An Evening with the Holberg Prize

The 2024 Holberg Prize is awarded to Professor Achille Mbembe (left.). The Nils Klim Prize is awarded to Professor Siddharth Sareen (right). (Photo: Chanté Schatz, University of the Witwatersrand / Trygve Tollefsen, The Young Academy of Norway.)

The Holberg Prize Laureate and the Nils Klim Prize Laureate in conversation.

This event will feature the Holberg Laureate Achille Mbembe and the Nils Klim Laureate Siddharth Sareen in conversation about their background, research and their experiences from academia.

Registration for the 2024 Holberg Week

Speakers

Portrait of Achille Mbembe
Photo: Chanté Schatz

Achille Mbembe

Achille Mbembe is the 2024 Holberg Laureate. Mbembe is a Research Professor of History and Politics at Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Witwatersrand. He is also Director of the Innovation Foundation for Democracy. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the British Academy, Mbembe is the author of ten books and his work has been translated into 17 languages. His latest book is La communauté terrestre (Paris, La Découverte, 2023). 

 

 

Siddharth Sareen
 Photo: Trygve Tollefsen

Siddharth Sareen

Siddharth Sareen is the 2024 Nils Klim Laureate. He is Professor of Energy and Environment at the Department of Media and Social Sciences, University of Stavanger, Norway. Sareen is also professor II at the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation, University of Bergen. 

 

 

 

 

Kari Jegerstedt
Photo: Thor Brødreskift​​​​​

Kari Jegerstedt (moderator)

Kari Jegerstedt  is Head of Centre at the Centre for Women's and Gender Research (SKOK) at the University of Bergen. 

Date

to 19:15, CEST.
Livestream
Watch live on YouTube
Location
House of Literature in Bergen
Practical information
Free Admission
Registration required.

The event i fully booked, but will also be livestreamed.