Carol Gluck (born November 12, 1941) is an American

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and historian of

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. She is the George Sansom Professor Emerita of History at

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and served as the president of the

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in 1996.

Career

Gluck was born in Chicago, Illinois, and received her B.A. from Wellesley in 1962. She was awarded her Ph.D. from Columbia in 1977.Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Carol Gluck
She has been a visiting professor at the

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, the University of Venice,

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, and the

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in Paris. For many years, Gluck directed the East Asian Studies program within the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia. She was president of the

in 1996.

Select works

Books

* 2019 – ''Senso no Kioku'' (''War Memory'') Tokyo: Kodansha. * 2007 – ''Rekishi de kangaeru'' (''Thinking with History''). Tokyo: Iwanami * 1985 (republished in 2021) – ''Japan's Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period.'' Princeton:

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Edited books

* 2009 – ''Words in Motion'' co-edited with Anna Tsing. Durham, North Carolina:

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. * 1997 – ''Asia in Western and World History: A Guide for Teaching'' co-edited with Ainslie Embree. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe. * 1992 – ''Showa: the Japan of Hirohito'' co-edited with Stephen Graubard. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.

Articles

* "Meiji and Modernity: From History to Theory,” in ''Intrecci Culturali'' ed. Rosa Caroli (Venice, 2009) * "Ten Top Things to Know About Japan in the Early Twentieth Century," '' Education About Asia'' (Winter 2008).

Affiliations

American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, and other ...

American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publicat ...

Honors

* 2024 - Distinguished Annual Lecturer, Modern Japan History Association * 2006 – Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon * 2002 – Japan-United States Fulbright Program 50th Anniversary Distinguished Scholar Award * 1989 – Great Teacher Awards by Columbia Society of Graduates

Notes

References

* Gibney, Frank
"Imperial Failings" (a review of ''The Age of Hirohito: in Search of Modern Japan'' by Daikichi Irokawa."
''New York Times.'' September 24, 1995 * Pogrebin, Robin

''New York Times.'' March 22, 2007. * Rich, Motoko, Lukas Schwarzacher and Fumie Tomita

''New York Times.'' January 4, 2004.

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gluck, Carol 1941 births Living people Academics from Illinois Wellesley College alumni Columbia University alumni Columbia University faculty American Japanologists Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class Presidents of the Association for Asian Studies