Founder Daisaku Ikeda

Founder Daisaku Ikeda

Born in 1928 in Tokyo. Daisaku Ikeda (1928–2023) was third president of Soka Gakkai, honorary president of Soka Gakkai and the founding president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI). Ikeda has founded a number of institutions such as Soka University, Soka University of America, Soka School System, the Min-On Concert Association, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, the Institute of Oriental Philosophy, and the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research. Ikeda has held numerous dialogues with learned individuals from around the world, helping to further movements relating to peace, culture, and education. In addition, to the United Nations Peace Prize, Ikeda has received more than 409 academic honors from universities and academic institutions around the world, including Moscow State University, the University of Glasgow, the University of Denver, and Peking University, as well as numerous awards such as Poet Laureate, World People’s Poet, World Poet Laureate Award, and World Peace Poet.

Ikeda has written novels such as The Human Revolution (12 volumes), The New Human Revolution (31 volumes), and has also published numerous dialogues in book form. These include Choose Life: A Dialogue (with Arnold J. Toynbee), Moral Lessons of the Twentieth Century (with Mikhail Gorbachev), The Wisdom of Tolerance: A Philosophy of Generosity and Peace (with Abdurrahman Wahid), and Planetary Citizenship: Your Values, Beliefs and Actions Can Shape a Sustainable World (with Hazel Henderson).

Daisaku Ikeda

Honorary academic titles from around the world

Honorary academic title bestowed on the founder

1975-1997

Award Date Country/region name Name of the awarding organization Title Name
May 27, 1975 Russia (former Soviet Union) Moscow State University Honorary Doctorate
April 10, 1981 Peru National University of San Marcos Professor Emeritus
May 21, 1981 Bulgaria Sofia University Honorary Doctorate
June 5, 1984 China Peking University Professor Emeritus
June 9, 1984 China Fudan University Professor Emeritus
February 10, 1987 dominican republic Autonomous University of Santo Domingo Professor Emeritus
March 1, 1990 Argentina University of Buenos Aires Honorary Doctorate
March 10, 1990 Mexico University of Guanajuato Honorary Doctorate
November 3, 1990 China Wuhan University Professor Emeritus
January 30, 1991 China (Macau) University of Macau (formerly University of East Asia, Macau) Professor Emeritus
April 21, 1991 Philippines University of the Philippines Honorary Doctor of Laws
May 15, 1991 Argentina University of Palermo Honorary Doctorate
January 30, 1992 China (Hong Kong) The Chinese University of Hong Kong Visiting Professor
June 24, 1992 Türkiye Ankara University Honorary Doctorate
October 14, 1992 China Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Emeritus Research Professor
December 22, 1992 Kenya University of Nairobi Honorary Doctor of Letters
February 11, 1993 Brazil Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Honorary Doctorate
February 17, 1993 Argentina National University of Lomas de Zamora Honorary Doctorate
February 17, 1993 Argentina Faculty of Law National University of Lomas de Zamora Professor Emeritus
February 19, 1993 Argentina National University of Cordoba Honorary Doctorate
February 22, 1993 Paraguay Faculty of Philosophy, National University of Asuncion Honorary Doctorate
February 26, 1993 Brazil University of Sao Paulo Honorary Visiting Professor
March 1, 1993 Brazil Federal University of Parana Honorary Doctorate
March 3, 1993 Bolivia University of Bahria Honorary Doctorate
November 4, 1993 China Shenzhen University Professor Emeritus
January 6, 1994 China Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum Professor Emeritus
May 19, 1994 Russia International University of Japan Honorary Doctorate
June 1, 1994 Italy University of Bologna Honorary Doctorate
June 15, 1994 England University of Glasgow Honorary Doctorate
August 12, 1994 China Xinjiang University Professor Emeritus
November 22, 1994 China Xiamen University Professor Emeritus
September 30, 1995 South Africa University of the North Honorary Doctor of Education
November 3, 1995 Nepal Tribhuvan University Honorary Doctor of Letters
November 14, 1995 China (Macau) University of Macau Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences
March 14, 1996 China (Hong Kong) University of Hong Kong Honorary Doctor of Letters
April 2, 1996 China Xinjiang University Honorary President
June 8, 1996 America University of Denver Honorary Doctor of Education
June 25, 1996 Cuba University of Havana Honorary Doctor of Letters
August 29, 1996 Ghana University of Ghana Honorary Doctor of Laws
November 2, 1996 Russia Far Eastern Federal University (formerly the Far Eastern University) Honorary Doctorate
November 17, 1996 China Sun Yat-sen University Professor Emeritus
February 20, 1997 China Jilin University Professor Emeritus
March 18, 1997 Philippines De La Salle University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
May 5, 1997 Sri Lanka University of Kelaniya Honorary Doctor of Letters
May 12, 1997 China Shanghai University Professor Emeritus
October 6, 1997 China Inner Mongolia University Professor Emeritus
November 8, 1997 Mongolia National University of Mongolia Honorary Doctor of Humanities

