Peter Duus Explained

Peter Duus
Birth Date:December 27, 1933
Birth Place:Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Death Place:California, U.S.
Education:Harvard University (BA, PhD)
University of Michigan (MA)
Employer:Washington University in St. Louis (1964–1966)
Harvard University (1966–1970)
Claremont Graduate School (1970–1973)
Stanford University (1973–2004)
Children:1

Peter Duus (December 27, 1933 – November 5, 2022[1]) was an American Japanologist, historian, and translator. He was emeritus professor of history at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, as well as president of the Association for Asian Studies in 2000–2001.[2]

He received the Order of the Rising Sun from the Japanese government in 2012.[3]

Selected bibliography

He was the editor of The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 6 (1988).

He also translated a couple of books by his writer wife, Masayo Umezawa Duus (ドウス 昌代, née 梅沢).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peter Duus, an authority on the modern Japanese nation, dies at 88. Stanford University. February 10, 2023. July 11, 2023.
  2. Web site: Peter Duus. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. July 11, 2023.
  3. Web site: Peter Duus Receives Order of Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon. November 13, 2012. July 11, 2023. Japan-United States Friendship Commission.