Person

Harrison, Paul

1950

1973: Bachelor of Arts (Chinese and Japanese), University of Auckland. 1976: Master of Arts in Chinese, University of Auckland. 1980: Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University, Canberra. Paul Harrison is the George Edwin Burnell Professor of Religious Studies. He specializes in Buddhist literature and history, especially that of the Mahāyāna, and in the study of Buddhist manuscripts in Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan. Paul serves as Co-Director of the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford and he is the Chair of the Department of Religious Studies.