Kenneth B. Pyle

Kenneth B. Pyle (born April 20, 1936 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania) is a Japan historian and professor of History and International Studies at the University of Washington Seattle campus.[1][2][3] Since earning his Ph. D. in Japanese History from Johns Hopkins University in 1965,[2][4] he has become a major figure in the area of Japan studies, publishing several books on Japan and its international relations, and serving as the first editor of the Journal of Japanese Studies from 1974 to 1986.[2][5] In 1998, the Japanese government awarded Pyle with the Order of the Rising Sun,[6] and in 2008 he received the Japan Foundation Award for Japanese Studies.[4]

Pyle is Founding President of The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank, and serves on the organization's Board of Directors. In 2006, NBR created The Kenneth B. and Anne H.H. Pyle Center For Northeast Asian Studies, a research center to focus on Northeast Asian political and security issues.[7]

Selected works

Journals

Honors and awards

Notes

  1. "UW Faculty/Staff/Student Directory". University of Washington. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 The National Bureau of Asian Research. "The National Bureau of Asian Research—About—Kenneth B. Pyle". Retrieved 2009-04-23.
  3. "Pyle, Kenneth B. 1936-". The Encyclopedia.com.
  4. 4.0 4.1 The Japan Foundation. "The Japan Foundation Award (2008) - Profile". Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  5. "Front Matter". Journal of Japanese Studies (The Society for Japanese Studies) 1 (1). Autumn 1974. JSTOR 133433.
  6. "JAPAN'S EMPEROR HONORS UW PROFESSOR FOR HIS WORK". Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, published March 25, 1999). 1999. pp. B2.
  7. NBR's Kenneth B. and Anne H.H. Pyle Center For Northeast Asian Studies

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