Bhikhu Parekh#
Membership Number: | 2627 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
Elected: | 2009 |
Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Westminster and Emeritus Professor, University of Hull
- 2001- Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Westminster and Emeritus Professor, University of Hull University of Westminster
- 1982-2000 Professor of Political Theory University of Hull
- 2001-2003 Centennial Professor London School of Economics and Political Science
- 2002-2009 Professor of Political Philosophy University of Westminster
Fields of Scholarship
- Scotland
- Political Theory
- Wales
- Political History
- Philosophy
- Political Studies
- England
Honours and Awards
- 1988 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1988
- 1999 Fellow of the Academy of Learned Societies in the Social Sciences in 1999
- 2000 A life peer as Baron Parekh, of Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire
- 2002 the Sir Isaiah Berlin Prize for lifetime contribution to political philosophy by the Political Studies Association
- 2003 Fellow of the British Academy in 2003
- 2003 Honorary doctorate by the University of Essex
- 2006 the Distinguished Global Thinker Award by the India International Centre Delhi
- 2006 the Distinguished Global Thinker Award by the India International Centre Delhi
- 2007 the Padma Bhushan Award by the Government of India
- 2011 Honorary degree of Doctor of Social Sciences from Nottingham Trent University
- 2011 Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy from Edge Hill University