Laënnec Hurbon


Laënnec Hurbon is a Haitian sociologist and writer specialising in the relationships between religion, culture and politics in the Caribbean region. He is also a Catholic theologian and ex-priest turned researcher and writer.

Career

Hurbon was born in Jacmel, a commune in southern Haiti. He is Doctor of Theology and Sociology, director of research at CNRS and professor at the Quisqueya University in Port-au-Prince, of which he is one of the founding members. Today he focuses on the relationships between religion, culture and politics in the Caribbean region and has written many books on Haitian Vodou.
His notable publications are the Dieu dans le Vaudou haïtien and Le Barbare imaginaire, which have been described as "two classics" of the author; and the "small 'big book'" – Les mystères du vaudou, which is a heavily illustrated pocket book from Éditions Gallimard's "Découvertes" collection. He also edited a collective work entitled Catastrophes et environnement : Haïti, séisme du 12 janvier 2010.

Publications

Publications by Hurbon

Dieu dans le Vaudou haïtien. Éditions Payot, 1972Culture et dictature en Haïti : l'imaginaire sous contrôle. L'Harmattan, 1979Le Barbare imaginaire. Éditions Henri Deschamps, 1987Comprendre Haïti : Essai sur l'État, la nation, la culture. Karthala, 1987Le phénomène religieux dans la Caraïbe. Karthala, 1989Les mystères du vaudou. Collection "Découvertes Gallimard". série Religions. Éditions Gallimard, 1993

Publication edited by Hurbon

Catastrophes et environnement : Haïti, séisme du 12 janvier 2010. Éditions de l'EHESS, 2014. Various authors.

Interviews with Hurbon

  • 2019.