Paul Harrison
The George Edwin Burnell Professor of Religious Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Religious Studies
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Professor (By courtesy), East Asian Languages and Cultures
Program Affiliations
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Center for East Asian Studies
2024-25 Courses
- Alexander and Asoka: Empire-building, Myth-making and Memory
CLASSICS 274, CLASSICS 374, RELIGST 273, RELIGST 373 (Aut) - Alexander and Asoka: Readings in the Sources
CLASSICS 374G, RELIGST 373G (Aut) - Exploring Buddhism
RELIGST 50 (Win) - Hearts and Diamonds: The Lives of Buddhist Sacred Texts
RELIGST 252, RELIGST 352 (Win) - Readings in Indian Buddhist Texts
RELIGST 351 (Spr) -
Independent Studies (7)
- Individual Work
RELIGST 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Individual Work for Graduate Students
RELIGST 389 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Paper in the Field
RELIGST 392 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Research in Buddhist Studies
RELIGST 385 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Research in Religious Thought, Ethics, and Philosophy
RELIGST 388 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Senior Essay/Honors Thesis Research
RELIGST 297 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Teaching Internship
RELIGST 390 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Individual Work
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Buddhist Meditation: Ancient and Modern
RELIGST 232, RELIGST 332 (Spr) - Readings in Indian Buddhist Texts
RELIGST 351 (Win) - Translating Religion
RELIGST 210, RELIGST 310 (Win)
2021-22 Courses
- Hearts and Diamonds: The Lives of Buddhist Sacred Texts
RELIGST 252 (Spr) - Readings in Indian Buddhist Texts
RELIGST 351 (Spr) - Translating Religion
RELIGST 210, RELIGST 310 (Aut)
- Buddhist Meditation: Ancient and Modern
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Julian Butterfield, Nancy Chu, David Monteserin Narayana, Kedao Tong -
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Yixiu Jiang
All Publications
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Bending Minds and Winning Hearts: On the Rhetorical Uses of Complexity in Mahayana Sutras
JOURNAL OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY
2022
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10781-021-09502-0
View details for Web of Science ID 000749048600001