일본 근현대] 코로나19 팬데믹 시기의 일본근현대사 연구 동향

Abstract

This study summarizes the trends of research on Japanese modern and contemporary history that has been conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic for the past two years. As a result, following characteristics and tasks could be derived. First, the tendency of reduction in the areas of politics and diplomacy is noticeable. On the contrary, the social and cultural history has expanded, and particularly, remarkable researches have been made in the field of women, architecture, and media. Second, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has not yet come out as the popularity of research in history of hygiene or of medicine in the area of Japanese modern and contemporary history. Third, the number of cases that individual researchers sending their research results internationally is increasing gradually. Fourth, it is a matter of so-called ‘the Korean researches on Japanese history’. As pointed out several times earlier, Korean research on Japanese history is inextricably related to research on Korea-Japan relations. Although it is a crucial task to find the independent value of research on Japanese history, we can say that ‘the Korean researches on Japanese history’ has already secured its identity. Rather than adhering to a frame focusing on a single state’s history, say, ‘Japanese history’, we will have to secure a new momentum in Japanese history through ‘relations’ with a variety of adjacent studies including Korean history, Chinese history, or Western history.