Victoria S. Harrison

Biography

Victoria S. Harrison is Professor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Macau, China. She was formerly Reader in Philosophy and Director of the Forum for Philosophy and Religion at the School of Humanities, University of Glasgow, Scotland. She joined the University of Glasgow in 2005 from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Education

PhD, University of London, 1997

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Her research interests focus on analytic philosophy of religion and, within that, on the philosophical problems generated by religious diversity. She also holds interests in classical Indian and Chinese philosophies. Her interests extend to the relationship between philosophy and museums and she is currently working on a project exploring the philosophical dimensions of the ways in which museums represent objects of interreligious or intercultural significance. She serves on the editorial boards of Religious Studies, The International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion, and Blackwell's Philosophy Compass. Additionally she has served on the executive committee of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion and is currently on the executive committee of the European Society for the Philosophy of Religion.

Books