중국에서 지역과 외국학으로서의 한국학 연구

Abstract

This article investigates the research prospect of Korean studies after area studies have been newly established as a discipline in China. This study quantitively analyzes the current research situations and research fields of Korean studies based on the examination of the Korean Studies-related research projects sponsored by National Social Science Funding which is the representative national research project in China, and the Korean Studies-related articles published on the journals in China. The findings are: 1) the foundations of Korean studies in China are expanding;2) both the quantity and quality of Korean studies in China are increasingly growing. It is thus shown that more attentions have been paid to East Asian studies, China Theory, China perspective, comparative study and bilateral relation study. However, as an interdisciplinary field, there is a lack of interdisciplinary collaboration and cooperation between Chinese and Korean researchers. It is thus suggested that more exchanges and cooperations should be needed among the researchers from different disciplines, different areas and different nations in order for the problems to be solved.