John A. Tucker, Ph.D.
Professor of History
Director, Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
Interdisciplinary Program in Asian Studies
Director, Harriot College Voyages of Discovery Lecture Series
A-317 Brewster Building
Department of History
East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina
252 328-1028 Tuckerjo@ecu.edu

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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 numerous articles in scholarly 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 currently working on two projects tentatively entitled, Confucianism and Skepticism and Yamaga Sokō and the Invention of Bushidō. 

Office Hours:  T/TH 1:00-2:00 By appointment (252) 328-1028 Email: Tuckerjo@ecu.edu ECU Asian Studies Website Asian Studies Minor ECU History Webpage ECU Joyner Library Library of Congress Courses 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)

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