Honorary doctorates

On the occasion of each lustrum, the University confers honorary doctorates on prominent individuals, both domestic and international, whose work and life have a significant bearing on Humanistic Studies. 

So far, honorary doctorates have been conferred on:

2024

• Prof. Kristján Kristjánsson
• Sheila Sitalsing

2019

• Prof. George Fitchett
• Prof. Philip Kitcher
• Prof. Hartmut Rosa

2014

• Prof. Amartya Sen
• Prof. Joan Tronto
• Prof. Carol Ryff

2009

• Prof. Frans de Waal
• Prof. Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
• Prof. Patricia de Martelaere

2004

• Prof. Otto Duintjer
• Prof. Seyla Benhabib

1999

• Prof. Rudi van den Hoofdakker (alias Rutger Kopland)
• Prof. Martha Nussbaum

On the occasion of each lustrum, the University confers honorary doctorates on prominent individuals whose work and life have a significant bearing on Humanistic Studies