Peter A. Jackson

{{Short description|Australian academic (born 1956)}}

{{Other people|Peter Jackson}}

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{{BLP primary sources|date=March 2008}}

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| birth_name = Peter Anthony Jackson

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| education = Australian National University (Ph.D.)

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| thesis_title = Buddhadasa and Doctrinal Modernisation in Contemporary Thai Buddhism: A Social and Philosophical Analysis

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Peter Anthony Jackson (born 14 February 1956){{cite web|title=Jackson, Peter A.|url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87937260.html|publisher=Library of Congress|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121042832/https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87937260.html|archive-date=21 January 2022|url-status=live}} is an Australian writer and scholar of Buddhism and gender and sexual identities in Thailand. He completed his PhD in Philosophy and Asian Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra in 1986. His PhD dissertation, which is published under the title Buddhadasa: A Buddhist Thinker for the Modern World (1988) reflects his interests in the Thai language, the role of Buddhist thought, and the institution of the sangha in modern Thailand.

Jackson was a Senior Project Officer for the Thai National Curriculum and Materials with the Australian Capital Territory Schools Authority. He is currently a Professor of Thai history in the School of Culture, History and Language, at the Australian National University.{{cite web|title=Peter A. Jackson, BA (UNE), MA Prelim (Sydney), MA (Hons) (Macquarie), PhD (ANU)|url=http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/people/personal/jackp_pah.php|publisher=Australian National University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112215402/http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/people/personal/jackp_pah.php|archive-date=12 November 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|first=Wandee|last=Suntivutimetee|date=5 September 2017|title=เกิดมาเพื่อเป็นเกย์: สำรวจงานวิจัยชายรักชายในอุษาคเนย์|url=https://www.the101.world/research-on-gender-and-sexual-identity-in-sea/|website=The101.world|language=th|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231212135337/https://www.the101.world/research-on-gender-and-sexual-identity-in-sea/|archive-date=12 December 2023|url-status=live}}