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Eddy U is a Professor of Sociology and Director of East Asian Studies at the University of California, Davis. His research focuses on political sociology, social change, and Chinese socialism, particularly examining classification systems and societal structures in 20th-century China. Key works include Creating the Intellectual: Chinese Communism and the Rise of a Classification (2019) and Disorganizing China: Counter-Bureaucracy and the Decline of Socialism (2007). He holds a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and has taught courses on global social change and contemporary China.
His academic journey began in Hong Kong, leading to a career blending theoretical sociology with empirical analysis of Chinese history. Current research explores the Cultural Revolution’s dynamics. Eddy U’s affiliations include the College of Letters and Science, with offices at 1 Shields Ave. Contact: eu@ucdavis.edu.
Despite no listed students or awards, his scholarly contributions span books, edited volumes, and journal articles analyzing Marxist class formations, bureaucratic organization, and knowledge production in modern China. Recent work addresses the reification of social categories and intellectual identity in revolutionary contexts.
