List of honorary degrees awarded to Noam Chomsky

This is a list of honorary degrees awarded to the linguist, philosopher and political activist Noam Chomsky.

List

Year	Degree	University	Notes
2013	D.H.L. [1]	American University of Beirut [2]
1995		Amherst College [3] [4]
1971		Bard College [3]
2003		Central Connecticut State University [5]
1999	Litt.D. [6]	Columbia University [3] [7]
2015		Drexel University [8]
		Georgetown University [3]
1992		Gettysburg College [9]
2000	LL.D. [10]	Harvard University [3]
2012	Ph.D. [11]	International School for Advanced Studies [2]	aka SISSA [a]
		Islamic University of Gaza [2]
1970	D.H.L. [12]	Loyola University Chicago [3] [13]
1998	D.Litt. [14]	McGill University [3]
2004	Ph.D. [15]	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens [5] [16]
2010	D.H.C. [17]	National Autonomous University of Mexico [2]	aka UNAM [b]
2010		National Tsing Hua University [2]
2002	D.H.C. [18]	National University of Colombia [3]
2001	D.H.C. [19]	National University of Comahue [2]
2017	D.H.C. [20]	National University of Lanús [20] [21]	Lanús, Argentina
2010		Peking University [2]
1998		Rovira i Virgili University [3] [22]
2006		Santo Domingo Institute of Technology [2] [23]	aka INTEC
1999	Phc. [c]	Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa [3]
1970	D.H.L. [12]	Swarthmore College [3]
2005		University of Bologna [5] [24] [d]
2020	D.H.C.[ citation needed ]	University of Brasília [ citation needed ]
		University of Buenos Aires [3]
2001		University of Calcutta [3] [25]
1995		University of Cambridge [26] [27]
1967	D.H.L. [28]	University of Chicago [3]
2006	D.H.C [29]	University of Chile [2] [29]
1999		University of Connecticut [3] [30]
		University of Cyprus [2]
1972		University of Delhi [31] [12]
2004		University of Florence [2] [32] [d]
2006	D.H.C. [33]	University of La Frontera [2]
1999	D.Litt. [34]	University of Guelph [34]
		University of Ljubljana [2]
1967		University of London [3]
1973		University of Massachusetts [3]
1984	L.H.D. [35]	University of Pennsylvania [3]
2012	D.Litt. [36]	University of St Andrews [2]
2000		University of Toronto [3] [37]
2000	D.Litt. [38]	University of Western Ontario [3]
2007	FDhc [39]	Uppsala University [2]
		Visva-Bharati University [26]
		Vrije Universiteit Brussel [5]

See also

• List of honorary degrees

Notes

1. SISSA = Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
2. UNAM = Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
3. "Chomsky's sojourn in Siena was organized twenty years after his visit to the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, an event which, through the memorable Pisa Lectures, has profoundly influenced the field of theoretical linguistics ever since. In connection with this anniversary, Chomsky received, on October 27, 1999, the 'Perfezionamento honoris causa, ' the honorary degree delivered by the Scuola Normale Superiore. In that occasion, he gave the Galileo Lecture 'Perspectives on Language and Mind', which traces central ideas of current scientific linguistics and of the modern cognitive sciences to their roots in classical thought, starting with Galileo Galilei's famous praise of the 'marvelous invention, 'alphabetic writing, which allows us to communicate with other people, no matter how distant in space and time." (Belletti & Rizzi 2002)
4. "Il 16 aprile 2004 Noam Chomsky ha ricevuto la Laurea honoris causa in Lettere dall'Ateneo fiorentino, 'quale riconoscimento allo studioso eminente nel campo delle scienze del linguaggio e delle capacità cognitive e all'intellettuale da sempre impegnato in difesa della libertà di pensiero'. Il 1º aprile 2005 ha ricevuto la Laurea honoris causa in Psicologia dall'Università di Bologna.

   Il 17 settembre 2012 Noam Chomsky ha ricevuto un PhD honoris causa in Neuroscienze conferitogli dalla Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati di Trieste."

   Translation: "On 16 April 2004, the University of Florence conferred an honorary Arts degree on Noam Chomsky, 'in recognition of his eminence as a scholar in the field of linguistics and cognitive science, and as a public intellectual who has never ceased to engage in the defense of freedom of thought.' On 1 April 2005, he received an honorary degree in Psychology from Bologna University.

   On 17 September 2012 he was awarded an honortary Phd in neurosciences from Trieste's International School for Advanced Studies." (cheFare n.d.)

Citations

1. AUB 2013.
2. Lent & Amazeen 2015, p. 2.
3. MIT Linguistics Program 2002.
4. Amherst n.d.
5. Chomsky 2006.
6. "Honors and Prizes Recipients 1945-Present" (PDF). Columbia University. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
7. Columbia 1999.
8. Falcone 2015.
9. Gettysburg n.d.
10. Harvard n.d.
11. SISSA 2012.
12. Barsky 1997, p. 143.
13. Loyola n.d.
14. McGill 1998.
15. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens n.d.
16. Kathimerini newspaper 2004.
17. universaria México 2010.
18. El Tiempo 2002.
19. Río Negro 2001.
20. Odriozola 2019.
21. Lanús 2017.
22. URV 1998.
23. INTEC 2015.
24. Chomsky 2005.
25. Hindustan Times 2010.
26. Contemporary Authors Online 2016.
27. Cambridge n.d.
28. Chicago n.d.
29. University of Chile n.d.
30. Uconn 1999.
31. Lyons 1978, p. xvi.
32. Sperlich 2006, p. 24.
33. universaria Chile 2006.
34. Guelph 1999.
35. Penn n.d.
36. The Saint 2012.
37. Gibson 2000.
38. UWO 2000.
39. Uppsala n.d.

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