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1998-2000

Award Date Country/region name Name of the awarding organization Title Name
February 11, 1998 Philippines Manila City University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
March 18, 1998 Argentina Moron University Honorary Doctorate
April 2, 1998 Russia High Energy Physics Laboratory Honorary Doctorate
April 29, 1998 Brazil Rio de Janeiro State University Honorary Doctorate
May 15, 1998 South Korea Kyung Hee University Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
July 4, 1998 South Korea Chungcheong University Professor Emeritus
July 24, 1998 Peru Ricardo Palma University Honorary Doctorate
July 24, 1998 Peru Doctor of Education Association Honorary Doctorate
November 1, 1998 China Yanbian University Professor Emeritus
November 25, 1998 China Nankai University Professor Emeritus
November 30, 1998 Brazil University of the North Honorary Doctorate
December 13, 1998 India University of Delhi Honorary Doctor of Letters
January 15, 1999 Argentina University of Flores Honorary Doctorate
April 5, 1999 China Sichuan University Professor Emeritus
April 17, 1999 Peru Federico Villarreal National University Honorary Doctorate
May 17, 1999 South Korea Jeju National University Honorary Doctor of Letters
June 12, 1999 Bolivia Private University of Santa Cruz de la Sierra Honorary Doctorate
July 24, 1999 China Tohoku University Professor Emeritus
August 24, 1999 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan University of Oriental Languages and Cultures Professor Emeritus
September 4, 1999 Peru National University of Peru Honorary Doctorate
September 10, 1999 China Hunan Normal University Professor Emeritus
October 25, 1999 Argentina Department of Sociology, National University of Lomas de Zamora Professor Emeritus
October 27, 1999 Argentina National University of Comau Honorary Doctorate
December 16, 1999 China Nanjing University Professor Emeritus
January 6, 2000 Russia St. Petersburg University Honorary Doctorate
January 15, 2000 America Delaware University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
January 18, 2000 America Queens College, City University of New York Honorary Doctor of Humanities
January 28, 2000 America University of Guam Honorary Doctor of Humanities
February 5, 2000 Philippines Angeles University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
February 8, 2000 China Minzu University of China Professor Emeritus
February 19, 2000 China Guangdong University of Foreign Studies Professor Emeritus
February 27, 2000 Argentina Nordeste National University Honorary Doctorate
March 10, 2000 China Northeast Normal University Honorary Doctorate
March 21, 2000 Sakha Republic, Russia Yakutsk University Professor Emeritus
April 17, 2000 El Salvador Latin American Institute of Technology Honorary Doctorate
April 22, 2000 China Inner Mongolia Academy of Arts Professor Emeritus
April 24, 2000 India Sanskrit Education Institute Honorary Doctorate
May 5, 2000 Mongolia Mongolian Literature and Society University (formerly Mongolian Literature University) Honorary President
May 11, 2000 China Beijing School of Public Administration Professor Emeritus
June 27, 2000 China Yunnan University Professor Emeritus
August 25, 2000 China South China Normal University Professor Emeritus
August 26, 2000 India Bundelkhand University Honorary Doctor of Letters
September 1, 2000 Venezuela Suria University Honorary Doctorate
September 13, 2000 Panama University of Panama Honorary Doctorate
October 15, 2000 India Bundelkhand University, School of Social Sciences Honorary Doctor of Letters
November 5, 2000 Thailand Siam University Honorary Doctor of Public Administration
November 13, 2000 Tonga Tonga National University of Education, Science and Technology Lifetime Professor Emeritus
November 24, 2000 Australia University of Sydney Honorary Doctor of Letters
November 29, 2000 Malaysia Putra University Honorary Doctor of Letters
December 7, 2000 China (Hong Kong) The Chinese University of Hong Kong Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences
December 25, 2000 Mongolia Mongolian National University of Culture and Arts Honorary Doctorate

