Ken Ruoff

Ken Ruoff is a Professor of History and Director of the Center for Japanese Studies at Portland State University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on modern East Asia, particularly Japan, and he has received prestigious accolades such as Japan’s equivalent of a Pulitzer Prize.

• Expertise: Modern East Asia (especially Japan), Postwar Japanese political right
• Education: Ph.D. and A.B. from Columbia University and Harvard College respectively

His recent project explores the history of the political right in postwar Japan. Ruoff teaches courses including Modern East Asia, Postwar Japanese History, and Comparative World History, with a special focus on wartime and far-right dynamics in Japan.

Notable awards:

• Japans highest academic award equivalent