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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Honors

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Korean Institute Profile: Carter J. Eckert — Harvard University
  2. ↑ "Foreign Affairs". Harvard Magazine.
  3. 1 2 "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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