C. Kagan (born June 24, 1938, in North Hollywood, California, of Jewish immigrant parents from Ukraine and Poland) is an American professor of East Asian history and a political activist.
For over three decades (1973-2005) he taught East Asian history at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, and currently holds the rank of Professor Emeritus.
[1] Kagan's unpublished PhD dissertation on Chen Duxiu and Chinese Trotskyism addresses culture, revolution and polity in early 20th century China.
[citation needed] In 1972, Kagan supervised and wrote the Introduction for the republication of Ross Koen's The China Lobby in American Politics.
Among Kagan's published materials on Taiwan are two biographies of Taiwanese leaders Lee Deng-hui and Chen Shui-bian.