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2001-2003

Award Date Country/region name Name of the awarding organization Title Name
January 20, 2001 India V.B.S. Purvanchal University Honorary Doctor of Letters
February 16, 2001 China Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences Professor Emeritus
April 2, 2001 China Northwestern University Professor Emeritus
April 28, 2001 China Anhui University Professor Emeritus
May 8, 2001 US/Puerto Rico Carlos Albizu University Honorary Doctor of Behavioral Sciences
May 14, 2001 Mongolia Karakoram University Honorary Doctorate
June 1, 2001 China Fujian Normal University Professor Emeritus
June 14, 2001 China Huaqiao University Professor Emeritus
July 14, 2001 China Jinan University Professor Emeritus
July 19, 2001 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands University Professor Emeritus
October 5, 2001 China Soochow University Professor Emeritus
October 23, 2001 China Liaoning Normal University Professor Emeritus
October 27, 2001 Philippines University of Southern Philippines Honorary Doctor of Humanities
November 18, 2001 China Guangzhou University Professor Emeritus
December 8, 2001 South Korea Gyeongju National University Professor Emeritus
December 15, 2001 South Korea Changwon National University Honorary Doctor of Education
December 20, 2001 Kazakhstan International Kazakh-Turkish University Professor Emeritus
February 15, 2002 dominican republic Santiago Polytechnic University Honorary Doctorate
February 20, 2002 Uzbekistan National University of Fine Arts Professor Emeritus
March 9, 2002 China Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences Principal Research Professor
March 14, 2002 Philippines Araneta University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
March 19, 2002 Cambodia Royal University of Phnom Penh Professor Emeritus
April 1, 2002 China Liaoning University Professor Emeritus
April 7, 2002 America Morehouse College Honorary Doctor of Humanities
April 21, 2002 China Qingdao University Professor Emeritus
April 27, 2002 India Chhatrapati Shahji Maharaj University Honorary Doctor of Letters
May 18, 2002 Kenya Kenyatta University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
May 25, 2002 China Heilongjiang Provincial Academy of Social Sciences Professor Emeritus
June 8, 2002 Russia Moscow State University Professor Emeritus
June 23, 2002 China Nanjing Normal University Professor Emeritus
June 28, 2002 South Korea Seorabeol University Professor Emeritus
August 26, 2002 India Himachal Pradesh University Honorary Doctor of Letters
September 28, 2002 China Renmin University of China Professor Emeritus
October 6, 2002 China University of Science and Technology of China Professor Emeritus
November 2, 2002 China Zhejiang University Professor Emeritus
November 20, 2002 Mongolia Shikhotog University of Law Honorary Doctorate
November 28, 2002 Ukraine Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics Honorary Doctorate
December 2, 2002 South Korea East Asia University Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
December 12, 2002 China Shanghai International Studies University Professor Emeritus
December 21, 2002 China Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Professor Emeritus
January 18, 2003 India Bharathidassan University Honorary Doctor of Letters
February 23, 2003 Peru National University of Piura Honorary Doctorate
March 24, 2003 Taiwan Chinese Culture University Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
April 15, 2003 China Dalian Foreign Language Institute Professor Emeritus
April 19, 2003 Paraguay University of Colombia del Paraguay Honorary Doctor of Sociology
September 27, 2003 Peru Jorge Basadre Gromann National University Honorary Doctorate
October 8, 2003 China Northwestern Normal University Professor Emeritus
October 18, 2003 South Korea Gwangju Women's University Professor Emeritus
October 24, 2003 China Shanghai Jiao Tong University Professor Emeritus
December 16, 2003 America Chapman University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
December 24, 2003 China Chokei Academy Professor Emeritus

