Johannes Cornelis "Jan" Breman (born 24 July 1936, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch sociologist and an emeritus professor of the University of Amsterdam.

[1] He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate[2] at Institute of Social Studies (ISS) on 29 October 2009.

His inaugural lecture was entitled: The Great Transformation in a Globalized Perspective.

[2] In 1988 Breman became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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