François Héran
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Born on May 18, 1953, in the town of Laon, Héran is a specialist on multilingualism. He has notably worked on such varied topics as: the so-called "sociability" of the French people; the various ways in which romantic couples come to form across various cultures; education; electoral participation; and immigration (especially on its implications for the future within the European Union).
Héran was elected in June 2017 by the board of the "College de France" as inaugural holder of its Migrations and Societies chair, holding the corresponding inaugural lecture on April 5, 2018. In January 2020, he was named by the Porte-Dorée palace as president of its Board of Orientational Advisors (a branch of its public outreach). Decorated starting in 1969 at just 16 years of age, he earned a laureate from the Zellidja Foundation for his studies in Egypt and in Libya; a knighthood in 2009 from the National Order of Merit, and a laureate in 2010 by the Dutch Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences in recognition of the ensemble of his body of work. Provided by Wikipedia