Erving Goffman - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

During his lifetime, Goffman was awarded a number of degrees and other honors:

  • Doctor of Laws (LL.D.), University of Manitoba, 1976
  • Guggenheim Fellowship, 1977–78
  • In Medias Res, International Prize for Communicating, 1978
  • Doctor of Hebrew Literature/Letters (D.H.L.), University of Chicago, 1979
  • Mead-Cooley Award in social psychology
  • Forms of Talk was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle award, 1981
  • 6th most cited intellectual in the humanities and social sciences by The Times Higher Education Guide
  • 73rd president of the American Sociological Association

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