Award Ceremony Holberg International Memorial Prize 2012 and Nils Klim Prize 2012
Time: 6.6.2012 14.00 - 6.6.2012 15.00
Location: Håkonshallen
Contact: Trine Kleven
Read more: www.holbergprisen.no
Minister of Research and Higher Education Tora Aasland with winner of Nils Klim Prize 2011, Jørn Jacobsen (left) and Holberg Prize 2011 laureate Jürgen Kocka. Foto: Scanpix/Holbergprisen
Holberg International Memorial Prize is awarded annually for outstanding scholarly work in the fields of the arts and humanities, social sciences, law and theology. The prize amount is NOK 4.5 million (Appr. EUR550,000/ USD760,000)
Previous laureates: 2011: Jürgen Kocka, 2010: Natalie Zemon Davis, 2009: Ian Hacking, 2008: Fredric R. Jameson, 2007: Ronald Dworkin, 2006: Shmuel N. Eisenstadt, 2005: Jürgen Habermas, 2004: Julia Kristeva
Nils Klim Prize is awarded to young Nordic researchers under 35 years within the academic fields of the Holberg Prize.
Previous laureates: 2011: Jørn Jacobsen, 2010: Johan Östling, 2009: David Bloch, 2008: Anne Birgitta Pessi, 2007: Carina Keskitalo, 2006: Linda Wedlin, 2005: Dag Trygve Truslew Haug, 2004: Claes de Vreese
The 2012 laureates will be announced in March 2012.
Holberg Prize was established by the Norwegian Parliament in 2003