Holberg International Memorial Prize
About Ludvig Holberg
The Holberg International Memorial Prize is named after Ludvig Holberg, who was born in Bergen in 1684 and held the Chairs of Metaphysics and Logic, Latin Rhetoric and History at the University of Copenhagen. Holberg played an important part in bringing the Enlightenment to the Nordic countries.
The Board of the Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund makes the award on the basis of the recommendation from the Holberg Prize Academic Committee, which consists of outstanding scholars in the academic fields covered by the prize. The prize is worth 4.5 million NOK (approximately EUR 570,000 / USD 800,000, as of March 2011).
Programme for the Holberg Prize 2011
Holberg Prize Academic Committee
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Christoph Markschies Christoph Markschies holds the Chair of Ancient Christianity at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. |
Kwame Anthony Appiah Professor of Philosophy at the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University. |
Helga Nowotny Professor Dr, Ph.D, Vice-President of European Research Council. |
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Mary Jacobus Professor Cornell University and Director at Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Cambridge. |
Lars Björne Professor of History of Law, University of Turku. |
Previous Holberg International Memorial Prize Laureates
2011:
Jürgen Kocka 2010:
Natalie Zemon Davis 2009: 
Ian Hacking 2008:
Fredric Jameson
2007:
Ronald Dworkin 2006:
Shmuel N. Eisenstadt 2005:
Jürgen Habermas 2004:
Julia Kristeva
