Peter Duus
American historian (1933–2022)
Masayo Duus
(m. 1964–2022)Peter Duus (December 27, 1933 – November 5, 2022[1]) was an American Japanologist, historian, and translator. He was emeritus professor of history at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, as well as president of the Association for Asian Studies in 2000–2001.[2]
He received the Order of the Rising Sun from the Japanese government in 2012.[3]
Selected bibliography
- Party Rivalry and Political Change in Taisho Japan (Harvard University Press, 1968).
- Feudalism in Japan (Knopf, 1969).
- The Rise of Modern Japan (Houghton Mifflin, 1976).
- The Abacus and the Sword: The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895-1910 (University of California Press, 1995).
- Modern Japan (Houghton Mifflin, 1993, 2nd ed., 1998).
- The Japanese Discovery of America: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Books, 1997).
He was the editor of The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 6 (1988).
He also translated a couple of books by his writer wife, Masayo Umezawa Duus (ドウス 昌代, née 梅沢).[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Peter Duus, an authority on the modern Japanese nation, dies at 88". Stanford University. February 10, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "Peter Duus". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "Peter Duus Receives Order of Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon". Japan-United States Friendship Commission. November 13, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
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Presidents of the Association for Asian Studies
- Arthur W. Hummel Sr. (1948)
- Charles S. Gardner (1949)
- Harold S. Quigley (1950)
- Robert B. Hall (1951)
- Rupert Emerson (1952)
- Felix M. Keesing (1953)
- Kenneth Scott Latourette (1954)
- Edwin O. Reischauer (1955)
- L. Carrington Goodrich (1956)
- Hugh Borton (1957)
- John K. Fairbank (1958)
- George B. Cressey (1959)
- W. Norman Brown (1960)
- Lauriston Sharp (1961)
- Earl H. Pritchard (1962)
- William W. Lockwood (1963)
- Arthur F. Wright (1964)
- Knight Biggerstaff (1965)
- Karl J. Pelzer (1966)
- John Whitney Hall (1967)
- Holden Furber (1968)
- Wm. Theodore de Bary (1969)
- Cora Du Bois (1970)
- C. Martin Wilbur (1971)
- Robert E. Ward (1972)
- George McTurnan Kahin (1973)
- Richard D. Lambert (1974)
- Ping-ti Ho (1975)
- Marius B. Jansen (1976)
- John M. Echols (1977)
- Richard L. Park (1978)
- Benjamin I. Schwartz (1979)
- Eleanor Jorden (1980)
- Paul Wheatley (1981)
- Ainslie Embree (1982)
- G. William Skinner (1983)
- James William Morley (1984)
- Frank H. Golay (1985)
- Susanne Hoeber Rudolph (1986)
- Rhoads Murphey (1987)
- Robert J. Smith (1988)
- Stanley J. Tambiah (1989)
- Barbara Stoler Miller (1990)
- Albert Feuerwerker (1991)
- Tetsuo Najita (1992)
- David K. Wyatt (1993)
- Barbara D. Metcalf (1994)
- Evelyn Rawski (1995)
- Carol Gluck (1996)
- James Scott (1997)
- Wendy Doniger (1998)
- Susan L. Mann (1999)
- Peter Duus (2000)
- Charles F. Keyes (2001)
- David Ludden (2002)
- James L. Watson (2003)
- Mary Elizabeth Berry (2004)
- Barbara Watson Andaya (2005)
- Anand Yang (2006)
- Elizabeth J. Perry (2007)
- Robert Buswell Jr. (2008)
- Robert W. Hefner (2009)
- K. Sivaramakrishnan (2010)
- Gail Hershatter (2011)
- Theodore C. Bestor (2012)
- Thongchai Winichakul (2013)
- Mrinalini Sinha (2014)
- Timothy Brook (2015)
- Laurel Kendall (2016)
- Katherine Bowie (2017)
- Anne Feldhaus (2018)
- Prasenjit Duara (2019)
- Christine Yano (2020)
- Hy Van Luong (2021)
- Kamran Asdar Ali (2022)
- Jean Oi (2023)
- Hyaeweol Choi (2024)
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