The sociologist received the highest honor from the UNR for her long academic career and her contribution to the construction of knowledge.  

La Universidad Nacional de Rosario awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa to the renowned sociologist Beatriz Schmukler, who is a reference in central issues of the current agenda: family democratization and gender violence.

The rector Franco Bartolacci valued the career of Beatriz Schmukler and recalled that her incorporation was unanimously approved by the Superior Council of the University. “In this institutional decision there is a recognition of the academic task, the development in scientific matters, but there is fundamentally a testimony of life that we try to value. On behalf of the UNR I want to thank Beatriz for this testimony that has allowed many and many to break down borders, imagine and build other horizons”. 

Bartolacci stressed that when an institution decides to recognize someone, in addition to valuing that trajectory, it is also saying a lot about itself. “Many of the principles and values ​​that we uphold as a Public University are contained in the figure of Beatriz, but I want to highlight her struggle in terms of gender. Today a matrix of justice that the University should not only contribute to push out on the public agenda, but should also make flesh of its own institutional policies, intensely reviewing to transform a tradition that has motivated deep injustices.

Schmukler graduated as a sociologist from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires. During the last military dictatorship in our country, she went into exile in Mexico, where she spent a large part of her life and her career as a sociologist, educator, and researcher.

In addition, she is a PhD in Sociology from Yale University, USA, member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico, Level III; She is a professor and researcher at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the Autonomous University of Querétaro, Mexico.

“It is a very significant event that my dear Universidad Nacional de Rosario, and it is an example of an intersubjective connection,” said Schmukler and appreciated that the University is working seriously to carry out institutional transformations that house the links of respect for Human Rights. 

The new member of the UNR is the author and coordinator of 14 books and more than 70 articles in magazines and collective books, national and international, on issues of gender, family, private life and democracy policies.

“I believe my life has been dedicated to transforming human relationships, and I desire the union of all gender identities. We are populations that must necessarily continue.”