Carter Eckert Explained

Education:	Lawrence University (BA, MA), University of Washington (PhD)
Occupation:	American historian and Korea specialist
Employer:	Harvard University

Carter J. Eckert is an American historian and Korea specialist currently serving as the Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History at Harvard University.^[1]

Early life and education

Eckert was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Lawrence University, where he studied Western ancient and medieval history. 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. He later returned to the U.S. to undertake doctoral study in Korean and Japanese history at the University of Washington.^[3]

Career

Eckert joined Harvard's faculty in 1985.^[4]

In 2004, Eckert 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.^{[5] [6]}

Eckert has consulted for the U.S. Department of State on North Korean matters.^[4]

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.^[7]

• Korea, old and new: a history (1990)
• (1991); (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)

Awards

• American Historical Association, John K. Fairbank Prize^[3]
• Association for Asian Studies, John Whitney Hall Book Prize, 1994^[8]
• Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, 1996–1997^[3]

External links

• Korean Institute Profile: Carter J. Eckert — Harvard University
• Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Profile: Carter J. Eckert — Harvard University

Notes and References

1. News: Eckert . Carter J. . 2017-05-11 . South Korea's Break With the Past . en-US . Foreign Affairs . 2023-09-19 . 0015-7120.
2. Web site: Foreign Affairs. Harvard Magazine.
3. http://ealc.fas.harvard.edu/people/carter-eckert Korean Institute Profile: Carter J. Eckert
4. Web site: International and Domestic Cooperation to Foster Korean Studies Abroad and to Promote Truthful Korean History. blog.naver.com. October 14, 2011.
5. Web site: Eckert named Yoon Se Young Professor . October 7, 2004 . The Harvard Gazette .
6. Web site: SBS chairman's resignation raises questions. https://web.archive.org/web/20210508225237/https://m.koreatimes.co.kr/phone/news/view.jsp?req_newsidx=236377. dead. May 8, 2021. The Korea Times.
7. http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm WorldCat Identities
8. Web site: John Whitney Hall Book Prize of the Association for Asian Studies, list . 2010-09-08 . 2011-11-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111124101822/http://www.aasianst.org/publications/book-prizes-hall.htm . dead .