The French-Chilean essayist and academic received the highest degree awarded by the University for her key role in the Latin American cultural debate.

Within the framework of the 4th Meeting of Independent and University Publishers at the Faculty of Humanities and Arts, the UNR awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa to Nelly Richard, a distinguished essayist, cultural critic, and key figure in Latin American thought.

The moving ceremony was presided over by UNR Rector Franco Bartolacci and Alejandro Vila, Dean of the university and sponsor of the honoree. The laudatio was delivered by Dr. María Elena Lucero, professor and researcher at the Institute of Critical Studies in the Humanities (UNR-Conicet).

Nelly Richard was born in France and lives in Chile. She is a cultural theorist, critic, essayist, and academic, the author of numerous books and founder of the Journal of Cultural Criticism. She worked to open, facilitate, and deepen cultural debate before and during the transition to democracy in the Latin American country.

Alejandro Vila expressed that she is an admirable personality and that, with this degree, she will join the UNR faculty: "Her performance as a writer, researcher, academic, cultural manager, and curator is unique in Chile and Latin America."

It is worth noting that Richard was the director of the Master's program in Cultural Studies at the University of Arts and Social Sciences (ARCIS). She is the author of numerous publications, including "Latin American Dialogues on the Frontiers of Art," "Criticism and Politics," "Criticism of Memory," "Feminism, Gender, and Difference(s)," "Fractures of Memory: Art and Critical Thought," "Waste and Metaphors: Essays in Cultural Criticism on Chile during the Transition," "The Insubordination of Signs: Political Change, Cultural and Poetic Transformations of the Crisis," "Masculine/Feminine," and "Margins and Institutions," among others.

Franco Bartolacci stated that this recognition, while highlighting a career, is also defining who we want to be, in a