독일사 연구의 ‘연속’과 ‘불연속’ - 위기에 응답하는 2019~2020년 연구의 진단과 전망 -

Abstract

This paper comprehensively reviews the achievements of German history research in Korea during the last two years (2019-2020). First, the research results during that period decreased slightly in terms of the total number of published papers amid the impact of Covid-19, but it showed unprecedented great progress in monographs including books and translations. Second, if we look at the research in the field classified as ‘continuous’, it leads to a further expansion of the scope of research in the field of transnational history, while in history education and public history a large number of research papers have also been published. In addition, certain research results were also found in the field of political history and studies related to German unification. Third, looking at the research fields grouped as ‘discontinuous’, although many researchers did not participate, meaningful research results were still obtained in social movement history, corporate history, economic history, urban history, etc. Good papers have been published in studies of the early modern era, including the history of emotions. One of the characteristics of Korean studies on German history is that it responds to the demands of the times, and it is quite unfortunate that there are too few research results in women/gender history and environmental history, which are representative fields that require such a role. Finally, in the context of a new historical interpretation caused by the coronavirus crisis, it is expected that German history researchers will take the lead.