Jean La Fontaine#
| Membership Number: | 1482 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
| Elected: | 1993 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1984 Professor Emeritus London School of Economics
- 1978 Professor of Anthropology London School of Economics
- 1968 Reader in Anthropology, London School of Economics
- 1965 lecturer Birkbeck College London
- 1957 Ph D Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- Social anthropology with research in Africa
- Africa, kinship and religious beliefs and practices
Honours and Awards
- 1971 Munro Lectures, University of Edinburgh
- 1973 - 1977 Chairman, Association of Social Anthropologists of Great Britain and the Commonwealth
- 1976 Henry Myers Lecture, Royal Anthropological Institute
- 1985 - 1987 President, Royal Anthropological Institute
- 1999 Honorary Doctorate from University of Linkoping, Sweden
- 2003 Honorary Doctorate from the Open University
- 2005 Saul Sidore Lecture University of New Hampshire, U.S.A.
- 2008 Honorary Research Fellow Information Network on Religiousm Movements (INFORM)
- 2008 Honorary Doctorate from Goldsmiths, University of London
