History

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...

Carter Eckert

Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History
On leave AY 2022-23

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...

Mark C. Elliott

Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History
Vice Provost for International Affairs
On leave AY 2022-23

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...

Andrew Gordon

Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History
On Leave Spring 2023

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...

Helen Hardacre

Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society
On Leave AY 2022-23

Professor Helen Hardacre began the study of Japanese religions as an undergraduate at Vanderbilt University, and she earned her doctorate from the...

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...

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...

Shigehisa Kuriyama

Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History
On leave 2022-23

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...

Ian J. Miller

Professor of History

Professor Miller's bio can be found at https://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/ian-miller Read more about Ian J. Miller

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ian_miller@harvard.edu

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Michael Puett

Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology
Harvard College Professor

Michael Puett is the Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology. He holds a joint appointment in the EALC and Anthropology...

Michael Szonyi

Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History

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

Kwok Leong Tang

Lecturer on East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Kwok-leong Tang（鄧國亮）is the Digital China Fellow of...

Leonard van der Kuijp

Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies
Chair, Committee on Inner Asia and Altaic Studies

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