한국현대사 박사학위논문(2000~2021)의 현황과 대학원 교육

Abstract

For 22 years from 2000 to 2021, a total of 140 doctoral dissertations in Korean contemporary history were published in the graduate school of history. Compared to the first doctoral dissertation on Korean contemporary history published in 1990 at the graduate school of history in 1990 and only 11 doctoral dissertations on Korean contemporary history were published in 10 years until 1999, this is a quantum leap in growth. Thanks to this, the field of Korean contemporary history was able to acquire and strengthen citizenship in the historical academia. The main reason for the increase in the number of doctoral dissertations on Korean contemporary history is that several graduate schools of history have established the structure of academic reproduction in the field of Korean contemporary history by appointing professors majoring in Korean contemporary history. However, the system, content, method, infrastructure, etc. of graduate school education do not deviate significantly from the existing framework and practice of history. In addition, since graduate school education on Korean contemporary history is still in its infancy, the distribution of doctoral dissertations is biased regionally, and the research period and topics are also biased. Therefore, in the future, graduate school education on Korean contemporary history should overcome the gap between quantitative expansion and qualitative stagnancy, and contribute to broadening the scope of research beyond the bias in the initial stage.