Franklin R. Ankersmit#
| Membership Number: | 2922 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2011 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1992 - 2010 full Professor for Philosophy of History and Intellectual History, History Department, Groningen University
- 1974 - 1992 Assistant-professor, History Department of Groningen University
- Founder and chief editor of the Journal of the Philosophy of History
Fields of Scholarship
- Philosophy of history
- Political philosophy
- Aesthetics
- Intellectual history
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Honorary Degree in the Humanities awarded by the University of Ghent
- 2009 Officer in the Order of Oranje-Nassau
- 2008 Socrates-award (for best Dutch-language book on philosophy of 2007)
- 1986 Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of the Sciences (KNAW)
