History

Peter K. Bol

Peter K. Bol

Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Peter K. Bol is the Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. His research is centered on...

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2 Divinity Ave. #221
p: (617) 495-8361
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Wednesday 2:00-3:00 pm and by appointment.
Carter Eckert

Carter Eckert

Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History

Carter J. Eckert was born in Chicago and trained in European ancient and medieval history at Lawrence College in Wisconsin, and also at Harvard. He...

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2 Divinity Ave. #226B
p: (617) 495-8811
Office Hours: By appointment only.
Mark C. Elliott

Mark C. Elliott

Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History
Vice Provost for International Affairs

 

Mark Elliott has been at Harvard since 2003, having earned his B.A. and M.A. at Yale and his Ph.D. at University of California at...

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2 Divinity Ave. #134A
p: (617) 496-5343
Office Hours: For appointments, contact Emily Albrecht (emily_albrecht@harvard.edu) in the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs.
Andrew Gordon

Andrew Gordon

Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History
On Leave Spring 2024

Andrew Gordon’s teaching and research focus primarily on modern Japan but he has also taught Japan’s premodern history and courses on comparative history...

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1730 Cambridge St., CGIS #S236
p: (617) 496-4729
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Monday 2:00-5:00 pm and by appointment, beginning 8/30. Contact Hannah Perry, hannahperry@fas.harvard.edu.
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David L. Howell

Department Chair
Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Professor of Japanese History

Professor David L. Howell grew up in Hilo, Hawai'i. After graduating from the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, he studied at Hokkaido University in Sapporo...

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2 Divinity Ave., Department Chair's Office, room 224, enter through room 222.
p: (617) 495-8367
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Mondays, 1:30 to 3:30 pm and by appointment in the EALC chair's office, room 224.
Sun Joo Kim

Sun Joo Kim

Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History
On Leave Spring 2023, Fall 2023

Sun Joo Kim is Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History in the Department of East Asian Languages and...

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2 Divinity Ave. #218
p: (617) 495-7539
Office Hours: Fall 2022: By appointment. Please email sjkim@fas.harvard.edu
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Sung Eun Kim

Lecturer on East Asian Languages and Civilizations (Fall 2024)
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Korea Institute

Sung Eun Kim is 2024–25 SBS Korean Studies Postdoctoral Fellow in the Social Sciences at the Harvard Korea Institute. He is a historian of modern Korea...

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Prof. Kuriyama

Shigehisa Kuriyama

Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History
Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2023-24

Shigehisa Kuriyama received his A.B. degree from Harvard's Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations in 1977 and an A.M. degree in 1978. After...

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2 Divinity #134B
p: (617) 496-0926
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Sign up for appointments at https://calendly.com/hkuriyam/spring-office-hours?month=2024-01
Michael Szonyi

Michael Szonyi

Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History
On Leave AY 2023-24

Michael Szonyi is Professor of Chinese History and former Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University. He is a social...

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2 Divinity Ave. #35 (access via the small staircase to the left of the Department Office)
p: (617) 495-2797
Office Hours: Spring 2023: Wednesday 1:30-3:00 pm or by appointment
Leonard van der Kuijp

Leonard van der Kuijp

Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies
Chair, Committee on Inner Asia and Altaic Studies
On Leave Spring 2024, Fall 2024

Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp is Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies and chairs the Committee on Inner Asian and...

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Department of South Asian Studies
Inner Asian and Altaic Studies
1 Bow St.
p: (617) 496-6871
Office Hours: By appointment