Carter Eckert

Carter J. Eckert is an American academic and author and the Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History at Harvard University.[1]

Early life and education

Eckert was born in Chicago, Illinois.[1] He attended Lawrence University, where he studied Western ancient and medieval history.[1] Eckert then undertook graduate studies, earning a Master of Arts in 1968.[2]

After graduating from Harvard, Eckert worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Korea.[1] He later returned to the United States to undertake doctoral study in Korean and Japanese history at the University of Washington.[1]

Career

Eckert joined Harvard University in 1985.[3]

Eckert has consulted for the U.S. Department of State on North Korean matters.[3]

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Carter Eckert, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 8 works in 10+ publications in 5 languages and 1,000+ library holdings.[4]

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  • Korea, old and new: a history (1990)
  • Offspring of Empire: The Koch'ang Kims and the Colonial Origins of Korean Capitalism, 1876-1945 (1991); Nihon Teikoku no mōshigo: Kōshō no Kin ichizoku to Kankoku shihon shugi no shokuminchi kigen 1876-1945 (日本帝国の申し子: 高敞の金一族と韓国資本主義の植民地起源 1876-1945) (2004). Winner John K. Fairbank Prize
  • Hanʼguk kŭndaehwa, kijŏk ŭi kwajŏng (한국근대화) Modernization of the Republic of Korea: a Miraculous Achievement (2005)
  • Park Chung Hee and Modern Korea: The Roots of Militarism, 1866–1945 (2016)

Honors

Notes
  1. Korean Institute Profile: Carter J. Eckert — Harvard University
  2. "Foreign Affairs". Harvard Magazine.
  3. "International and Domestic Cooperation to Foster Korean Studies Abroad and to Promote Truthful Korean History". blog.naver.com. October 14, 2011.
  4. WorldCat Identities Archived December 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine: Eckert, Carter J.
  5. John Whitney Hall Book Prize of the Association for Asian Studies, list
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