The Review of Korean Studies
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Doing Korean History Research Outside of Korea: An Advantage of Looking from Outside?
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Studying and teaching Korean history abroad is not easy, since awareness about Korea is still generally low, especially in Europe, compared to countries located closer to the Korean Peninsula that are more influenced by South Korean mass culture, like China, Japan, or Vietnam. This article seeks to identify what sort of special contribution Korea historians based in Europe or North America may offer to the field of Korean history worldwide. The principal conclusion is that one distinctive advantage that foreign-based historians of Korea possess is their ability to distance themselves from the present, and in many cases, from the nationalist or dominant classe-imposed agendas of mainstream historiography of both states on the Korean peninsula. Europe-based historians may be expected to show their strength in deconstructing the nationalist narratives of Korean history produced in both Koreas.
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- Korean Studies, subjectivity, nationalism, public debates, colonialism, 한국학, 주관성, 민족주의, 공론, 식민주의
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