Georges Nivat#
| Membership Number: | 786 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://nivat.free.fr/index.php |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1998 - 2010 President of the « Rencontres internationales de Genève» (succeeded to Jean Starobinski). Now Honorary president of the Rencontres
- 1998 - 2000 Former Director of the « Institut européen de l’Université de Genève »
- Since 2000 Honorary Professor
- 1972 - 2000 Full professor, University of Geneva (chair of Slavistics at the Faculté des Lettres)
- 1998 - 2000 Director of the Institut européen de l'Université de Genève
Fields of Scholarship
- Slavistic
Honours and Awards
- 1999 Literary Prize of the région Rhône-Alpes, Lyon
- Doctor Honoris causa of the Mohyla Academy in Kiev and of the Academy of Sciences – « Pushkinskij House », in St Petersburg
- Honorary Counsellor of the European University Saint-Petersburg
- Vernadsky Gold Medal of the National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine
- Russkaja Premiaj of the Eltsin Centre in Moscow
- Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur
- Pushkin medal
