Paul Williams

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Williams, P.

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Category:Professors Emeritus
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bio Paul Williams (b. 1950) is Emeritus Professor of Indian and Tibetan Philosophy at the University of Bristol, England. Until his retirement in 2011 he was also director for the University's Centre for Buddhist Studies, and is a former President of the UK Association for Buddhist Studies.
      Williams studied at the University of Sussex's School of African & Asian Studies where he graduated with a first class BA in 1972. He then went on to study Buddhist Philosophy at Wadham College, University of Oxford, where he was awarded his DPhil in 1978. His main research interests are Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophy, Mahayana Buddhism, and Medieval philosophical and mystical thought.
      Williams was a Buddhist himself for many years but has since converted to Roman Catholicism, an experience he wrote about in his book The Unexpected Way and in an article, "On Converting from Buddhism to Catholicism – One Convert's Story." He is now a professed lay member of the Dominican Order. (Source Accessed April 16, 2020)
YearBirth 1950
associatedwebsite Oral History of Tibetan Studies
affiliation University of Bristol, England
phduniversity Wadham College, University of Oxford
education DPhil,, Wadham College, University of Oxford, 1978;

BA, University of Sussex's School of African & Asian Studies, 1972.

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Full Name[edit]

Paul Williams

Affiliation[edit]

Professor in Indian Religions at the University of Bristol, England. Director for the University's Centre for Buddhist Studies.

Education[edit]

University of Sussex's School of African & Asian Studies, BA 1972.

Wadham College, University of Oxford, DPhil, 1978.

Other Information[edit]

Born in 1950

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