Holberg Prize

Award ceremony for Holberg Prize 2012 and Nils Klim Prize 2012 is on Wedensday June 6 at the Håkonshallen, Bergen. 

The Holberg Prize Symposium 2012 is at the Store Auditorium, Studentsenteret, Parkveien 1, Tuesday June 5.

For more information on the Holberg Prize events see: www.holbergprisen.no

Holberg International Memorial Prize 2012: Manuel Castells

The Holberg International Memorial Prize 2012 is awarded to the Spanish sociologist Manuel Castells. From the citation of the Holberg Prize Academic Committee:

"Manuel Castells is the leading sociologist of the city and new information and media technologies. His ideas and writings have shaped our understanding of the political dynamics of urban and global economies in the network society." Read more.

The Holberg International Prize is worth NOK 4.5 million (approx. EUR 575,000/USD 775,000*)

Holberg Prize laureates 2004 - 2012:
Manuel Castells (2012), Jürgen Kocka (2011), Natalie Zemon Davis (2010), Ian Hacking (2009), Fredric R. Jameson (2008), Ronald Dworkin (2007), Shmuel N. Eisenstadt (2006), Jürgen Habermas (2005) and Julia Kristeva (2004).

Nils Klim Prize 2012: Sara Hobolt
Nils Klim Prize 2012 is awarded to the Danish political scientist Sara Hobolt. From the citation of the Nils Klim Prize Academic Committee:

"Sara Hobolt’s research covers a wide range of key issues in studies of comparative politics: European integration, elections and referendums, but also the interaction between media, processes of opinion formation and responsiveness and responsibility of political elites and party systems."  Read more.

Nils Klim Prize is worth NOK 250.000 (approx. EUR32,000/USD42,000).

Nils Klim Prize laureates 2004 - 2012:
Sara Hobolt (2012), Jørn Jacobsen (2011), Johan Östling (2010), David Kristian Bloch (2009), Anne Birgitta Pessi (2008), Carina Keskitalo (2007), Linda Wedlin (2006), Dag Trygve Truslew Haug (2005) and Claes de Vreese (2004).

Nomination to Holberg International Memorial Prize and Nils Klim Prize
Deadline for nominations to the Holberg International Memorial Prize and the Nils Klim Prize is 15 September. More information about the nomination. 

Holberg Prize School Project
An important part of the objective of the Holberg Prize is to stimulate young people to take an interest in the arts and humanities, social sciences, law and theology.

Every year students at upper secondary schools in Norway are invited to carry out a research project in cooperation with established researchers. The prizewinning students are also invited to attend the Holberg Prize award ceremony. A teacher's grant is also awarded in connection with the Holberg Prize School Project. Read more.

For more information about the Holberg Prize: www.holbergprisen.no

The Holberg Prize is administered by the University of Bergen. The secretariat is formally attached to the office of the University Director. 

The Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund was established by the Norwegian Parliament 1 July 2003. On its inception, the fund's capital was NOK 200 million. The main purpose of the memorial fund is to raise the status of the academic fields of the arts and humanities, social sciences, law and theology. 

Manuel Castells tildeles Holbergs internasjonale minnepris 2012. Foto: Maggie Smith