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After graduating from Davidson College,
with a major in history (1977), Tucker completed two Master's degrees at the University of Hawai'i, the first in Asian philosophy
(1981) and the second in Asian history (1983). A Japanese Ministry of
Education (Monbusho) scholarship made possible
language study at Osaka gaikokugo daigaku (1983-84), and graduate research in Chinese
philosophy at the Institute for Studies in the Humanities (Jinbun kagaku kenkyujo), Kyoto University (1984-1985). Tucker completed
his Ph.D. at Columbia
University (1990),
studying Sino-Japanese Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism primarily under
Professors Wm. Theodore de Bary, Wing-tsit Chan, Irene Bloom, and Philip Yampolsky.
He taught at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida
(1990-2000). In addition to articles in journals such as Philosophy East
& West, the Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Asian Philosophy,
the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Chinese Culture,Sino-Japanese Studies, and Japan Studies
Review, he has published two books: Itō Jinsai's Gomō jigi and the Philosophical Definition of
Early-Modern Japan (Brill, 1998) and Ogyū Sorai's Philosophical
Masterworks: The Bendō
and Benmei
(University of Hawai'i Press, 2006). He is working on two projects
tentatively entitled, Confucianism and Skepticism and Yamaga Sokō and
the Invention of Bushidō.
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Courses
Spring 2009
History of Modern Japan (HIST 3620)
Fall 2008
History of
Traditional Japan
History of
Traditional China (3629)
Diplomatic
History of Modern Asia
Spring 2008
Introduction to Asia (ASIA 2000)
History of Modern Japan (HIST 3620)
Great Books of Asia (GRBK 4000)
Graduate-level History of Modern Japan
(HIST 5005)
Fall 2007
History of
Traditional Japan
Spring 2007
Hiroshima
History of Japanese
Buddhism
Fall 2006
History of Modern Japan
(3620)
History of Modern
China (3630)
Fall 2005
World
Civilizations to 1500
History of
Traditional Japan
Diplomatic
History of Modern Asia
Summer Session II (2005)
World Civilizations
since 1500
History of Japanese
Buddhism
Spring 2005 Courses
Introduction to
Asia (Asia 2000)
History of Modern Japan
(3620)
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Fall 2004
History of
Traditional China (3629)
Introduction to Asia
(Asia 2000)
History of Modern
Japan (Hist 3615)
Summer Session (2) 2004
World Civilizations
since 1500
History of Modern
Japan
Spring 2004
History of Modern
China (3630)
World
Civilizations to 1500 (1030)
History of Modern Japan
(3620)
Fall 2003
History of Traditional
Japan
Summer Session (1) 2003
Japanese History,
Culture, and Education
Summer Session (1) 2003
Japanese History,
Culture, and Education
Summer Session (2) 2003
World Civilizations
since 1500
History of Modern
Japan
Fall 2002
World Civilizations
to 1500 (1030)
History of Modern Japan
(3620)
History of Modern
China (3630)
Summer 2002
History of East Asia
since 1600
World Civilizations
since 1500
Spring 2002
History of Modern
Japan
Japanese History,
Culture, and Education Fall 2001
History of Traditional
Japan
History of East Asia
before 1600
Spring 2001
History of East Asia
since 1600
Fall 2000
Modern Japan
World Civilizations to
1500
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