The International Academy Of Humanism

The International Academy of Humanism was established to recognize distinguished humanists and to disseminate humanistic ideals and beliefs. The members of the academy, listed below, (1) are devoted to free inquiry in all fields of human endeavor, (2) are committed to a scientific outlook and the use of the scientific method in acquiring knowledge, and (3) uphold humanist ethical values and principles.

The academy's goals include furthering respect for human rights, freedom, and the dignity of the individual; tolerance of various viewpoints and willingness to compromise; commitment to social justice; a universalistic perspective that transcends national, ethnic, religious, sexual, and racial barriers; and belief in a free and open pluralistic and democratic society.

Statement by the International Academy of Humanism, March 2012 »

Laureates of the International Academy of Humanism

1. Pieter Admiraal (MD—Netherlands)
2. Shulamit Aloni (Minister of Education—Israel)
3. Ruben Ardila (Univ. de Colombia—Colombia)
4. Margaret Atwood (author—Canada)
5. Etienne Baulieu (French Inst. of Health & Medical Rsch—France)
6. Baruj Benacerraf (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute—USA)
7. Jacques Bouveresse (Collège de France—France)
8. Paul D. Boyer (Univ. of California, Los Angeles—USA)
9. Mario Bunge (McGill Univ.—Canada)
10. Jean-Pierre Changeux (Collège de France—France)
11. Patricia Smith Churchland (Univ. of California, San Diego—USA)
12. Richard Dawkins (Oxford Univ.—UK)
13. José M. R. Delgado (Univ. of Madrid—Spain)
14. Daniel C. Dennett (Tufts University—USA)
15. Jean Dommanget (Royal Observatory—Belgium)
16. Ann Druyan (author, lecturer, producer—USA)
17. Umberto Eco (Univ. of Bologna—Italy)
18. Luc Ferry (Sorbonne—France)
19. Yves Galifret (Union Rationaliste—France)
20. Johan Galtung, (Univ. of Oslo—Norway)
21. Murray Gell-Mann (Nobel Laureate, Sante Fe Inst.—USA)
22. Rebecca Goldstein (philosopher and author, USA)
23. Adolf Grünbaum (Univ. of Pittsburgh—USA)
24. Jürgen Habermas (Univ. of Frankfurt—Germany)
25. Margherita Hack (astronomer, astrophysicist—Italy)
26. Alberto Hidalgo Tuñón (Univ. de Oviedo—Spain)
27. Donald Johanson (Inst. of Human Origins—USA)
28. George Klein (Karolinska Inst.—Sweden)
29. György Konrád (author—Hungary)
30. Sir Harold W. Kroto (University of Sussex—UK)
31. Ioanna Kuçuradi (FISP—Turkey)
32. Valerií A. Kuvakin (Moscow State Univ.—Russia)
33. Gerald A. Larue (Univ. of Southern California—USA)
34. Richard Leakey (activist and conservationist—Kenya)
35. Jean-Marie Lehn (Université Louis Pasteur—France)
36. Elizabeth Loftus (professor, Univ. of California/Irvine—USA)
37. Adam Michnik (author—Poland)
38. Jonathan Miller (OBE, MD, author—UK)
39. Taslima Nasrin (MD, author—Bangladesh)
40. Elaine Pagels (Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion, Princeton Univ.—USA)
41. Jean-Claude Pecker (Collège de France—France)
42. Steven Pinker (Harvard Univ.—USA)
43. Dennis Razis (MD—Greece)
44. Salman Rushdie (author, MIT—USA)
45. Fernando Savater (philosophy educator — Spain)
46. Peter Singer (Princeton Univ.—USA)
47. Jens C. Skou (Univ. of Aarhus—Denmark)
48. J. J. C. Smart (Australian National Univ.—Australia)
49. Wole Soyinka (Nobel Laureate, author—Nigeria)
50. Barbara Stanosz (Inst. “Ksia˛z·ka i Prasa”—Poland)
51. Jack Steinberger (physicist—Switzerland)
52. Thomas S. Szasz (State Univ. of New York—USA)
53. Sir Keith Thomas (Oxford Univ.—UK)
54. Rob Tielman (Univ. of Utrecht—Netherlands)
55. Lionel Tiger (Rutgers Univ.—USA)
56. Neil deGrasse Tyson (scientist, Hayden Planetarium—USA)
57. Mario Vargas Llosa (author—Perú)
58. Simone Veil (former president, European Parliament—France)
59. Mourad Wahba (Univ. of Ain Shams—Egypt)
60. James D. Watson (author, biologist—USA)
61. Steven Weinberg (Univ. of Texas, Austin—USA)
62. Harvey Weinstein (cofounder of Miramax—USA)
63. G. A. Wells (Univ. of London—UK)
64. Edward O. Wilson (Harvard Univ.—USA)

Recently Deceased

• Kurt Baier (Univ. of Pittsburgh—USA) d. 2010
• Sir Hermann Bondi (Churchill College—UK) d. 2005
• Elena Bonner (human rights advocate—Russia) d. 2011
• Vern Bullough (Univ. of Southern California—USA) d. 2005
• Arthur C. Clarke (author, Sri Lanka) d. 2008
• Bernard Crick (Univ. of London—UK) d. 2008
• Antony Flew (Reading Univ.—UK) d. 2010
• Betty Friedan (founder, NOW—USA) d. 2006
• Vitaly Ginzburg (Moscow State University—Russia) d. 2009
• Herbert Hauptman (Nobel Laureate, State Univ. of New York—USA) d. 2011
• Christopher Hitchens (author, lecturer—USA) d. 2011
• Sergei˘ Kapitza (Moscow Inst. of Physics and Technology—Russia) d. 2012
• Thelma Lavine (George Mason Univ.—USA) d. 2011
• José Leite Lopes (Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas—Brazil) d. 2006
• Paul MacCready (AeroVironment—USA) d. 2007
• Conor Cruise O’Brien (Univ. of Dublin—Ireland) d. 2008
• Marcel Roche (Inst. de Investigaciones Científicas—Venezuela) d. 2003
• Richard Rorty (Univ. of Virginia—USA) d. 2007
• Arthur Schlesinger Jr. (City Univ.—USA) d. 2007
• Svetozar Stojanovi´c (Univ. of Belgrade—Yugoslavia) d. 2010
• Gore Vidal (author—USA) d. 2012
• Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (author—USA) d. 2007

*Institutions listed for identification only.

Secretariat

• Stephen Law, Secretary (Heythrop College, University of London)
• Ann Druyan (author, lecturer, producer)
• Elizabeth Loftus (University of California/Irvine)
• Stephen Pinker (Harvard University)

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