Live: Honoris Causa Doctorate ceremony on December 2, 2022

Ceremony International, Research
On  December 2, 2022Remote
On 2 December from 2 pm to 5 pm, Tim Ingold, Fiona Macintosh, Lisa Moore, Éva Tardos and Roberto Zanino will officially receive the title and insignia of Doctor Honoris Causa from Université Grenoble Alpes. Social anthropology, classical reception studies, literature, computer science or nuclear engineering: this ceremony will also be an opportunity to discover the research themes of these five great international figures. Watch the event live !
The title of Doctor Honoris Causa is one of the most prestigious distinctions awarded by French universities. This honorary title has been awarded since 1918 "to personalities of foreign nationality for outstanding services rendered to the arts, letters, sciences and techniques, to France or to the institution which awards the title".

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UGA's new Honorary Doctors 2022

Tim Ingold
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen(UK)
Nominated by: Jean-Paul Thibaud, Director of Research at the Ambiances, Architectures, Urbanities Laboratory (CNRS, UGA, ENSAG-UGA, Centrale Nantes, ENSA) and professor at ENSAG-UGA
Fiona Macintosh
Professor of Classical Reception at Oxford University, Fellow of St Hilda's College (UK)
Nominated by: Malika Bastin, professor at the UFR LLASIC, Université Grenoble Alpes and at the Laboratoire Litt&Arts (UGA, CNRS)
Lisa Moore
Writer and professor of literature at Memorial University (Newfoundland, Canada)
Nominated by: Gretchen Schiller, professor at the UFR LLASIC, Université Grenoble Alpes and at the Laboratoire Litt&Arts (UGA, CNRS)
Éva Tardos
Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University (New York, USA)
Nominated by: Sophie Achard, research director at the Jean Kuntzmann Laboratory (CNRS, Inria, UGA-Grenoble INP-UGA)
Roberto Zanino
Professor of nuclear engineering at the Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
Nominated by: Brigitte Plateau, professor at Grenoble INP - Ensimag, Université Grenoble Alpes and at the Grenoble Computer Science Laboratory (CNRS, Inria, UGA-Grenoble INP-UGA)
Published on  November 30, 2022
Updated on  December 1, 2022