Person

Haar, Barend J. ter

1958

Doctorate (1990) in Sinology, Univ. of Leiden; prof. of soc. and econ. hist. of China, Univ. of Heidelberg; author of The white lotus teachings in Chinese religious history. Was trained at Leiden University, Liaoning University, Osaka Foreign Languages University, and Kyushu University; has taught at the universities of Leiden and Heidelberg. Since 2013 he has been the Run Run Shaw Chair of Chinese at the University of Oxford.