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2004-2006

Award Date Country/region name Name of the awarding organization Title Name
January 10, 2004 Sakha Republic, Russia Arctic Culture and Arts National University Professor Emeritus
February 24, 2004 India Rabindra Bharati University Honorary Doctor of Letters
February 28, 2004 America Mineral Area College Professor Emeritus of Humanities
March 19, 2004 China National Prosecutor's Academy Professor Emeritus
March 29, 2004 Taiwan Pingtung University of Science and Technology Honorary Doctor of Agriculture
April 1, 2004 Republic of Buryatia, Russia Buryat State University Professor Emeritus
April 14, 2004 Brazil State University of Londrina Honorary Doctorate
May 5, 2004 Bolivia San Francisco
Javier de Chuquisaca University
Honorary Doctorate
May 29, 2004 China China University of Petroleum Professor Emeritus
June 6, 2004 Philippines Capitol University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
June 26, 2004 China Shanghai Sugita College Professor Emeritus
July 22, 2004 Jordan University of Jordan Honorary Doctor of Humanities
September 20, 2004 Mexico University of Guadalajara Honorary Doctorate
September 26, 2004 China Fujian Academy of Social Sciences Professor Emeritus
October 3, 2004 China Changchun University Professor Emeritus
October 16, 2004 China Qufu Normal University Professor Emeritus
November 4, 2004 Kyrgyzstan Osh State University Professor Emeritus
November 23, 2004 South Korea Baekje University of Arts Professor Emeritus
December 17, 2004 Mongolia Otgontenger University Honorary Doctorate
January 21, 2005 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands University Honorary President
January 22, 2005 Peru Enrique Guzman y Baye
National University of Education
Honorary Doctorate
February 20, 2005 Belarus Minsk State Linguistic University Professor Emeritus
March 19, 2005 Philippines Batangas State University Honorary Doctor of Education
April 1, 2005 China Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Professor Emeritus
April 29, 2005 Paraguay National University of Itapua Honorary Doctorate
May 7, 2005 China Beijing Language and Culture University Professor Emeritus
May 27, 2005 Brazil State Cornelius Procopio
College of Philosophy, Science and Letters
Honorary Doctorate
June 17, 2005 China Central China Normal University Professor Emeritus
July 14, 2005 China Guangxi Normal University Professor Emeritus
September 16, 2005 Mongolia Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law, Mongolian Academy of Sciences Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
September 18, 2005 Vietnam National University of Hanoi Honorary Doctorate
October 8, 2005 China East China University of Science and Technology Professor Emeritus
October 12, 2005 Serbia Brača Caric University Honorary Doctorate
December 20, 2005 Russia Security/defense/public order issues
Academy
Professor
December 21, 2005 India Symbiosis International Education University Honorary Doctor of Letters
January 23, 2006 Russia Ural State University Honorary Doctorate
February 8, 2006 Laos National University of Laos Professor Emeritus of Humanities
March 16, 2006 Philippines Pampanga State Agricultural University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
April 3, 2006 China Hunan University Professor Emeritus
April 28, 2006 Ukraine Kyiv National Polytechnic University of Ukraine Honorary Doctorate
May 5, 2006 China East China Normal University Professor Emeritus
May 22, 2006 China Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts Professor Emeritus
May 29, 2006 India Tagore International University Honorary Doctor of Letters
June 2, 2006 China Southwestern University of Political Science and Law Professor Emeritus
June 6, 2006 America Southern Illinois University
Carbondale campus
Honorary Doctor of Humanities
June 8, 2006 America Los Angeles
Southwest University
Professor Emeritus
June 16, 2006 China Shaoguan College Professor Emeritus
June 17, 2006 South Korea Toshin University Honorary Doctor of Public Administration
July 3, 2006 Thailand Maejo University Honorary Doctor of Management
September 22, 2006 Brazil Catholic University of Economics of Bahia Honorary Doctorate
October 7, 2006 China Beijing Normal University Professor Emeritus
November 24, 2006 Philippines Rizal System University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
December 8, 2006 China Dalian University of Technology Professor Emeritus

