Honorary doctorate degree

The honorary doctorate, an ancient university tradition, is zealously granted by our university to remarkable personalities, in the national and international scope, whose work and life honor culture, science and humanity; therefore, they shall receive public recognition from the academic community.

2016 - United States

Steve J. Stern

Outstanding American historian specialized in Latin American history, contemporary subjects and human rights. Within Latin American history, he is an expert in the colonial...

Outstanding American historian specialized in Latin American history, contemporary subjects and human rights. Within Latin American history, he is an expert in the colonial era, the Andes, Mexico and Chile / Southern area. His research addresses a large variety of subjects, but they often focus on the ways in which people face the problems of power and social conflicts in their societies. His research included: Amerindian responses to colonialism, gender relations, economic policy, social conformity and rebellion, and memories of trauma and political violence.

2016 - France

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Born in 1940  in Nice, Le Clézio is a novelist and essayist, and holds a PhD in Arts from the University of Nice. He...

Born in 1940  in Nice, Le Clézio is a novelist and essayist, and holds a PhD in Arts from the University of Nice. He has written over forty novels and essays, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2008.

2015 - Italy

Andrea Proto

Born in 1940 in Naples, Italy, he is considered one of the most distinguished Italian jurists in the field of procedural law, because of...

Born in 1940 in Naples, Italy, he is considered one of the most distinguished Italian jurists in the field of procedural law, because of his long and relevant career in academic research and teaching. Through his work, Professor Proto Pisani has transformed substantially and with much influence how to conceive and study procedural law in the contemporary international legal community.

2015 - France

Nathan Wachtel

Born  in 1935 in Metz, he is a French historian and anthropologist who has extensive international recognition as a specialist in colonial history of...

Born  in 1935 in Metz, he is a French historian and anthropologist who has extensive international recognition as a specialist in colonial history of Ibero America and Peru. Founder and director of the Ibero America Institute for Economic Research (CERMA, for its acronym in French), as well as founder and co-director of the History and Anthropology journal. PhD. Wachtel is considered the best specialist in Mesoamerican and South American societies. He has devoted his research to study the vision of the Spanish conquest by Peruvian indiginous people, from oral sources and written Inca sources in Castilian. He has helped to promote the historiographical renovation that emphasizes its focus on native populations during the Spanish conquest and colonization, and that seeks to identify the categories of those groups’ world view.

2015 - France

Dominique Wolton

French sociologist with broad international recognition for his contributions to the study of information and communication in the contemporary world. He has focused on...

French sociologist with broad international recognition for his contributions to the study of information and communication in the contemporary world. He has focused on the study of the relationship between communication, identity and culture. Within this general field of study, PhD. Wolton has carried out a complex work of deepening and understanding of various topics such as the media, public space and communication, the Internet,  the relationships between information and communication, among others.

2015 - Spain

Juan Terradillos

One of the most distinguished Spanish jurists in the field of criminal law, economic criminal law, business law and criminal labor law, areas of...

One of the most distinguished Spanish jurists in the field of criminal law, economic criminal law, business law and criminal labor law, areas of study to which he made important contributions, thanks to his studies of relevant topics , such as corporate crime, environmental crime, the relationship between forms of government and criminal law, and the relationship between migration, minorities and criminal law. The work of PhD. Terradillos enjoys wide recognition and influence in the Hispano-American area. His contributions are important parameters that  currently guide the Peruvian legal reflection regarding criminal law and its connection with other areas of law.

2014 - Poland

Krzysztof Penderecki

He is a Polish classical orchestral composer and director considered one of the most important artists in contemporary music. Krzysztof Penderecki developed a new...

He is a Polish classical orchestral composer and director considered one of the most important artists in contemporary music. Krzysztof Penderecki developed a new musical notation and writing technique, especially in voices, with resources such as shouting or whispering, and on strings, from which he extracted unique sounds

2014 - Italy

Giovanni Lobrano

Born  in 1944  in Sassari, Italy, he is full professor at the School of Jurisprudence of Università degli Studi di Sassari. He is a...

Born  in 1944  in Sassari, Italy, he is full professor at the School of Jurisprudence of Università degli Studi di Sassari. He is a prominent Italian jurist, who has made a prestigious teaching and academic research career in the fields of Roman law studies, civil law and comparative law.

2014 - United States

Martha Nussbaum

Born  in 1947 in New York, USA. Ph.D. by Harvard University, she is a leading American philosopher, who has made a prestigious teaching and...

Born  in 1947 in New York, USA. Ph.D. by Harvard University, she is a leading American philosopher, who has made a prestigious teaching and academic research career in the fields of Greek and Roman philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of law and ethics.

2014 - Italy

Pierangelo Catalano

Born in 1936  in Turin, Italy, and graduated from the University of Turin, he is a prominent italian jurist, who has made a prestigious...

Born in 1936  in Turin, Italy, and graduated from the University of Turin, he is a prominent italian jurist, who has made a prestigious teaching and academic research career providing continuous contribution to the development of legal sciences in the fields of Roman law and comparative civil law.