Victor Falkenheim
Professor Emeritus, Political Science and East Asian Studies
Phone
416-978-3859
Location
Room 3029, 100 St. George St.
Biography
Victor C. Falkenheim is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto where he has taught since 1972. Educated at Princeton (B.A) and Columbia (MA & Ph.D) Professor Falkenheim has previously served twice as Chair of the Department of East Asian Studies as well as Director of the Joint Centre for Modern East Asia. His research interests and publications center on local politics and political reform in China. He has lectured widely in China and has worked on a number of CIDA and World Bank projects in China over the past two decades. His current research focuses on issues dealing with migration and urbanization. Publications include Citizens and Groups in Contemporary China, and Chinese Politics: From Mao to Deng.