Paul Harrison

The George Edwin Burnell Professor of Religious Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of East Asian Languages and Cultures

Academic Appointments

Professor, Religious Studies
Professor (By courtesy), East Asian Languages and Cultures

Program Affiliations

Center for East Asian Studies

Contact

Academic
paulh1@stanford.edu
University - Faculty Department: Religious Studies Position: Professor of Religious Studies
- Dept. of Religious Studies
- Stanford University
- Main Quad, Building 70
- Stanford, California 94305
- (650) 736-8688 (office)
(650) 725-1476 (fax)

Additional Info

Mail Code: 2165
ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8769-5615

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 (Win)
Readings in Indian Buddhist Texts
RELIGST 351 (Spr)
Independent Studies (7)
- Individual Work
  RELIGST 199 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Individual Work for Graduate Students
  RELIGST 389 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Paper in the Field
  RELIGST 392 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Research in Buddhist Studies
  RELIGST 385 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Research in Religious Thought, Ethics, and Philosophy
  RELIGST 388 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Senior Essay/Honors Thesis Research
  RELIGST 297 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Teaching Internship
  RELIGST 390 (Aut, Win, Spr)
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)

Stanford Advisees

Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Julian Butterfield, Nancy Chu, David Monteserin Narayana, Kedao Tong
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Yixiu Jiang

All Publications

Bending Minds and Winning Hearts: On the Rhetorical Uses of Complexity in Mahayana Sutras JOURNAL OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY Harrison, P. 2022

View details for DOI 10.1007/s10781-021-09502-0

View details for Web of Science ID 000749048600001