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Didier Fassin

French anthropologist · France · On the map · Academics · Born 1955 · age 71

Didier Fassin is a French anthropologist and sociologist. He is a professor at the Collège de France on the chair “Moral Questions and Social Issues in Contemporary Societies” and the James D. Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and holds a Direction of Studies in...

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2024Huxley Memorial MedalAward2021Honorary doctor of the University of LiègeAward2016Gold MedalAward2007Knight of the French Order of Academic PalmsAward1955Born30 August 1955

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Huxley Memorial Medal2024
Honorary doctor of the University of Liège2021
Gold Medal2016
Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms2007

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He is a professor at the Collège de France on the chair “Moral Questions and Social Issues in Contemporary Societies” and the James D. Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and holds a Direction of Studies in Political and Moral Anthropology at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He was elected to the Academy of Europe in 2021 was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2022.

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Born 1955 · age 71

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