He was awarded honorary degrees from Queen's University at Kingston in 1979, University of Rome Tor Vergata in 1997, University of Oslo in 1999, University of Southern Denmark in 2009, Université Libre de Bruxelles in 2010 and Shanghai Fudan University in 2017.
hiː wʌz ɐwˈɔːɹdᵻd ˈɑːnɚɹˌɛɹi dᵻɡɹˈiːz fɹʌm kwˈiːnz jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi æt kˈɪŋstən ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti nˈaɪn, jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv ɹˈoʊm tˈoːɹ vɜːɡˈɑːɾə ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən, jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv ˈɑːsloʊ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn, jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv sˈʌðɚn dˈɛnmɑːɹk ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd nˈaɪn, jˌuːnɪvɚsɪtˈeɪ liːbɹə də bɹʌksˈɛlz ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈɛn ænd ʃæŋhˈaɪ fjˈuːdən jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvəntˌiːn.