Lowell Dittmer

Bio/CV: 
Lowell Dittmer, professor of Chinese Politics and former Chair of the Center for Chinese Studies (1979-1983), died April 15th, 2024.  He was a member of the Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley from 1978 until his retirement in 2022. Dittmer served as Editor of Asian Survey from the mid-1990s until 2019. He retired from the editorship after a long and influential career as one of the world’s top experts on Chinese politics and regional Northeast, East, and Southeast Asian affairs. He remained an active scholar and most recently published an edited volume, "China's Political Economy in the Xi Jinping Epoch."  A memorial service is scheduled for Friday, April 26 at 2:00pm at Temple Sinai, 2808 Summit Street, Oakland.