Holberg Prize
The International Holberg Memorial Prize (Norwegian Holbergprisen ) is awarded by the Norwegian University of Bergen for outstanding academic work in the fields of theology , humanities , social and legal sciences. The award is named after the Norwegian-Danish writer Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754). It was first awarded in 2004. The prize is endowed with 6 million Norwegian kroner (as of 2018, around 700,000 euros ), which is financed by the Ludvig Holberg Memorial Foundation founded in 2003 .
The complementary Norwegian project Holberg Prize in schools is intended to increase social awareness of the importance of the humanities and social sciences and, in particular, to stimulate the interest of younger people in this subject.
Award winners
- 2004 - Julia Kristeva (Bulgaria / France)
- 2005 - Jürgen Habermas (Germany)
- 2006 - Shmuel N. Eisenstadt (Israel)
- 2007 - Ronald Dworkin (USA)
- 2008 - Fredric R. Jameson (USA)
- 2009 - Ian Hacking (Canada)
- 2010 - Natalie Zemon Davis (USA)
- 2011 - Jürgen Kocka (Germany)
- 2012 - Manuel Castells (Spain)
- 2013 - Bruno Latour (France)
- 2014 - Michael Cook (United Kingdom)
- 2015 - Marina Warner (United Kingdom)
- 2016 - Stephen Greenblatt (USA)
- 2017 - Onora O'Neill (United Kingdom)
- 2018 - Cass Sunstein (USA)
- 2019 - Paul Gilroy (United Kingdom)
- 2020 - Griselda Pollock (United Kingdom / Canada)
Web links
- Website of the Holberg Prize (English)