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허상수

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이름허상수
역할학자, 4·3 연구자, 제주사회문제협의회 운영위원
직책한국사회과학연구소 연구위원
활동 기간1988년–2015년 이상
기관한국사회과학연구소, 제주사회문제협의회

역할과 활동

허상수는 1988년부터 4·3 문제에 적극 참여한 학자이다. 1988년 1월 14일 제주사회문제협의회(제사협) 정윤형 회장 자택에서 열린 ‘제13대 대통령선거와 제주도’에 관한 좌담회에 참석하여 사회를 맡았으며, 이 자리에서 4·3의 현대사적 의의를 둘러싼 중요한 논의를 주도했다.1 그는 발언에서 “좌우익의 무차별적인 폭력의 교환으로 희생을 강요받은 것은 대다수의 선량한 섬 사람들이었으므로 사태의 진상을 규명하고 그 책임 소재를 분명히 하려면, 먼저 사실복원이 전제되어야 합니다”라고 강조했다.1

1991년 제사협 대표단이 여의도 신민주연합당(구 평화민주당) 당사를 방문하여 김대중 총재를 면담할 때, 정윤형·현기영·김명식·고희범과 함께 동석했다.2 1997년 3월 7일에는 김찬국·김중배·강만길·정윤형·현기영·고희범과 함께 제주4·3 제50주년 기념사업 추진 범국민위원회 준비위원회 발족에 참가했으며, 한국사회과학연구소 연구위원으로 참여했다.3

도외 지역의 4·3운동과 학술 활동

허상수는 서울에 거주하면서 도외(제주 도외) 지역의 4·3운동을 주도했다. 『70주년 어둠에서 빛으로』에는 그의 저술 “도외 지역의 4·3운동”이 수록되어 있으며, 이는 4·3을 제주 지역에만 국한하지 않고 전국적 관점에서 접근하는 학자적 노력을 보여준다.4

1998년 서울에서 4·3 해결을 위한 제도화의 필요성을 주제로 토론회를 개최할 때, 허상수는 발표를 통해 4·3특별법 제정의 7가지 이유를 열거했다. 특히 “제주4·3사건의 기점을 ‘1947년 3·1사건으로부터 잡아야만 4·3사건 전모 파악이 가능’함”을 역설한 점은 진상규명의 올바른 시간 범위를 설정하는 데 중요한 학술적 기여였다.5 이러한 관점은 1988년 한양대학보에 기고했던 4·3에 관한 첫 번째 글부터 견지해온 학자적 입장이었다.

4·3 진상규명과의 관계

허상수는 진상규명 운동의 이론적 기초를 제공한 지식인으로서의 역할을 담당했다. 제사협의 핵심 구성원으로 활동하면서 4·3의 재평가와 제도화에 필요한 학술적 논거를 제시했다. 서울 제주도민회, 제주사회문제협의회, 범국민위원회에서의 활동을 통해 4·3을 도외 사회에 알리고 전국화하는 데 기여했다.

2015년 3월 25일부터 3일간 강우일 천주교제주교구장, 고창훈 제주대 교수와 함께 미국 워싱턴 D.C 미 국회를 방문하여 4·3진상조사보고서 영문판을 미 상원과 하원에 전달하고 학술회의에 참석했다.6 이는 4·3의 국제화에 대한 학자로서의 헌신을 보여주는 사례다.

학술적 의의

허상수의 학자적 활동은 4·3이 단순한 지역 사건이 아니라 대한민국 현대사의 핵심 문제임을 강조했다. 특히 1947년 3월 1사건부터의 시간 범위 설정은 이후 4·3특별법의 기점 논의에 영향을 미쳤으며, 진상규명의 학술적 토대를 마련했다. 도외 지역의 4·3운동에 관한 그의 연구는 지역사를 넘어 전국 범위의 사회운동사 맥락에서 4·3을 이해하도록 함으로써 한국 현대사 연구의 지평을 확대했다.

