Laënnec Hurbon (sometimes anglicised as Laennec Hurbon; born 1940) is a Haitian sociologist and writer specialising in the relationships between , culture and politics in the Caribbean region. He is also a Catholic theologian and ex-priest turned researcher and writer.
Hurbon was born in Jacmel, a commune in southern Haiti. He is Doctor of Theology (Institut Catholique de Paris) and Sociology (Sorbonne University), 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 (1972) and (1987), which have been described as "two classics" of the author; and the "small 'big book'" â (1993; US ed. â '), which is a heavily illustrated pocket book from ÃÂditions Gallimard's "Découvertes" collection. He also edited a collective work entitled (2014).