ProfessorPaul Morris
Emeritus Professor
School of Social and Cultural Studies
Orcid identifier0000-0002-3727-8511
- Emeritus ProfessorSchool of Social and Cultural Studies
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BIO
Paul Morris was appointed Professor of Religious Studies at Victoria University in 1994. He retired in 2018 and was appointed to the position of Emeritus Professor.
Prior to returning to Victoria University of Wellington in 1994, Paul taught in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University. He has also held visiting positions at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies; Institut d'Études Politiques d'Aix-en-Provence (Sciences Po Aix); University of Sydney; Boston University; and University of California, Santa Barbara.
He is known for his work on the relationship between religion and dying/death, and religion and personal and cultural identity.
Prior to returning to Victoria University of Wellington in 1994, Paul taught in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University. He has also held visiting positions at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies; Institut d'Études Politiques d'Aix-en-Provence (Sciences Po Aix); University of Sydney; Boston University; and University of California, Santa Barbara.
He is known for his work on the relationship between religion and dying/death, and religion and personal and cultural identity.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- ProfessorVictoria University of Wellington, Religious Studies, Wellington, New Zealand1994 - 2018
- Senior LecturerLancaster University, Religious Studies, Lancaster, United Kingdom1989 - 1994
- LecturerLancaster University, Religious Studies, Lancaster, United Kingdom1984 - 1989
DEGREES
- PhDLancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
- MAMcMaster University, Hamilton, Canada1979
- BAVictoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand1976
AVAILABILITY
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision