Hans Henrich Hock, professor emeritus, was recently awarded an Honorary Life Membership from the Societas Linguistica Europaea, for his service to the society, including his work as past editor of Folia Linguistica Historica and as member of the Executive Committee. This honor is awarded to members who have been active in the society and have reached/are reaching their 80th birthday.

He also recently received an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) for his “outstanding contribution to historical linguistics and Sanskrit", from the Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, in Pune, India.