Marie-Claire Foblets

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Marie-Claire, Baroness Foblets is a Belgian lawyer and anthropologist, who is currently Director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology [1] and Professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. [2] Her research interests are interculturalism, migration and minorities. [3]

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In 2004, she was awarded the Francqui Prize on Human Sciences for her research on anthropology. [4] In 2016, the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven gave her an honorary degree. [5] She is a member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences [6] and an Honorary Professor of Law and Anthropology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. [7]

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References

  1. "Struktur" [Structure] (in German). Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. "Gesprek met professor Marie-Claire Foblets" [Conversation with professor Marie-Claire Foblets]. Het Teken (in Dutch). Vol. 73, no. 8. KU Leuven. March 2001.
  3. "Profile: Marie-Claire Foblets". Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. "2004 – Rapport Jury Marie-Claire Foblets" (in French and Dutch). Fondation Francqui - Stichting. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. "Honorary Degree for Prof. Dr. Marie-Claire Foblets". KU Leuven. 29 September 2016.
  6. "Marie-Claire Foblets, Prof. PhD". Mitglieder[Members] (in German). Saxon Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  7. "People". Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Retrieved 18 September 2020.