Director, Asian Studies Program; Professor, Political Science
East Asian Focus
Phone: (541) 346-4894
Email: rkraus@uoregon.edu
Richard Kraus specializes in Chinese politics, culture, and society. Among his many publications on China are the books Brushes with Power: Modern Politics and the Chinese Art of Calligraphy (University of California Press, 1991); Pianos and Politics in China (Oxford University Press, 1989); Class Conflict in Chinese Socialism (Columbia University Press, 1981); and Urban Spaces: Autonomy and Community in Contemporary China (co-editor, Cambridge University Press, 1995). Fulbright, Social Science Research Council, and National Endowment for the Humanities awards have facilitated his research on China.