Honorary doctors at the Artistic Faculty
The University of Gothenburg has appointed honorary doctors since 1907. Originally, the idea was to honor people who did not have academic background but who in various ways had contributed to the University. Today, many of the honorary doctors have academic background – and it's still an expression of appreciated contributions to the university's activity.
2023
Liz Lerman is a choreographer, artist, author and teacher at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. Nominated 2021, by the Academy of Music and Drama.
2021
Trinh T. Minh-ha is a filmmaker, author, composer and professor in the graduate programme in the Rhetoric and Gender and Women’s Studies Departments at the University of California, Berkeley. Nominated by HDK-Valand.
Read more in news article from November 11, 2021: Lerman and Trinh new honorary doctors at the Artistic Faculty.
2020
David Dencik, actor. Nominated by the Academy of Music and Drama.
Dennis Atkinson, Professor emeritus at Goldsmiths, University, London and researcher within Visual Arts Education.
2019
Hito Steyerl, artist, filmmaker and Professor of Experimental Film and Video at the Berlin University of the Arts.
Thomas Ostermeier, theatre director and artistic director for the Schaubühne theatre in Berlin. Nominated by the Academy of Music and Drama.
2018
Tom Eccles, curator and director of Bard CCS, New York. Nominated by Akademin Valand.
Lena Willemark, folk music singer, Swedish national player (Riksspelman) and composer. Nominated by Academy for Music and Drama.
2017
Liz Wells, professor of Photographic Culture, at the University of Plymouth and internationally a central player in photography. Nominated by Akademin Valand.
Christian Zacharias, pianist and conductor. Nominated by Academy for Music and Drama.
2016
Karen Barad, PhD in theoretical partical physics and today professor at the Department of Feminist Studies, University of California, nominated by HDK - Academy of Design and Crafts.
Arve Henriksen, trumpet player. Nominated by the Academy of Music and Drama.
2015
Lois Keidan, Artist and co-founder and Director of the Live Art Development Agency, London, nominated by Valand Academy
2014
Björn Dahlström, designer and graphic designer, nominated by HDK - Academy of Design and Crafts.
2013
Helma Sanders-Brahms, film director, nominated by Valand Academy.
Liz Aggiss, performanceartist, choreographer, film maker and writer. Nominated by the Academy of Music and Drama.
2012
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor. Nominated by the Academy of Music and Drama.
Madeleine Gustafsson, Writer, nominated the Department of Literary Composition, Poetry and Prose.
Albert Paley, Artist, nominated by Steneby - School of Craft and Design.
Gert Z Nordström, Professor, nominated by the HDK - Academy of Design and Crafts.
2010
Kerala Johnson Snyder, Professor emerita at Rochester University, USA. Nominated by the Academy of Music and Drama.
Alexei Shulgin, Musician, contemporary artist.
2009
Kjell Ingebretsen, conductor. Nominated by the Academy of Music and Drama.
2008
Agnes Varda, Filmmaker, nominated by the School of Film Directing.
Jonathan Ive, Apple Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, nominated by the School of Design and Crafts.
2007
Madeleine Olsson Eriksson, President of the Board of Sten A. Olsson's Foundation for Research and Culture, nominated by the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts.
Joseph Backstein
Director and Curator at the Institute for Contemporary Art, Moscow, nominated by The Valand School of Fine Arts.
2006
Barbro Osher, Consul-General, San Francisco, nominated by the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts.
Tomas Söderberg, President of the Torsten Söderberg’s Foundation, nominated by the School of Design and Crafts.
2005
Monika Tunbäck-Hanson, Culture Journalist, Film Critic, nominated by the School of Film Directing.
Ingmar Lemhagen, Teacher, nominated by the Department of Literary Composition, Poetry and Prose.
2004
David Hargreaves, Professor and researcher in music pedagogy. Nominated by the School of Music (now called the Academy of Music and Drama).
Rut Jacobson, opera singer. Nominated by the School of Theatre and Opera (now called the Academy of Music and Drama).
2003
Eldrid Lunden, Authoress, nominated by the Department of Literary Composition, Poetry and Prose.
Sandra Ikse, Artist/Painter, nominated by the Valand School of Fine Arts.
Eva Bergman, Film Director, nominated by the School of Film Directing.
2000
Gert (Yat) Malmgren, dancer, drama pedagogue. Nominated by the School of Theatre and Opera (now called the Academy of Music and Drama).
Roy Andersson, Film Director, Author, nominated by the School of Film Directing.
1999
Herbert Blomstedt, Professor, conductor. Nominated by the School of Music (now called the Academy of Music and Drama).
Robert Frank, Photographer, nominated by the School of Photography.
1991
Neemi Järvi, conductor. Nominated by the School of Music (now called the Academy of Music and Drama).
1989
Astrid Sampe, Designer, nominated by the School of Design and Crafts.
Guido Vecchi, cellist. Nominated by the School of Music (now called the Academy of Music and Drama).