André Hurst

André Hurst

Born in 1940, in Geneva, Hellenist, professeur and former Rector of the [http://www.unige.ch/index.html 'University of Geneva] , André Hurst is the author of books and articles mainly covering the domains of Greek Epics and ancient theatre; he has also been involved in the editions of papyri. For all his publications, see the [http://www.unige.ch/lettres/antic/greek/public1.html Publication List] .

He has been, successively, visiting professor at McGill University (Montreal), Babes-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) , Université de Lausanne (Switzerland) and Ecole Normale Supérieure, rue d’Ulm (Paris), as well as member of the senior common room at St John’s College Oxford; for eight years he held the chairmanship of the « Société académique de Genève » a private research fund, and was, for twelve years, in charge of collaborations of the University of Geneva with central and eastern European universities.

Also active in the musical life of Geneva (as evidenced by his presidency of the [http://www.cmusge.ch/cmg/fr/default.asp Conservatoire de musique de Genève] ), he is the instigator and co-founder of the " [http://www.wkdialogue.ch World Knowledge Dialogue] ". He presides the "WKD" Foundation.

Distinctions: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Babeş-Bolyai in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), 'Commander' of the Order of Merit of Romania, 'Officer' of the Order of Academic Palms of France.