Georges Balandier was a French sociologist, anthropologist and ethnologist noted for his research on Sub-Saharan Africa. Balandier was born in Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont. He was a professor at the Sorbonne, and is a member of the Center for African Studies, a research center of the École pratique des hautes études.
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Georges Didi-HubermanAlso won La Bruyère Prize
Cesare SegreAlso won Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva
Thibault DamourAlso won CNRS bronze medal
Robert PoujadeAlso won Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms
Michel BrunetAlso won Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms
René LericheAlso won Honorary doctorate from the University of GenevaAbout this person
Georges Balandier was a French sociologist, anthropologist and ethnologist noted for his research on Sub-Saharan Africa. Balandier was born in Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont. He was a professor at the Sorbonne, and is a member of the Center for African Studies, a research center of the École pratique des hautes études. He held for many years the Editorship of Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie and edited the series Sociologie d'Aujourd'hui at Presses Universitaires de France. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1976. He died on 5 October 2016 at the age of 95.
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