Corinne Hofman


Corinne Lisette Hofman FBA is a Dutch professor of Caribbean Archaeology at Leiden University since 2007. She was a winner of the 2014 Spinoza Prize.
Hofman was born in Wassenaar. She obtained a PhD at Leiden University in 1993.

Awards and recognitions

In 2013 Hofman won the Merian Prize of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Merian Prize is awarded to excelling women scientists, inspiring others for a career in science. In 2014 she was one of four winners of the Dutch Spinoza Prize and received a 2,5 million euro grant. Since 2015 Hofman is member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Hofman was elected a member of Academia Europaea in 2016. In 2018 she was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.