Marie-Claire Foblets Explained

Marie-Claire, Baroness Foblets is a Belgian lawyer and anthropologist, who is currently Director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology^[1] and Professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.^[2] Her research interests are interculturalism, migration and minorities.^[3]

In 2004, she was awarded the Francqui Prize on Human Sciences for her research on anthropology.^[4] In 2016, the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven gave her an honorary degree.^[5] She is a member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences^[6] and an Honorary Professor of Law and Anthropology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.^[7]

Publications (selection)

• B. Saunder/ M. Foblets (Hrsg.): Changing genders in intercultural perspectives. Leuven University Press, Leuven 2002.
• Marie-Claire Foblets/Trutz von Throtha (Hrsg.): Healing the Wounds. Essays on the Reconstruction of Societies after War. Oxford: Hart Publishing 2004 (Oñati International Series in Law and Society).
• Marie-Claire Foblets/Alison Dundes Renteln (Hrsg.): Multicultural Jurisprudence. Comparative Perspectives on the Cultural Defense. Oxford: Hart Publishing 2009 (Oñati International Series in Law and Society).
• K. Alidadi/M. Foblets, M./J. Vrielink (Hrsg.): A Test of Faith? Religious Diversity and Accommodation in the European Workplace. Aldershot: Ashgate 2012.

External links

• Marie-Claire Foblets: "The Personal Law of Muslims in Europe: Which Law Applies?"
• Video on Marie-Claire Foblets's research (Latest Thinking)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Struktur. Structure. de. Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. 2020-09-18.
2. Gesprek met professor Marie-Claire Foblets. nl. Het Teken. 73. 8. March 2001. Conversation with professor Marie-Claire Foblets. KU Leuven.
3. Web site: Profile: Marie-Claire Foblets. Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. 2020-09-18.
4. Web site: 2004 – Rapport Jury Marie-Claire Foblets. Fondation Francqui - Stichting. 2020-09-18. fr,nl.
5. Web site: Honorary Degree for Prof. Dr. Marie-Claire Foblets. 29 September 2016. KU Leuven.
6. Web site: Marie-Claire Foblets, Prof. PhD. Mitglieder. Members. de. Saxon Academy of Sciences. 2020-09-18.
7. Web site: People. Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. 2020-09-18.