Basic Information

ItemContent
NameHeo Sang-su (허상수)
RoleScholar, 4·3 researcher, member of Jeju Social Issues Council
PositionResearch fellow, Institute for Korean Social Sciences
Active Period1988–2015 and beyond
OrganizationInstitute for Korean Social Sciences, Jeju Social Issues Council

Role and Activities

Heo Sang-su was a scholar who actively engaged with the 4·3 issue from 1988 onward. On January 14, 1988, he chaired a forum titled “The 13th Presidential Election and Jeju Province” held at the residence of Jeong Yun-hyeong, chair of the Jeju Social Issues Council (JSIC). In this setting, he led important discussions regarding the contemporary historical significance of 4·3.1 In his remarks, he emphasized: “Since the indiscriminate violence between left and right forces sacrificed the vast majority of innocent islanders, establishing truth-finding and determining responsibility requires first recovering factual reality.”1

In 1991, when a JSIC delegation visited the Democratic United Party (formerly Democratic Peace Party) headquarters in Yeouido to meet with Kim Dae-jung, Heo attended alongside Jeong Yun-hyeong, Hyun Ki-young, Kim Myung-sik, and Ko Hui-beom.2 On March 7, 1997, he participated in the founding of the preparatory committee for the Pan-National Committee for 50th Anniversary Commemoration of Jeju 4·3, alongside other key figures, in his capacity as research fellow at the Institute for Korean Social Sciences.3

4·3 Movement in Regions Outside Jeju and Academic Activities

As a Seoul-based scholar, Heo led the 4·3 movement in regions outside Jeju. His article “4·3 Movement in Regions Outside Jeju” is included in “From Darkness to Light: 70th Anniversary,” demonstrating his scholarly effort to approach 4·3 from a national perspective rather than confining it to the Jeju region.4

When a forum on the necessity of institutionalizing solutions to 4·3 was held in Seoul in 1998, Heo presented seven reasons for enacting the 4·3 Special Law. Particularly, his emphasis that “the starting point of the Jeju 4·3 incident must be dated from the March 1, 1947 incident for a comprehensive understanding of 4·3” was an important scholarly contribution to establishing the correct temporal scope of truth-finding.5 This perspective represented an academic stance he had maintained since his first article on 4·3 published in the Hanyang University Gazette in 1988.

Relationship to 4·3 Truth-Finding Movement

Heo Sang-su served in the role of an intellectual providing theoretical foundations for the truth-finding movement. As a core member of JSIC, he presented scholarly arguments necessary for 4·3’s reevaluation and institutionalization. Through his activities in the Seoul Jeju Provincial Residents Association, the Jeju Social Issues Council, and the Pan-National Committee, he contributed to publicizing 4·3 in society outside Jeju and promoting its nationalization.

From March 25 to 28, 2015, Heo visited the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C., alongside Catholic Archbishop Kang Woo-il and Professor Ko Chang-hun of Jeju National University, delivering the English version of the 4·3 Truth-Finding Report to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and participating in academic conferences.6 This exemplifies his scholarly commitment to the internationalization of 4·3.

Academic Significance

Heo’s scholarly activities emphasized that 4·3 was not merely a regional incident but a core issue in contemporary Korean history. His emphasis on the temporal scope from March 1, 1947, particularly influenced subsequent discussions on the starting point in the 4·3 Special Law and laid the scholarly foundation for truth-finding. His research on the 4·3 movement in regions outside Jeju expanded the horizons of Korean modern history studies by placing 4·3 within the context of nationwide social movement history rather than merely regional history.

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Basic Information

ItemContent
NameHeo Sang-su (허상수)
RoleScholar, 4·3 researcher, member of Jeju Social Issues Council
PositionResearch fellow, Institute for Korean Social Sciences
Active Period1988–2015 and beyond
OrganizationInstitute for Korean Social Sciences, Jeju Social Issues Council

Role and Activities

Heo Sang-su was a scholar who actively engaged with the 4·3 issue from 1988 onward. On January 14, 1988, he chaired a forum titled “The 13th Presidential Election and Jeju Province” held at the residence of Jeong Yun-hyeong, chair of the Jeju Social Issues Council (JSIC). In this setting, he led important discussions regarding the contemporary historical significance of 4·3.7 In his remarks, he emphasized: “Since the indiscriminate violence between left and right forces sacrificed the vast majority of innocent islanders, establishing truth-finding and determining responsibility requires first recovering factual reality.”7