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2007-2009

Award Date Country/region name Name of the awarding organization Title Name
February 6, 2007 South Korea Dongzhou University Professor Emeritus
February 26, 2007 China Guizhou University Professor Emeritus
March 13, 2007 Russia Baikal State University of Economics and Law Professor Emeritus
March 20, 2007 Venezuela Rafael Belloso Chacin University Honorary Doctorate
March 20, 2007 Venezuela Santa Maria University Honorary Doctor of Laws
March 23, 2007 Italy University of Palermo Honorary Doctorate in Communication
April 2, 2007 Brazil Brazilian Academy of Philosophy Honorary Doctorate
April 17, 2007 America University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Honorary Doctor of Humanities
April 18, 2007 China Harbin Engineering University Professor Emeritus
April 29, 2007 Brazil Federal University of Mato Grosso del Sur Honorary Doctorate
May 5, 2007 China Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences Professor Emeritus
May 28, 2007 Taiwan Nantan University of Science and Technology Honorary Doctor of Engineering
May 31, 2007 Russia Russian State University for the Humanities Honorary Doctorate
June 23, 2007 Peru National Santa University Honorary Doctorate
July 5, 2007 Sakha Republic, Russia Yakutsk State Agricultural Academy Professor Emeritus
July 9, 2007 Russia Far Eastern National Technical University Professor Emeritus
September 13, 2007 Philippines National University of the Southeastern Philippines Honorary Doctor of Education
October 6, 2007 China Shaanxi Normal University Professor Emeritus
October 8, 2007 Mexico Integrated Humanities University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
October 10, 2007 Brazil Inga University Professor Emeritus
October 21, 2007 China China Youth Political Academy Professor Emeritus
October 24, 2007 Mongolia Mongolian National University of Education Honorary Doctorate
November 30, 2007 China Wenzhou Medical College Professor Emeritus
December 17, 2007 China Shanghai Normal University Lifetime Professor Emeritus
January 19, 2008 dominican republic Autonomous University of Santo Domingo Honorary Doctorate
January 21, 2008 Taiwan Yunlin University of Science and Technology Honorary Doctor of Management
January 26, 2008 Philippines Laguna State Polytechnic University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
March 1, 2008 China Hunan University of Science and Technology Professor Emeritus
March 21, 2008 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan National University Honorary Doctorate
March 31, 2008 China Kao Gakuin Professor Emeritus
April 2, 2008 Russia Tolstoy Tula State Pedagogical University Professor Emeritus
April 16, 2008 China Hebei University Professor Emeritus
May 4, 2008 China Yan'an University Tenured Professor
May 30, 2008 China Liaodong Academy Lifetime Professor Emeritus
June 2, 2008 China Changchun University of Technology Professor Emeritus
June 17, 2008 Brazil University of Anhaangueira Honorary Doctorate
June 20, 2008 Brazil Italo University Honorary Doctorate
July 10, 2008 Philippines Benguet State University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
July 22, 2008 Taiwan Souyu Technical College Professor Emeritus
July 24, 2008 Taiwan Tainan University of Applied Science and Technology (formerly Tainan University of Science and Technology) Professor Emeritus
September 18, 2008 Philippines Ifugao State University of Agriculture and Forestry Honorary Doctor of Education
October 11, 2008 Philippines Manila City University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
October 29, 2008 Mongolia Mongolian National University of Science and Technology Honorary Doctor of Humanities
December 3, 2008 China Dalian University Professor Emeritus
January 19, 2009 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan National University of Arts Professor Emeritus
February 24, 2009 Malaysia Open University of Malaysia Honorary Doctor of Humanities
March 16, 2009 Bolivia Aquino University of Bolivia Honorary Doctorate
March 21, 2009 Denmark University of Southern Denmark Honorary Doctorate
April 2, 2009 South Korea Korea Maritime University Professor
April 10, 2009 Kyrgyzstan Issyk-Kul State University Professor Emeritus
April 17, 2009 China Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Professor Emeritus
April 24, 2009 China Henan Normal University Professor Emeritus
May 18, 2009 England Queen's University Belfast Honorary Doctorate
May 28, 2009 China Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics Professor Emeritus
June 29, 2009 Philippines Southern Luzon State University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
July 16, 2009 Brazil Federal University of Hondonia Honorary Doctorate
September 4, 2009 South Korea Hongik University Honorary Doctor of Letters
September 24, 2009 China (Macau) Asia (Macau) International Open University Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
September 26, 2009 Brazil Marañon School of Public Policy Professor Emeritus
September 28, 2009 Brazil Silva e Souza Integrated University Honorary Doctor of Architecture/Urban Engineering
October 10, 2009 Indonesia University of Indonesia Honorary Doctor of Philosophy and Peace
October 14, 2009 China Zhongkai Agricultural Engineering College Professor Emeritus
October 25, 2009 China Dalian University of Technology Professor Emeritus
October 28, 2009 Sakha Republic, Russia Yakutsk First Pedagogical College Professor Emeritus
November 1, 2009 China Southwest Jiaotong University Professor Emeritus
November 6, 2009 China Xi'an Polytechnic University Professor Emeritus
November 23, 2009 China Ningxia University Lifetime Professor Emeritus
December 8, 2009 Taiwan Yuda University of Business and Technology Professor Emeritus
December 15, 2009 Mexico Enrique Diaz de Leon University Honorary Doctorate
December 23, 2009 China Xi'an Peika University Professor Emeritus

