Mary Douglas#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 56 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 1988 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Mary Douglas passed away May 16, 2007.
Positions Held
- 1981 - 1985 Avalon Professor of the Humanities, Northwestern University
- 1977 - 1981 Foundation Research Professor of Cultural Studies at the Russell Sage Foundation in New York
- 1970 - 1977 Professor of Social Anthropology, University College, London
Fields of Scholarship
- Social anthropology
- Anthropology
Honours and Awards
- 1986 Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Humanities at Uppsala University, Sweden
- 1989 the Gifford Lectures
- 1989 Elected Fellow of the British Academy
- 1992 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 2006 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
