Award Ceremony the Holberg Prize School Project
Each year the Holberg Prize stage a research competition for pupils in the upper secondary schools in Norway.Date/time: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 10:30 to 11:30Twelve schools and several hundred pupils...
View ArticleProgramme for the Holberg Week
Photo credits: Marcus Marcetic / Stephanie MitchellWe look forward to discussions and lectures by prominent international guests, an unformal talk show with this year’s Laureates, and much more....
View ArticleGraduate opportunity: Masterclass with Stephen Greenblatt
Detail from painting in the Saint Basil's Cathedral, showing a scene from the Genesis. Credit: ColourboxThe Holberg Prize is now offering scholarships to five Nordic graduate students for the 2016...
View Article"Everyone dreams at night." Interview with Stephen Greenblatt
Photo: Stephanie MitchellKnut Melvær interviews 2016 Holberg Laureate Professor Stephen Greenblatt. Greenblatt talks about his upbringing and how he ventured into academics; about storytelling and...
View ArticleThe Holberg Conversation: Stephen Greenblatt
Stephen Greenblatt, the 2016 Holberg Laureate, comes to the House of Literature in Oslo on June 9. Date/time: Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 17:00 to 18:00The conversation will take it's starting point in...
View ArticleStrong applications for Masterclass
Ellen Mortensen is the academic director of the Holberg Prize. Photo: Hilde Kristin Strand/På Høyden20 PhD candidated from all the five Nordic countries have applied to take part in the Masterclass...
View ArticleThe Holberg Lecture: Shakespeare's Life-making
A reflection on Shakespeare’s uncanny ability–the ability of the Humanities more generally–to confer life upon the objects of imaginative attention.Date/time: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - 13:30 to...
View ArticleThe Nils Klim Seminar: Understanding emissions trading
“Understanding emissions trading through discourse analysis”Date/time: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - 09:30 to 11:00Nils Klim Laureate Sanja Bogojević will present her research at an open seminar hosted by...
View ArticleThe Holberg Evening
Join us in a celebration of this years’ Laureates.Date/time: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - 18:00 to 19:00Erling Sandmo will guide us through an evening where we get to know this year’s prize winners and...
View ArticleMasterclass: Meet the panelists
Masterclass 2015 with Marina Warner. Photo: Ole Kristian OlsenFive PhD candidates from the Nordic countries have been selected to partake in a Masterclass with Holberg Laureate Stephen Greenblatt...
View Article– Emissions trading is far from straightforward: Interview with Sanja Bogojević
Sanja Bogojević receives the 2016 Nils Klim Prize for her research on environmental markets and emissions trading schemes from a legal perspective. Photo: Stefan BengtssonAre environmental issues a...
View ArticleThe Holberg Symposium and Holberg Lecture 2016: Live Streams
On 7 June, international scholars, authors and critics meet with Stephen Greenblatt to explore the theme "Art in Life / Life in Art" at the 2016 Holberg Symposium. Watch the live stream from 09:00. We...
View ArticleThe Holberg Prize and the Nils Klim Prize conferred
Photo: Marit Hommedal, NTB ScanpixToday, the Holberg Prize was officially conferred upon American author, scholar and literature Professor Stephen Greenblatt by H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon.At a...
View ArticleStephen Greenblatts' Award Ceremony Speech
Stephen Greenblatt, on stage in the University Aula together with His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon og Sigmund Grønmo, Chair of the Holberg Board. Photo: Marit Hommedal / ScanpixHolberg Prize...
View ArticleWhy origin stories matter
Masterclass 2016. From the left: Stephen Greenblatt, Mark Friis Hau, Godeline Gertrude Perk, Yoav Tirosh, Carlos Hernández Garcés og Panu Heimonen. Photo: Ole Sandmo/The Holberg PrizeOn the first day...
View ArticleThe Holberg Prize awarded to Marina Warner
Photo: Ole Kristian OlsenThe Holberg Prize was today officially awarded to British author, scholar and critic Marina Warner by H.R.H. the Crown Prince of Norway. In a prestigous award ceremony in the...
View ArticleNew members to the Holberg Board
The Holberg Board, photographed at the board meeting on 29 September, 2016. From the left: Sigmund Grønmo, Øivind Andersen, Britt Andersen, Knut Olav Åmås and Trude Haugli. Photo: Thor Brødreskift.The...
View ArticleHolberg Debate to be launched 3 December
The Holberg Debate will a public discussion on pressing issues of our time.3 December 2016 sees the launch of the Holberg Debate. The debate is inspired by Ludvig Holberg’s ideas of enlightenment and...
View ArticleShortlist ready for the Holberg Prize 2017
The map shows the distribution of Holberg Prize candidates worldwide.The Holberg Committee met in Vienna 20-22 October and decided on the final shortlist for the Holberg Prize 2017. We are now one step...
View ArticleIceland on the Nils Klim map!
Map over the Nordic region.This years' shortlist is ready and the Nils Klim Committee is well under way with their work. Icelandic candidates are on the list, for the first time! The Nils Klim Prize is...
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