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2010-2012

Award Date Country/region name Name of the awarding organization Title Name
January 15, 2010 Guam Guam Community College Professor Emeritus
January 27, 2010 China Anhui University of Science and Technology Professor Emeritus
February 24, 2010 Uzbekistan Institute of Arts, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan Honorary Doctorate
February 27, 2010 China Xi'an Foreign Affairs University Professor Emeritus
March 10, 2010 China Guangdong Business School Professor Emeritus
March 16, 2010 Venezuela Bicentenarian University of Aragua Honorary Doctor of Education
March 16, 2010 Venezuela Bicentenarian University of Aragua Professor Emeritus
March 21, 2010 China Xi'an Jiaotong University Professor Emeritus
March 26, 2010 Philippines Ramon Magsaysay Technological University Professor Emeritus
April 2, 2010 Armenia Yerevan State Academy of Arts Honorary Doctorate
April 5, 2010 China Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences Professor Emeritus
April 15, 2010 China Xinjiang Medical University Professor Emeritus
April 15, 2010 China Guangxi University of the Arts Lifetime Professor Emeritus
April 20, 2010 China Shaoxing University of Literature and Science Professor Emeritus
May 4, 2010 Canada Laval University Honorary Doctor of Education
May 13, 2010 China Tsinghua University Professor Emeritus
May 28, 2010 China Beijing City College Professor Emeritus
June 8, 2010 China Ningbo University Professor Emeritus
June 9, 2010 China Zhejiang Ocean University Professor Emeritus
June 28, 2010 America George Mason University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
July 2, 2010 Taiwan National Taiwan University of Arts Professor Emeritus
July 29, 2010 Taiwan National University of Kaohsiung Professor Emeritus
August 2, 2010 Malaysia University of Malaya Honorary Doctor of Humanities
August 17, 2010 Kyrgyzstan Osh Humanities and Educational University Professor Emeritus
August 17, 2010 Kyrgyzstan Osh Agricultural University Professor Emeritus
September 8, 2010 Chile Pedro de Valdivia University Honorary Doctorate
October 9, 2010 Philippines Southern Mindanao University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
November 21, 2010 America University of Massachusetts Boston Honorary Doctor of Humanities
November 29, 2010 Brazil Federal University of Education, Science and Technology of Amazonas Honorary Doctorate
December 1, 2010 China Dalian Maritime University Professor Emeritus
December 3, 2010 Brazil Sao Paulo Metropolitan University Professor Emeritus
December 10, 2010 Brazil Federal University of Mato Grosso Honorary Doctorate
December 22, 2010 Taiwan National Huwei University of Science and Technology Honorary Doctor of Engineering
December 23, 2010 South Korea Konyang University Honorary Doctor of Business Administration
January 29, 2011 China (Macau) Macau Polytechnic University Professor Emeritus
March 2, 2011 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz-Russian Educational Academy Professor Emeritus
May 18, 2011 China (Macau) Macau University of Science and Technology Professor Emeritus
May 26, 2011 China Hainan Normal University Professor Emeritus
July 12, 2011 South Korea Chungju National University Honorary Doctor of Business Administration
July 29, 2011 Philippines Pangasinan State University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
September 17, 2011 South Korea Pukyong National University Honorary Doctorate in International Regional Studies
September 25, 2011 Zambia University of Zambia Honorary Doctor of Laws
October 13, 2011 Philippines Central Luzon State University Lifetime Professor Emeritus
October 20, 2011 China Ikuoka University Professor Emeritus
October 25, 2011 England University of Buckingham Honorary Doctor of Letters
November 9, 2011 China Jimei University Professor Emeritus
November 18, 2011 Russia Russian State University of Trade and Economics Honorary Doctorate
December 14, 2011 Uzbekistan Termez State University Professor Emeritus
January 12, 2012 China Central University of Finance and Economics Professor Emeritus
March 14, 2012 Kyrgyzstan K. Karasaev Bishkek Humanities University Honorary Doctorate
March 21, 2012 Philippines Bataan Peninsula State University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
March 28, 2012 Bolivia Santa Cruz Technological University Honorary Doctorate
April 11, 2012 Taiwan Taipei Maritime Technology College Professor Emeritus
May 6, 2012 Peru Peruvian University of Technology Honorary Doctorate
May 6, 2012 Peru Faculty of Law, Political Science and International Relations, Polytechnic University of Peru Professor Emeritus
May 8, 2012 China Guizhou Normal University Professor Emeritus
June 5, 2012 Taiwan National Taiwan Normal University Professor Emeritus
June 13, 2012 China Bohai University Professor Emeritus
September 12, 2012 Canada University of Guelph Honorary Doctorate
September 22, 2012 Brazil Don Bosco University Honorary Doctorate
October 24, 2012 Kazakhstan Kazakh National University Professor Emeritus
November 28, 2012 Venezuela Tachira National University of Practice Honorary Doctorate

