!!Paul Claval - Curriculum vitae
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__Studies__
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*1942-1949. Lycée Gambetta in Cahors
*1949-1955: University of Toulouse
*1955: Agrégé de Géographie
*1970: Docteur d'Etat, University of Besançon
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__Career__
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*Teacher in Secondary Schools, 1955-1960
*Lecturer (1960-1970) and professor (1970-1972) at the University of Besançon
*Professor at the University of Paris-XIII (Paris-Nord), 1972-1973.
*Professor at the University of Paris-IV (Paris-Sorbonne), 1973-1998.
*Emeritus professor since 1998
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__Editorial responsabilities__
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Member of the editing board of: ''Revue géographique de l'Est'' (1964-1972), ''L'Espace
Géographique'' (since 1972), ''Progress in Human Geography'' (1977-1986), ''Journal of
Historical Geography'' (1980-1986), ''Political Geography Quaterly'' (19881-1986),
''Urban Geography'' (1989- ), ''Geoforum'' (1989-2000),'' Tijdschrift voor economische en
sociale geografie'' (1990-2002), ''The Geojournal Library'' (1990- )''Erdkunde'' (1992- ),
''Annals, Association of the American Geographers ''(1992-1998).
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Director of ''Géographie et cultures'' (1992- 1998).
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In charge of geographical series for Presses Universitaires de France (1976-1986), Litec
(1968-1981). Director of ''Mémoires et documents de géographie'', Editions du CNRS
(1987-1994), L'Harmattan (1992-1998).
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__Internationl prices and awards__
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*Vautrin Lud Prize, 1996
*Doctor honoris causa of the Universities of Geneva (1980), Trieste (1997), Trente (1998), Buenos Aires (1999), Tsukuba (1999), Rome (2001) and Montréal (2008)
*Lauréat d'honneur of the International Geographical Union, 2004
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__Visits to foreign universities__
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*Invited professor at the Universities of Sherbrooke, Laval in Quebec City, Montreal, Minnesota, Federal da Bahia (Salvador, Brazil), National Taiwan Normal University, Amsterdam, Federal de Santa Catarina (Fortaleza, Brazil), Liège (Belgium), Tsukuba (Japan).
*Invited for a tour of lectures in British Universities by the S.S.R.C. and the Royal Geographical Society, 1980, French National Fellow in New Zealand, 1980.
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Lectures delivered in 71 foreign universities.