Jürgen Habermas received the 2005 Holberg Prize for his contribution to "the understanding of rationality, ethics, legitimation, critical public discussion, modernity, the post-national society and European integration." We are saddened by his recent passing. holbergprize.org/news/in-memo...

"Du skal være hovedpersonen i dit eget liv." "Dagens gæster forsker i, hvad vores egen fortælling om vores liv betyder for vores trivsel." Årets Nils Klim-vinner, Majse Lind, er intervjuet i Danmarks Radio, for podcasten Brinkmanns briks. www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/brink...

From 10 to 12 April, Duke University, in collaboration with the Holberg Prize, will host a conference on Fredric Jameson and critical theory. The event features Holberg Laureates Achille Mbembe and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak as keynote speakers. holbergprize.org/events-and-p...

"Roper mener Lutherforskere i stor grad har vært opptatt av hans teori om menneskers frelse. Men mener at man samtidig har blitt litt blinde for en helt sentral side ved Luthers teologi. Nemlig at Kristus virkelig er til stede i kroppen." Les intervjuet med Holbergprisvinner Lyndal Roper:

OPEN CALL: The Holberg Prize is offering scholarships for five PhD candidates in the Nordic countries to participate in a Masterclass with Professor Lyndal Roper on 'Bodies, Gender, Psyche, Movement' on 3 June, 2026. The deadline for applications is 17 April, 2026.

Lyndal Roper has made history as the first Australian awarded the Holberg Prize — who is she? humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

"Hvem er jeg? En viktig komponent er vår livshistorie: Om hvor jeg kom fra, hva jeg har vært gjennom, og hvor jeg er på vei." Professor Per-Einar Binder beskriver Nils Klim-prisvinner Majse Linds forskning i Khrono. www.khrono.no/vi-er-histor...

I NRK Studio 2 igår gav UiB-professorene Gunnar Winsnes Knutsen og Per-Einar Binder en introduksjon til årets prisvinnere og deres forskning. Hør dem fortelle om Holbergprisvinner Lyndal Roper og Nils Klim-prisvinner Majse Lind på lenken under (fra 01:54:40). radio.nrk.no/serie/studio...

"History is fundamentally about the relationship between evidence and argument – what we need are the skills to assess evidence and to be able to test and look at and examine whether it supports the argument or not," says Holberg Laureate Lyndal Roper. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/lyndal-...

"— Jeg tror vi alle innser betydningen av sterke institusjoner i den situasjonen verden befinner seg i nå. De bidrar til intellektuell frihet og gir folk sikkerhet, sier professor Roper." Les Khronos intervju med årets mottager av Holbergprisen, Lyndal Roper, under. www.khrono.no/holbergprisv...

Meet the 2026 Holberg Laureate, Professor Lyndal Roper, University of Oxford. Professor Roper receives the Holberg Prize for her ground-breaking research into early modern European history. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXqP...

The 2025 Nils Klim Laureate Daniela Alaattinoğlu is organising a webinar series, with support from the Holberg Prize: "Transitional Justice in Settler States: Challenges, Contradictions and Possibilities". Video from the series will be made available on YouTube. sites.utu.fi/marcen/news/...

Congratulations to @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow Lyndal Roper for winning the @holbergprize.bsky.social holbergprize.org/news/holberg...

We congratulate the 2026 Holberg Laureate Lyndal Roper and the 2026 Nils Klim Prize Laureate Majse Lind! holbergprize.org/news/holberg...

The 2026 Nils Klim Prize is awarded to Danish psychologist Majse Lind of Aalborg University for her interdisciplinary research into mental health, with particular focus on disorders among young people and older adults. holbergprize.org/laureates/ni...

The 2026 Holberg Prize is awarded to Australian-British scholar Lyndal Roper of the University of Oxford for her ground-breaking research into early modern European history. holbergprize.org/laureates/ho...

The recipient of the 2026 Holberg Prize and the 2026 Nils Klim Prize, respectively, will be announced today, Tuesday, 17 March, at 09:00 CET / 8:00 GMT. Join us at the University Aula in Bergen, or watch the announcement here:

Siddharth Sareen, som mottok Nils Klim-prisen i 2024, er tildelt Fridtjof Nansens belønning for yngre forskere innen humaniora og samfunnsvitenskap for 2026. Vi gratulerer! www.dnva.no/detskjer/202...

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.

