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Bruce Cumings

American East Asian historian, professor, lecturer and author · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1943 · age 83

Bruce Cumings is an American historian of East Asia, professor, lecturer and author. He is the Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in History, and the former chair of the history department at the University of Chicago.

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John K. Fairbank Prize1983

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He formerly taught at Northwestern University and the University of Washington. He specializes in modern Korean history and contemporary international relations.

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United States
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1943 · age 83