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1 Feb 2025 08:30 – 09:20 Holberg Prize Event: ‘The Swerve Revisited: How the World Became Modern’ On 1st and 2nd February, 2016 Holberg Laureate Stephen Greenblatt will be featured at the Jaipur Literature Festival. Calendar
16 Jan 2025 08:15 – 12:00 Seminar: ‘Nurturing Young Researchers in the Nordics’ On 16th January, the Letten Prize and the Holberg Prize will organise a seminar on empowering young scholars and their groundbreaking work. Laureates
The Holberg Prize 2024 
Achille Mbembe The 2024 Holberg Prize was awarded to Cameroonian scholar Achille Mbembe for his groundbreaking work in the fields of history… The Nils Klim Prize 2024 
Siddharth Sareen The 2024 Nils Klim Prize was awarded to Siddharth Sareen for his research in environmental social sciences. The Holberg School Programme 2024 
Vestby Upper Secondary School Erika Lind-Larsen from Vestby Upper Secondary School came in first place in the Holberg School Programme with her research project…
Latest news
24 Sep 2024 In Memoriam: Frederic Jameson We are saddened by the passing of 2008 Holberg Laureate Fredric Jameson on 22 September,… 6 Jun 2024 Holberg Laureate Achille Mbembe’s Acceptance Speech
6 Jun 2024 The Holberg Prize and the Nils Klim Prize Conferred
6 Jun 2024 Nils Klim Laureate Siddharth Sareen’s Acceptance Speech Nils Klim Laureate Siddharth Sareen's acceptance speech, held at the award ceremony in 2024 is… 6 Jun 2024 The Holberg Prize and the Nils Klim Prize Conferred
1 Jun 2024 Watch Highlights from the Accountable Solar Energy Project, Led by Siddharth Sareen
About the prizes
The Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize are awarded annually to scholars who have made outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology. We also organize the Holberg School Programme, a research competition for students and teachers in Norwegian upper secondary schools.
