Holberg Prize Talks
The Holberg Prize is awarded annually to a scholar who have made outstanding contributions to research in the arts and humanities, social sciences, law or theology. The Prize amounts to NOK 6 000 000.
The Holberg Prize also awards the Nils Klim Prize (NOK 500 000) to young Nordic scholars in the same academic fields.
In this channel we publish interviews and lectures with the Laureates, Holberg Week Guests and other events.
Latest episodes
Sep 28, 2017 • 52min
Q&A - Stephen Greenblatt and Manuel Castells: The Status of the Humanities and Social Sciences Today
Holberg Laureates Stephen Greenblatt and Manuel Castells discuss the status of the humanities and the social sciences, at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, September 22, 2017.
Sep 28, 2017 • 54min
Stephen Greenblatt and Manuell Castells: The Status of the Humanities and Social Sciences Today
Holberg Laureates Stephen Greenblatt and Manuel Castells discuss the status of the humanities and the social sciences, at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, September 22, 2017.
Aug 18, 2017 • 47min
Katrine Vellesen Løken: The 2017 Nils Klim Interview
The Norwegian Economist Katrine Vellesen Løken was awarded the Nils Klim Prize in 2017 for her research on the Nordic welfare states, with particular emphasis on family economics, labour economics and health economics. In this interview Vellesen Løken talks about her research, developments in the field of Economics and her future plans.
Interviewer; Ole Andreas Sandmo
Photo: Thor Brødreskift / The Holberg Prize
Mar 14, 2017 • 1h 1min
Onora O'Neill: The 2017 Holberg Laureate Interview 2017
The British Philosopher Onora O'Neill is awarded the Holberg Prize 2017 for her influental work in the field of moral and political philosophy. She is particularly well known for her work on Kant, bioethics, human rights, trust and communication ethics. O'Neill is a also a crossbench member of the House of Lords since 1999 and a former President of the British Academy.
In this interview, she speaks about her background, carreer and work.
May 24, 2016 • 40min
Sanja Bogojević: The 2016 Nils Klim Interview
How are environmental issues a legal concern, and what are the mechanisms that control environmental markets and emissions trading? These are some of the questions 2016 Nils Klim Laureate Sanja Bogojević answers in this interview.
Nov 4, 2015 • 1h 30min
The Holberg Inteview with Marina Warner: From Vogue To University And Why I Quit
The 2015 Holberg Prize goes to the distinguished and praised mythographer and author Marina Warner (b. 1946).
In this special episode of Udannet Knut talks with Warner about her upbringing and her way into the academics. Warner also elaborates on her approach to fairytales, myth, history and gender. At the end of the episode, Warner talks about the significance of getting the Prize and why she quit her position at the University of Essex.
This episode was produced in collaboration between The Holberg Prize 2015 and the podcast U-dannet, http://u-dan.net/ .
The Holberg Prize is awarded annually to scholars who have made outstanding contributions to research in the arts and humanities, social science, law or theology. The Prize amounts to 4.5 million NOK (app. 538.000 EUR / 735.000 USD).
Aug 12, 2015 • 46min
Marina Warner: "Losing Home, Finding Words: Transformations of Story"
Losing Home, Finding Words: Transformations of Story. The Holberg Lecture 2015 by Marina Warner, Fellow of All Souls and Professor of English and Creative Writing, Birkbeck College, University of London
