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Martha Nussbaum

American philosopher · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1947 · age 79

Martha C. Nussbaum is an American philosopher and the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, where she is jointly appointed in the law school and the philosophy department.

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2021Holberg International Memorial PrizeAward2018Berggruen PrizeAward2016Honorary Doctorate of Hasselt UniversityAwardKyoto Prize in Arts and PhilosophyAward2015Philip L. Quinn PrizeAward2012Albertus-Magnus professorateAwardPrincess of Asturias Award for Social SciencesAward2010Honorary Doctorate from ENSAward2007Honorary Doctor of the University of MiamiAward2002Grawemeyer AwardsAward1991PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayAward1980Guggenheim FellowshipAward1972Harvard Junior FellowAward1947Born6 May 1947

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Holberg International Memorial Prize2021
Berggruen Prize2018
Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy2016
Honorary Doctorate of Hasselt University2016
Philip L. Quinn Prize2015
Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences2012
Albertus-Magnus professorate2012
Honorary Doctorate from ENS2010
Honorary Doctor of the University of Miami2007
Grawemeyer Awards2002
PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay1991
Guggenheim Fellowship1980
Harvard Junior Fellow1972
Harvard Centennial Medal
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Honorary Doctorate from the University of British Columbia
Honorary Doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Honorary Doctor of the University of Bielefeld
Spitz Prize
Honorary Doctor of Harvard University
Honorary Doctor of Carnegie-Mellon University
Honorary Doctor of Knox College
Honorary Doctor of Mount Holyoke College
Honorary Doctor of Wabash College
Brandeis Creative Arts Award in Non-Fiction
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Santiago de Compostela
Honorary Doctor of the Ohio State University
Honorary Doctor of the University of Edinburgh
Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico
Honorary doctorate from University of Toronto
Honorary Doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Honorary Doctor of the Bucknell University
Honorary Doctorate of the Weizmann Institute of Science
Honorary Doctor of the Colgate University
Honorary Doctor of the University of St Andrews
Honorary Doctor of the University of Athens
Honorary Doctorate of Haifa University
Honorary Doctorate from the McGill University
Honorary Doctor of the University of the Free State
Honorary Doctorate from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

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United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1947 · age 79

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