In 1991, when a JSIC delegation visited the Democratic United Party (formerly Democratic Peace Party) headquarters in Yeouido to meet with Kim Dae-jung, Heo attended alongside Jeong Yun-hyeong, Hyun Ki-young, Kim Myung-sik, and Ko Hui-beom.8 On March 7, 1997, he participated in the founding of the preparatory committee for the Pan-National Committee for 50th Anniversary Commemoration of Jeju 4·3, alongside other key figures, in his capacity as research fellow at the Institute for Korean Social Sciences.9

4·3 Movement in Regions Outside Jeju and Academic Activities

As a Seoul-based scholar, Heo led the 4·3 movement in regions outside Jeju. His article “4·3 Movement in Regions Outside Jeju” is included in “From Darkness to Light: 70th Anniversary,” demonstrating his scholarly effort to approach 4·3 from a national perspective rather than confining it to the Jeju region.10

When a forum on the necessity of institutionalizing solutions to 4·3 was held in Seoul in 1998, Heo presented seven reasons for enacting the 4·3 Special Law. Particularly, his emphasis that “the starting point of the Jeju 4·3 incident must be dated from the March 1, 1947 incident for a comprehensive understanding of 4·3” was an important scholarly contribution to establishing the correct temporal scope of truth-finding.11 This perspective represented an academic stance he had maintained since his first article on 4·3 published in the Hanyang University Gazette in 1988.

Relationship to 4·3 Truth-Finding Movement

Heo Sang-su served in the role of an intellectual providing theoretical foundations for the truth-finding movement. As a core member of JSIC, he presented scholarly arguments necessary for 4·3’s reevaluation and institutionalization. Through his activities in the Seoul Jeju Provincial Residents Association, the Jeju Social Issues Council, and the Pan-National Committee, he contributed to publicizing 4·3 in society outside Jeju and promoting its nationalization.

From March 25 to 28, 2015, Heo visited the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C., alongside Catholic Archbishop Kang Woo-il and Professor Ko Chang-hun of Jeju National University, delivering the English version of the 4·3 Truth-Finding Report to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and participating in academic conferences.12 This exemplifies his scholarly commitment to the internationalization of 4·3.

Academic Significance

Heo’s scholarly activities emphasized that 4·3 was not merely a regional incident but a core issue in contemporary Korean history. His emphasis on the temporal scope from March 1, 1947, particularly influenced subsequent discussions on the starting point in the 4·3 Special Law and laid the scholarly foundation for truth-finding. His research on the 4·3 movement in regions outside Jeju expanded the horizons of Korean modern history studies by placing 4·3 within the context of nationwide social movement history rather than merely regional history.

See Also

관련 항목

제주사회문제협의회 제주4·3 범국민위원회 4·3의 전국화 제주4·3 학술 연구

Footnotes

  1. 제주4.3평화재단, 『70주년 어둠에서 빛으로』, 2018, pp.146-147. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. 제주4.3평화재단, 『70주년 어둠에서 빛으로』, 2018, p.163. ↩ ↩2

  3. 제주4.3평화재단, 『70주년 어둠에서 빛으로』, 2018, p.361. ↩ ↩2

  4. 제주4.3평화재단, 『70주년 어둠에서 빛으로』, 2018, p.51 (목차). ↩ ↩2

  5. 제주4.3평화재단, 『70주년 어둠에서 빛으로』, 2018, p.366. ↩ ↩2

  6. 제주4.3평화재단, 『70주년 어둠에서 빛으로』, 2018, p.264. ↩ ↩2

  7. Jeju 4·3 Peace Foundation, From Darkness to Light: 70th Anniversary, 2018, pp.146-147. ↩ ↩2

  8. Jeju 4·3 Peace Foundation, From Darkness to Light: 70th Anniversary, 2018, p.163. ↩

  9. Jeju 4·3 Peace Foundation, From Darkness to Light: 70th Anniversary, 2018, p.361. ↩

  10. Jeju 4·3 Peace Foundation, From Darkness to Light: 70th Anniversary, 2018, p.51 (table of contents). ↩

  11. Jeju 4·3 Peace Foundation, From Darkness to Light: 70th Anniversary, 2018, p.366. ↩

  12. Jeju 4·3 Peace Foundation, From Darkness to Light: 70th Anniversary, 2018, p.264. ↩

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