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]
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 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'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]
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).
