# Carter J. Eckert awarded 2017 Walter Channing Cabot Fellowship May 25, 2017 ![Image of Prof. Carter Eckert 2017](/sites/g/files/omnuum10896/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/koreainstitute/files/carter-eckert.jpg?itok=exfig_lu) Professor Carter J. Eckert, Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History, has been awarded the 2017 Walter Channing Cabot Fellowship for his recent publication, Park Chung Hee and Modern Korea: The Roots of Militarism 1866-1945 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016). The fellowships, supported by a fund established in memory of Walter Channing Cabot by Cabot’s wife Elizabeth Rogers Cabot and her children in 1905, are given annually to honor distinguished faculty members who have contributed to the advancement of scholarship in the fields of literature, history, or art. In 2017, ten faculty members have been awarded; for full list, please see: . See also:- [ Faculty News ](/news-type/faculty-news) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)