Helen Hardacre (born May 20, 1949) is an American academic and Japanologist. At Harvard University, she is the Reischauer Professor of Japanese Religions and Society.
Hardacre is the daughter of British historian Paul H. Hardacre.
Her research was supported by a Gugghenheim fellowship.
Hardacre was Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies from 1995 through 1998.
Her research interests focused on religion in Japan and the history of Japan.
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Helen Hardacre, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 30+ works in 80+ publications in 3 languages and 5,000+ library holdings