Julia Candace Strauss (born 1961) is an American political scientist,

sinologist Sinology, also referred to as China studies, is a subfield of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on China. It is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of the Chinese civilizatio ...

and sociologist. She is a Professor at Department of Politics and International Studies at the

SOAS University of London The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London; ) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury area ...

Biography

After receiving a Bachelor's degree in

Chinese language Chinese ( or ) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and List of ethnic groups in China, many minority ethnic groups in China, as well as by various communities of the Chinese diaspora. Approximately 1.39& ...

and

European History The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early Eu ...

from

Connecticut College Connecticut College (Conn) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in New London, Connecticut. Originally chartered as Thames College, it was founded in 1911 as the state's only women's colle ...

in 1983, Strauss received an Master's degree and PhD from the Department of Political Science at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

, in 1984 and 1991. In 1994, Strauss moved to the Department of Political and International Studies at SOAS University of London. From 2002 to 2011, she served as editor of ''

The China Quarterly ''The China Quarterly'' (CQ) is a British triple-anonymous peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1960 on contemporary China including Taiwan. It is considered one of the most important academic journals about China in the world and is p ...

.'' In 2013, she was promoted to professor.

Publications

Monographs

*''State Formation in China and Taiwan: Bureaucracy, Campaign, and Performance'' (2019) *''Strong Institutions in Weak Polities: State Building in Republican China'', ''1927–1940'' (1998)

Single edited volumes

*''The History of the People's Republic of China'' (2006)

Co-edited volumes

* ''State Formations: Global Histories and Cultures of Statehood'' (2018) *''From the Great Wall to the New World: China and Latin American in the 21st Century'' (2012) *''Gender in Flux: Agency and Its Limits in Contemporary China'' (2011) *''China and Africa: Emerging Patterns in Globalization and Development'' (2009) *''Staging Politics: Power and Performance in Asia and Africa'' (2007)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Strauss, Julia C. Living people 1961 births Academics of SOAS University of London American political scientists American sinologists American sociologists American expatriates in England Connecticut College alumni UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni