Victor H. Mair

Victor H. Mair

Professor, East Asian Languages & Civilizations

Chinese literature and culture

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Research Interests

Professor Mair specializes on Buddhist popular literature as well as the vernacular tradition of Chinese fiction and the performing arts.

Affiliations

Professor Mair is the founder and editor of Sino-Platonic Papers and General Editor of the ABC Chinese Dictionary Series at the University of Hawaii Press. He has been a fellow or visiting professor at the University of Hong Kong (2002-2003), the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, 1998-1999), the Institute for Research in Humanities (Kyoto University, 1995), Duke University (1993-1994), and the National Humanities Center (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1991-1992).