Noam Chomsky to receive honorary degree
Twelve distinguished individuals will be handed honorary degrees from the University of St Andrews at this year’s graduation commencement (that’s right, they are just giving degrees to them – it’s […]
Twelve distinguished individuals will be handed honorary degrees from the University of St Andrews at this year’s graduation commencement (that’s right, they are just giving degrees to them – it’s kind of like they did Social Anthropology). Amongst this year’s recipients are public intellectual Noam Chomsky and South African AIDS activist and Constitutional Court judge, Justice Edwin Cameron.
The summer graduations will take place from 19-22 June and are set to include eight ceremonies over the four-day period.
The Stand spoke to Professor Chomsky who commented, “I’m very much looking forward to the occasion. I’ve known about the distinguished history and achievements of St Andrews for many years, and am delighted to have the opportunity to visit and to have a chance to meet students and faculty.”
Don’t forget to look out for The Stand‘s interview (Chatting with Chomsky) later next week.
Honorary graduates include:
Date and time |
Title |
Name of recipient |
Stand Bio |
Tuesday AM |
Professor |
Noam Chomsky |
Institute Professor and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguists and Philosophy at MIT.
|
Tuesday AM |
Dame |
Antonia S Byatt |
English novelist, poet and Booker Prize winner. Named by The Times one of the 50 greatest British authors since 1945. |
Tuesday PM |
Professor |
Stanley Hoffmann |
Political scientist, professor at Harvard and author of Duties beyond Borders: On the Limits and Possibilities of Ethical International Politics. |
Wednesday AM |
Professor Dr |
Michele Parrinello |
Italian physicist and Professor of Computational Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. |
Wednesday PM |
Professor |
Paul Muldoon |
Irish Poet, former Oxford Professor of Poetry, Howard G. B. Clark Professor at Princeton, Poetry Editor at The New Yorker and President of the UK Poetry Society. |
Thursday AM |
Mr |
Jesse Ausubel |
Environmental scientist, organised the first UN World Climate Conference and founding chair of the Encyclopaedia of Life. |
Thursday AM |
Professor |
Elaine Showalter |
Literary critic, pioneer in gynocritics and other feminist literary critiques.
|
Thursday PM |
Ms |
Alison Kennedy |
Scottish Writer and stand-up comedian. |
Thursday PM |
Justice |
Edwin Cameron |
Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and famed AIDS activist. |
Friday AM |
Professor |
John Meurig Thomas |
British Chemist famed for his work in materials science. |
Friday PM |
Dame |
Marjorie Scardino |
CEO of Pearson PLC and former CEO of the Economist Group. |
Friday PM |
Dr |
Simon Singh |
British scientist, author and TV presenter. |