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2013-2015

Award Date Country/region name Name of the awarding organization Title Name
February 20, 2013 Bolivia University of Pando Amazonica Honorary Doctorate
February 27, 2013 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz-Chinese University of Humanities and Economics Professor Emeritus
March 15, 2013 Philippines National University of Nueva Vizcaya Honorary Doctor of Humanities
April 22, 2013 South Africa University of KwaZulu-Natal Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences
August 14, 2013 Thailand Thammasat University Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
September 22, 2013 Armenia Yerevan State University Honorary Doctorate
October 4, 2013 Philippines Aklan State University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
October 8, 2013 China Dalian Academy of Arts Professor Emeritus
November 6, 2013 Peru University of Las Americas, Peru Honorary Doctorate
November 15, 2013 Mongolia University of Humanities Honorary Doctor of Humanities
November 22, 2013 Russia Pushkin State Russian Language Institute Honorary Doctorate
February 21, 2014 Argentina Villamaria National University Professor Emeritus
March 19, 2014 India Satyendra Narayan Sinha Institute of Management Professor Emeritus
April 24, 2014 Philippines Isabela State University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
May 16, 2014 China Tianjin Foreign Studies University Professor Emeritus
May 22, 2014 Peru National Institute of Technology Professor Emeritus
July 16, 2014 China Harbin Normal University Professor Emeritus
September 16, 2014 Russia Sakha Yakutsk Pedagogical College Professor Emeritus
September 30, 2014 Philippines University of the East Honorary Doctor of Humanities
October 17, 2014 China Nanjing University of Science and Technology Professor Emeritus
November 6, 2014 Russia Peoples' Friendship University of Russia Honorary Doctorate
February 25, 2015 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Russian-Slavic University Honorary Doctorate
April 18, 2015 India Madurai Institute of Social Sciences Professor Emeritus of Sociology
May 4, 2015 South Korea North Korean Graduate School Honorary Professor
May 28, 2015 China Foshan University of Science and Technology Professor Emeritus
June 16, 2015 Bolivia Beni Autonomous University Honorary Doctorate
June 18, 2015 Brazil Castelo Branco University Honorary Doctorate
September 20, 2015 South Korea Kyungnam University Honorary Doctor of Education
November 19, 2015 Taiwan Jiankuo University of Science and Technology Lifetime Professor Emeritus
November 29, 2015 India Jagran Lake City University Honorary Doctor of Humanities

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2016 - Present

Award Date Country/region name Name of the awarding organization Title Name
January 22, 2016 India Barkatullah University, Bhopal Honorary Doctor of Letters
March 12, 2016 Kyrgyzstan Uzgen Technical and Pedagogical University Honorary Doctorate
August 23, 2016 Argentina National University of Tucuman Honorary Doctorate
December 28, 2016 America DePaul University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
March 28, 2017 Brazil Federal University of Akure Honorary Doctorate
June 22, 2017 China Hunan University of Technology Professor Emeritus
August 21, 2017 Peru National University of San Marcos Honorary Doctorate
August 24, 2017 Brazil University of Valencia Honorary Doctorate
October 10, 2017 Japan-Paraguay Relations Japanese University Honorary Doctor of Education
November 9, 2017 China Hubei University Professor Emeritus
January 25, 2018 Spain University of Alcala Honorary Doctor of Education
February 24, 2018 Argentina University of Cuenca del Plata Honorary Doctorate
March 2, 2018 Taiwan Chihri University of Science and Technology Professor Emeritus
March 3, 2018 Brazil Jacarepagua Integrated University Professor Emeritus
April 18, 2018 Argentina University of Tierra del Fuego Honorary Doctorate
June 13, 2018 Brazil Federal University of Paraiba Honorary Doctorate
June 21, 2018 Philippines Cagayan State University Honorary Doctor of Humanities
July 30, 2018 Taiwan Chinese University Professor Emeritus
October 23, 2018 China Beijing Film Academy Professor Emeritus
October 29, 2018 China Huaiyin Normal College Professor Emeritus
October 31, 2018 Argentina Eastern University Honorary Doctorate
June 11, 2019 Venezuela Central University of Venezuela Honorary Doctorate
August 2, 2019 Brazil Federal University of Sergipe Honorary Doctorate
August 21, 2019 Brazil Federal University of Amazonas Honorary Doctorate
August 24, 2019 Brazil Federal University of Pernambuco Honorary Doctorate
September 15, 2019 Argentina National University of Jujuy Professor Emeritus
September 23, 2019 India Manav Rachana University Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
October 31, 2019 Uzbekistan National University of Uzbekistan Honorary Doctorate
November 7, 2019 China Changchun Normal University Professor Emeritus
November 21, 2019 India Jaipur National University Honorary Doctorate
November 22, 2019 India Xavier University Honorary Doctorate
February 27, 2020 Philippines Mindanao State University Honorary Doctorate in Educational Management
November 17, 2020 Brazil Federal University of Piauí Honorary Doctorate
December 4, 2021 Brazil Federal University of Pernambuco Honorary Doctorate
April 21, 2022 India Birsa Agricultural University Professor Emeritus
April 28, 2022 South Korea Chungbuk National University Honorary Doctorate of Education
May 14, 2022 America University of Minnesota Honorary Doctor of Humanities
April 5, 2023 India Maharaja Surajmal Brij University Honorary Doctorate of Letters
May 20, 2023 South Korea Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
June 9, 2023 Argentina National University of Misiones, Argentina Honorary Doctorate
June 10, 2023 Argentina National University of Salta, Argentina Honorary Doctorate
July 19, 2023 China Hebei Foreign Language Institute Lifetime Professor Emeritus title
July 28, 2023 Multiethnic State of Bolivia University of Development and Innovation Honorary Doctorate
August 26, 2023 Malaysia New Era University Honorary Doctorate of Letters
December 13, 2023 Paraguay Ibero-American University Honorary Doctorate

