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Festschrift Reception for Professor Paul Harrison at the XXth IABS Congress, Leipzig University

poster, XXth IABS Congress Leipzig University, Paulinium

Festschrift Reception for Professor Paul Harrison, the George Edwin Burnell Professor in Religious Studies and Co-Director of the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford University, was held on Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 7pm at the XXth International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS) in Leipzig University, Germany. Paul's colleagues, friends, and students from around the world came together to celebrate the occasion with him. The reception was made possible by the generous support of the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Global.

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Paul Harrison speaks at his festschrift reception
Image caption: Paul Harrison speaks at his festschrift reception
Audience at Paul Harrison's festschrift reception
Image caption: Audience at Paul Harrison's festschrift reception
Jens-Uwe Hartmann speaks at Paul Harrison's festschrift reception
Image caption: Jens-Uwe Hartmann speaks at Paul Harrison's festschrift reception
Friends posed in line for Paul Harrison's festschrift reception. Left to right: Julian Butterfield, Sangyop Lee, Ralph H. Craig III, Paul Harrison, Simona Lazzerini, Adeana McNicholl, Oriane Lavolé, Yixiu Jiang, Trent Walker, James Gentry, Rafal Felbur.
Image caption: Left to right: Julian Butterfield, Sangyop Lee, Ralph H. Craig III, Paul Harrison, Simona Lazzerini, 
Adeana McNicholl, Oriane Lavolé, Yixiu Jiang, Trent Walker, James Gentry, Rafal Felbur