Jens Braarvig#
| Membership Number: | 6991 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | NORWAY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.philology.no/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - present Director, Norwegian Institute of Philology
- 2018 - present Professor, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society
- 2001 Sept - Nov Guest Professor, SOAS
- 1995 - 2018 Professor, University of Oslo
- 1993 - 2001 Director of Network for University Co-operation Tibet-Norway
Fields of Scholarship
- History and languages of Buddhism
- Paleography
- History of religion/culture
- Textual criticism
- Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese
- History of knowledge
- Multilingualism in history
- Comparative philology
Honours and Awards
- Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- Representative to the Union Académique Internationale
- President of the World Philology Union
- Doctor H.C, Mahachulalongkorn University
