Carter Eckert

Biography and cause of death of Carter Eckert

Carter J. Eckert (1945 – c. December 2024) Carter Eckert was an American historian who specialized in Korean history. He was the Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History at Harvard University.

Carter Eckert Early life and education

Eckert was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1945. He attended Lawrence University, where he studied Western ancient and medieval history. Eckert then undertook graduate studies, earning a Master of Arts in 1968.

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

Carter Eckert Career and death

Eckert joined Harvard in 1985. In 2004, he was named the first SBS Yoon Se Young Professor. The Yoon Se Young Professorship was established in honor of Yoon Se Young, chairman of the Seoul Broadcasting System.

Eckert also served as an advisor to the United States Department of State on North Korean politics.

Eckert’s death was announced in December 2024.

Carter Eckert Publications

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.

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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 of the 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).

Carter Eckert Awards and honours

American Historical Association, John K. Fairbank Prize
Association for Asian Studies, John Whitney Hall Book Prize, 1994
Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1996–1997

Source: Wikipedia