Carter Eckert

Carter J. Eckert (1945 – December 2024) was an American historian who specialized in Korean history. He was the Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History at Harvard University.^[1]

Carter Eckert
Born	1945 (1945) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	December 2024(2024-12-00) (aged 78–79)
Alma mater	Lawrence University (B.A., M.A.) University of Washington (Ph.D.)
Occupation	Historian
Employer	Harvard University

Early life and education

Eckert was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1945.^[2][3] He attended Lawrence University, where he studied Western ancient and medieval history.^[2] Eckert then undertook graduate studies, earning a Master of Arts in 1968.^[4]

After graduating from Harvard, Eckert worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Korea.^[2] He later returned to the U.S. to undertake doctoral study in Korean and Japanese history at the University of Washington.^[2]

Career and death

Eckert joined Harvard in 1985.^{[citation needed]} In 2004, he was named the first Seoul Broadcasting System Yoon Se Young Professor. The professorship was named for Korean businessman Yoon Se Young [ko].^[5][6]

Eckert also served as an advisor to the United States Department of State on North Korean politics.^{[citation needed]}

Eckert's death was announced in December 2024.^[3][7]

Publications

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

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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).

Awards and honours

• American Historical Association, John K. Fairbank Prize^[2]
• Association for Asian Studies, John Whitney Hall Book Prize, 1994^[9]
• Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1996–1997^[2]