[KS] Obituary for Dieter Eikemeier

[Marion Eggert]

(Posted on behalf of Martina Deuchler)

Obituary: Dieter Eikemeier (1934-2022)

Dieter Eikemeier died after a long illness on Dec. 19, 2022. He was 
predeceased by his wife, Martha, on November 23, 2022, and is survived 
by two sons.

After receiving his post-doctoral degree (Habilitation) in 1976 at Ruhr 
University Bochum where Bruno Lewin had established the study of Korea a 
decade earlier, he became the first professor of Korean Studies at 
Tuebingen University in 1979 and thus the first full professor of Korean 
Studies in then West Germany. He retired from this post in 2003.

He was one of the founders of the Association of Korean Studies (AKSE) 
in 1977 and later was made an honorary member.

He is the author of :

/Elemente im Politischen Denken des Yǒn’am Pak Chiwǒn (1737-1805): Ein 
Beitrag zur Geschichte der kulturellen Beziehungen zwischen China und 
Korea. /Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1970.

and

/Documents from Changjwa-ri. A Further Approach to the Analysis of 
Korean Villages/. Veroeffentlichung des Ostasien-Instituts der 
Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum vol. 25, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1980.

He also authored a large number of articles on varied topics of Korean 
studies. During his later years, his attention was focused on what he 
called the “common religion” of Korea. With the passing of Dieter 
Eikemeier, the Korean Studies community has lost one of its 
distinguished members.

Martina Deuchler

-- 
Prof. Dr. Marion Eggert
Korean Studies Dept.
Faculty for East Asian Studies
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
President, Association for Korean Studies in Europe (AKSE)
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