This article discusses the formation of academic career of the colonized, the appearance of the colonial academism and the recognition on Asia in Marxism historiography, by tracing the life of Kim Gwang-jin, a colonized intellectual.
Kim entered the school built by Government-General after being educated at the local school run by Korean. Kim was educated for being elite, but arrested due to participating 3.1 movement. While studying in Japan, Kim experienced the Kanto earthquake(1923). Kim accepted Marxism after he encountered genocide and discrimination against Korean during the earthquake.
After returning Korea, Kim worked at Keijo Imperial University as a research assistant. Korean research assistants in colonial university were located in the sandwiched position in the double sense: between the academic research and the social engagement and between the Japanese professor and the Korean society. As the professor of the Boseong College, Kim taught Korean students, running the academic journal, and delivering the speeches in the various places, all of which attributed to the colonial academism.
After liberation, Kim was deeply involved in the establishment of Kim Il-sung University. In the 1950∼60s, Kim actively committed the historiography controversy in North Korea. Kim changed his opinion from the theory of Korean particularity and Asiatic stagnation to the theory of immanent development which insists the universal theory of development of world history could be applied to Korean history. The path chosen by Kim was the path chosen by many Asian Historians who want to defend the independence of Asia.

Ⅰ. 머리말
Ⅱ. 식민지 조선에서 배움 - 민족학교와 관립학교
Ⅲ. 일본 유학 - 도쿄상과대학 시절
Ⅳ. 식민지 지식인의 고뇌 - 경성제국대학과 보성전문학교
Ⅴ. ‘식민지 아카데미즘’의 양상
Ⅵ. 아카데미즘을 떠나
Ⅶ. 북한에서 활약 - 김일성종합대학과 과학원
Ⅷ. 맑스주의 경제사 연구 - 아시아적 정체성론에서 내재적 발전론으로
Ⅸ. 맺음말
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