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. 1/2

𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴? On 22 Feburary, the Holberg Prize and the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters will organize an event. 1/2

"Folk følte at sosial handling kunne endre verden. Det var optimisme om hvilken type verden vi kunne skape. Vi var mer redde, men også mer håpefulle." Les Vårt Lands intervju med Holbergdebatt-deltager Mary Kaldor her. (Betalingsmur.) www.vl.no/nyheter/adva...

"Given our fragile global order, it’s 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.)

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. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD5n...

Under Holbergdebatten 9. desember diskuterte Boris Johnson, Mary Kaldor og Stephen Walt hvorvidt prinsippet om kollektiv sikkerhet er truet. Dagens Næringsliv gjorde i den anledning et intervju med Boris Johnson. Intervjuet kan leses her. (Betalingsmur.) www.dn.no/magasinet/po...

I morgen, lørdag 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. tv.nrk.no/program/KOID...

This year’s Holberg Debate brought together Boris Johnson, Mary Kaldor, and Stephen Walt for a highly engaging discussion: Can collective security survive in today’s fractured world? The event was moderated by Stephen Sackur. Watch the full debate here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHKi...

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. 1/

The Holberg Prize is very pleased to announce: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗲: ‘𝗜𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱?’ 9th December, 2025, 17:00, CET / 11:00 AM, EST. On the panel: 𝗠𝗿. 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗼𝗿, and 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁 Moderator: 𝗠𝗿. 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘂𝗿 holbergprize.org/events-and-p...

"Eg brukar å seie til studentane mine i USA at Gud ikkje skreiv på engelsk." Under Holberguken i juni foretok Prosa et intervju med årets Holbergprisvinner Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Intervjuet kan leses her: prosa.no/artikler/spa...

Yes—there 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 holbergprize.org/events-and-p...

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 Ivenäs, Sadie Hale, Johannes Sartou, Telma Velez, Jillian Loise Melchor Photo: Eivind Senneset. 1/2

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. www.flickr.com/photos/holbe... holbergprize.org/events-and-p... (Photo: Eivind Senneset)

Dag og Tid intervjuet Holbergprisvinner Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak under Holberguken. Les intervjuet her. (Betalingsmur.) www.dagogtid.no/kultur/vestl...

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. holbergprize.org/events-and-p...

Today, the 2025 Nils Klim Prize was conferred upon Assistant Professor Daniela Alaattinoğlu. Read or listen to her Acceptance Speech here: holbergprize.org/news/2025-ni...

Today, the 2025 Holberg Prize was conferred upon Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Read or listen to her Acceptance Speech here: holbergprize.org/news/2025-ho...

Today, H.R.H Crown Prince Haakon of Norway conferred the Holberg Prize upon Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Assistant Professor Daniela Alaattinoğlu received the Nils Klim Prize. We congratulate the Laureates! holbergprize.org/news/2025-ho...

The 2025 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize Award Ceremony will begin at 14:00, CEST / 08:00 AM, EDT. Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak will receive the Holberg Prize, and Assistant Professor Daniela Alaattinoğlu will receive the Nils Klim Prize. Livestream link below.

The Holberg Lecture, by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, is about to start. "An imperative is an urgent command, generally brought about by external circumstances. Today, natural violence creates an imperative to develop a planetary view of the future." holbergprize.org/events-and-p... Livestream:

Get to know the Nils Klim Laureate and her research better! We are delighted to share this interview with Daniela Alaattinoğlu. The interview is conducted and produced by the University of Turku. soundcloud.com/holbergprize... (Photo: Eivind Senneset)

Welcome to the 2nd day of the Holberg Week. The Holberg Masterclass with Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak will start shortly. More information and livestream link below. holbergprize.org/events-and-p...

A conversation at the House of Literature in Bergen, between the two Laureates, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Daniela Alaattinoğlu, provided a wonderful ending to the first day of the Holberg Week. Join us tomorrow for more events. (Photo: Eivind Senneset)

More great discussions on this first day of the Holberg Week, here at the Nils Klim Symposium. Group photo, from the left: Vibeke Blaker Strand, Daniela Alaattinoğlu, Maya Unnithan, and Reetta Toivanen. Watch the video here: youtube.com/live/ZUloCw2...

The last event of the day is An Evening with the Holberg Prize, featuring Holberg Laureate Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Nils Klim Laureate Daniela Alaattinoğlu in conversation. The event starts now. Livesream link below. holbergprize.org/events-and-p...

The 2025 Holberg Week kicks off with the Holberg Symposium, "The Power of the Humanities", in honour of Laureate Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. The event will start shortly. Watch the livestream here: holbergprize.org/events-and-p...