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Lectures at overseas universities and academic institutions

Date Lecture venue title
April 1974 University of California, Los Angeles (USA) "Proposals for the 21st Century: The Century of Humanity"
May 1975 Moscow State University (Russia) "A New Path for East-West Cultural Exchange"
April 1980 Peking University (China) In search of a new image of the people
March 1981 University of Guadalajara (Mexico) "Mexican Poetic Thoughts"
May 1981 Sofia University (Bulgaria) "In Search of Green Space Where East and West Meet"
June 1983 University of Bucharest (Romania) "At the Crossroads of Civilization"
June 1984 Peking University (China) "The Royal Road to Peace: My Thoughts"
June 1984 Fudan University (China) "Humans are the driving force behind history"
June 1989 The Academy of France (France) "Art and Spirituality in the East and West"
March 1990 University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) "The pulse of globalism resonates in the land of fusion"
May 1990 Peking University (China) "The Path of Education: A Bridge of Culture - My Thoughts"
January 1991 University of Macau (Macau) In search of a new consciousness of humanity
April 1991 University of the Philippines (Philippines) Peace and Business
September 1991 Harvard University (USA) "The Age and Philosophy of Soft Power"
January 1992 Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) "The Chinese Humanist Tradition"
February 1992 Gandhi Memorial (India) "Toward a War-Free World: Gandhism and the Modern Age"
June 1992 Ankara University (Türkiye) "From the Cradle of Civilization: A New Silk Road"
October 1992 Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (China) "The 21st Century and East Asian Civilization"
January 1993 Claremont College (USA) "In Search of a New Principle of Integration"
February 1993 Brazilian Academy of Letters (Brazil) "The Morning of Hope for Human Civilization"
September 1993 Harvard University (USA) "21st Century Civilization and Mahayana Buddhism"
January 1994 Shenzhen University (China) "The Infinite Horizon of 'Humanism'"
May 1994 Moscow State University (Russia) "Man - the Great Cosmos"
June 1994 University of Bologna (Italy) "Leonardo's Eye and the Parliament of Man: Reflections on the Future of the United Nations"
January 1995 Hawaii East-West Center (USA) "Security for Peace and Humankind"
June 1995 Ateneo Cultural and Academic Institute (Spain) "The Dawn of 21st Century Civilization - Beyond Faust's Suffering"
November 1995 Tribhuvan University (Nepal) "Looking up to the pinnacle of humanism: Shakyamuni living in the modern age"
June 1996 Simon Wiesenthal Center (USA) "Tsunesaburo Makiguchi: A Life of Humanity and Justice"
June 1996 Columbia University (USA) "A consideration towards education for global citizenship"
June 1996 University of Havana (Cuba) "Building a Great Spiritual Bridge to a New Century"
October 1997 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Contemporary Affairs (India) "Towards the Century of 'New Humanism'"
March 2007 University of Palermo (Italy) "The Rise of Human Culture from the Crossroads of Civilizations"