María-Ángeles Durán, full professor of sociology and lecturer in the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) is going to be appointed today doctor honoris causa by Universitat de València. The event is taking place at 12:00 at the Facultat de Medicina i Odontologia’s Aula Magna. Antonio Ariño, full professor of sociology and Vice-principal for Culture, Equality and Planning is in charge of reading the laudatory.
María-Ángeles Durán (Madrid, 1942) was the first woman in Spain to be a university full professor in sociology. She founded the Instituto Universitario de Estudios de la Mujer (UAM); she has been president of the Federación Española de Sociología and member of the executive committee of the International Sociological Association.
Durán has taught and has done research at the universities Autónoma and Complutense in Madrid, CEU, Zaragoza, Pontificia Universiade Católica de Río de Janeiro, University of Cambridge, University of Washington, University of Seattle and at the European Institute of Florence.
Among the many prizes and mentions she has received, it is important to point out Premio Nacional de Investigación in law sciences, social sciences and economic sciences Pascual Madoz, la Medalla de Oro al Trabajo, la Medalla de Oro de Extremadura, the prizes called Protagonistas (mass media), Mensajeros de la Paz and Cultura para la Salud (ADEPS).
She is already a doctor honoris causa by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. In her intellectual work, she has tried to discover new research fields, making visible the interdependence between public and private life, as well as the situation of social groups which had not attracted attention so far.
Last update: 9 de march de 2012 08:35.
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