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The recipients of the 2026 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize will be announced on 17th March at 09:00 (CET). Both Prizes are awarded annually for outstanding research in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology.
Join us in the University Aula in Bergen, or watch the livestream on YouTube.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: THE 2027 HOLBERG PRIZE
The Holberg Prize is an international prize awarded annually for outstanding research in the humanities, social sciences, law and theology. Deadline: 15 June.
Who would you like to see as the next Holberg Laureate?
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: The Nils Klim Prize is awarded annually to a scholar from/in the Nordic countries, under the age of 40, for outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology.
Nomination deadline: 15 JUNE, 2026.
On 17 March, the names of this year's Holberg Prize Laureate and Nils Klim Prize Laureate will be announced at the University Aula in Bergen. The ceremony will be livestreamed here: www.youtube.com/live/aiEGxb3... .
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The Holberg Commitee convened on 30 January to put forth its recommendation on this year's Holberg Prize recipient to the Board. From the left: Professors Ann Phoenix, Heike Krieger, Ryan Nefdt, Sari Hanafi, and Birgit Meyer.
On 3 February, the Holberg Board will convene to make its decision.
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The event is entitled "Research Excellence in Turbulent Times" and features 2025 Nils Klim Prize Daniela Alaattinoฤlu (Univ. of Turku) Professor Susanna Paasonen (Univ. of Turku), and Dr. Marjaana Jauhola (Tampere Univ.). Information and registraton link below.
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๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ด, ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด?
On 22 Feburary, the Holberg Prize and the
Finnish Academy of Science and Letters will organize an event.
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"Folk fรธlte at sosial handling kunne endre verden. Det var optimisme om hvilken type verden vi kunne skape. Vi var mer redde, men ogsรฅ mer hรฅpefulle."
Les Vรฅrt Lands intervju med Holbergdebatt-deltager Mary Kaldor her. (Betalingsmur.)
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"Given our fragile global order, itโs impossible not to wonder whether the concept of 'collective security' has died."
Stephen Walt's opening statement at the 9 December Holberg Debate is now published as a column in Foreign Policy.
Read more below. (Paywall.)
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The Holberg Conversation with 2025 Laureate Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is now available on YouTube. Spivak received the Prize for her groundbreaking work in the fields of literary theory and philosophy. Interviewer is Kari Jegerstedt, University of Bergen.
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Under Holbergdebatten 9. desember diskuterte Boris Johnson, Mary Kaldor og Stephen Walt hvorvidt prinsippet om kollektiv sikkerhet er truet.
Dagens Nรฆringsliv gjorde i den anledning et intervju med Boris Johnson. Intervjuet kan leses her. (Betalingsmur.)
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I morgen, lรธrdag 13. desember, sender NRK2 Holbergsamtalen med Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak kl. 12:45. Spivak ble tildelt Holbergprisen 2025 for sin banebrytende forskning innen litteraturvitenskap og filosofi. Prisvinneren intervjues av Kari Jegerstedt.
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This yearโs Holberg Debate brought together Boris Johnson, Mary Kaldor, and Stephen Walt for a highly engaging discussion: Can collective security survive in todayโs fractured world?
The event was moderated by Stephen Sackur.
Watch the full debate here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHKi...
From the left:
Prof. Bjรธrn Enge Bertelsen, Academic Director of the Holberg Prize, Univ. of Bergen
Committee:
Prof. Ryan Nefdt, Univ. of Cape Town
Prof. Birgit Meyer, Utrecht Univ.
Prof. Heike Krieger, Freie Univ. Berlin
Prof. Sari Hanafi, American Univ. of Beirut
Prof. Ann Phoenix (Chair), UCL
This week, the Holberg Committee convened at The British Academy in London to agree on a shortlist of candidates for the 2026 Holberg Prize. The recipient's name will be announced on 17th March.
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The Holberg Prize is very pleased to announce:
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ: โ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ?โ
9th December, 2025, 17:00, CET / 11:00 AM, EST.
On the panel: ๐ ๐ฟ. ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ, and ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ. ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐
Moderator: ๐ ๐ฟ. ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐ฟ
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"Eg brukar รฅ seie til studentane mine i USA at Gud ikkje skreiv pรฅ engelsk."
Under Holberguken i juni foretok Prosa et intervju med รฅrets Holbergprisvinner Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Intervjuet kan leses her:
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The programme will announced soon. In the meantime, let us know whom you would like to see in a future debate. On the link below, you can see previous installments of the Holberg Debate and suggest future topics and panellists.
What would be your "dream debate"?
holbergprize.org/holbergdebate/
Yesโthere will be a Holberg Debate this year! Get ready for a compelling debate at the University Aula in Bergen, on 9th December. Save the date.
Are you excited to know the topic and the lineup? (Of course you are!)
Our friends at @holbergprize.bsky.social are holding an event at the British Academy featuring Paul Gilroy,
Griselda Pollock. Gurminder Bhambra and Ann Phoenix. Thursday 23rd Oct. All welcome but you must register
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Video from the event as well as the manuscripts from four of the presentations are avilable here:
holbergprize.org/news/
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The 4th June Holberg Masterclass, featuring Laureate Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, was entitled "The Practice of Learning". Here, five PhD candidates spoke on their research, (from the left): Sabina Ivenรคs, Sadie Hale, Johannes Sartou, Telma Velez, Jillian Loise Melchor
Photo: Eivind Senneset.
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: THE 2026 HOLBERG PRIZE AND NILS KLIM PRIZE. Deadline: 15 June 2025.
The Holberg Prize is an international award for outstanding research in humanities, social sciences, law, or theology. The Nils Klim Prize is awarded to scholars under 40 from/in the Nordic countries.
A wonderful Holberg Week was concluded on 6th June. We wish to thank the Laureates, as well as everyone who contributed or attended. Please see our Flickr page for photos and our events page for video links.
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(Photo: Eivind Senneset)
Dag og Tid intervjuet Holbergprisvinner Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak under Holberguken. Les intervjuet her. (Betalingsmur.)
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The Holberg Week's last event, "The Holberg Laureate LIVE, 'Learning From Below'", starts at 18:00, CEST, at the House of Literature in Oslo. It features Holberg Laureate Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Associate Professor Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay in conversation.
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