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The shortlist for the 2021 Holberg Prize is ready

26.10.2020
The Holberg Committee met on Friday 16 October to discuss the nominations for the 2021 Holberg Prize and has now agreed on a shortlist. Due to the ongoing corona pandemic, this year's nomination meeting took place digitally.
Griselda Pollock is awarded the 2020 Holberg Prize, and Frederik Poulsen is awarded the Nils Klim Prize. The Announcement Ceremony was held at Media City Bergen. (Photo: University of Leeds / Suste Bonnén.)

2020 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize Laureates Announced

4.03.2020
The 2020 Holberg Prize is awarded to British-Canadian scholar Griselda Pollock for her contributions to feminist art history and cultural studies. The Nils Klim Prize is awarded to Danish theologian Frederik Poulsen for his research on The Old Testament.
The Holberg Board 2016 Foto: Thor Brødreskift

The 2020 Laureates Have Been Selected

13.02.2020
The Holberg Board met in Bergen on 4 February for their annual winter meeting. Here they made the final decision on who will be named the 2020 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize laureates. The names will be announced on 5 March.
Tyler Cowen og Slavoj Zizek at stage, The 2019 Holberg Debate

Watch the 2019 Holberg Debate with Slavoj Žižek and Tyler Cowen

3.12.2019
Slavoj Žižek has been called the «the most dangerous philosopher in the West» and a cultural theorist superstar, as he mixes Marxism with pop culture and psychoanalysis. Three decades after the fall of «Communism» in Eastern Europe, why does Žižek still call himself a communist?
The Holberg Prize Medal

The 2020 Holberg Week, 2 - 5 June

20.11.2019
5 March will see the announcement of the 2020 Holberg Laureate and Nils Klim Lauerate. Celebrations in their honour will take place on 2 - 5 June in Bergen and Oslo.
Slavoj Žižek meets Tyler Cowen at the 2019 Holberg Debate. (Illustration: The Holberg Prize)

Slavoj Žižek—Communist or Provocateur?

12.11.2019
Slavoj Žižek is one of the world's best-known Marxists, who has frequently argued for replacing capitalism with another economic system. On 7 December, he is the keynote speaker at the 2019 Holberg Debate. Does the “most dangerous philosopher of the West” call himself a communist just to be provocative?