Dr. Michel Mohr earned a PhD. from the University of Geneva in Switzerland. After that, he taught in Europe and Japan before becoming a full professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he also served as Chairperson. He is currently a visiting professor in the Department of Philosophy at National Taiwan University. His research focuses on East Asian religious traditions and intellectual history, with an emphasis on Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, ethical issues, and the question of universality. His publications include the monograph Unitarianism, and the Meiji Competition for Universality (Harvard University Press 2014).
