Holberg International Memorial Prize
Holberg International Memorial Prize 2010: Natalie Zemon Davis
Natalie Zemon Davis, Professor at University of Toronto, is awarded Holberg International Memorial Prize 2010.
The Holberg Prize Interview:
"Over the years, my historical inquiry has ranged in space from early modern France and Western Europe to North Africa and the Caribbean and in theme from social and religious conflict to gift-giving, storytelling and festivity. But throughout I’ve especially sought the history of working people – artisans, peasants, and now slaves—and the history of women along with the men." Read more
Excerpt from the citation of the Holberg Prize Academic Committee:
Natalie Zemon Davis is one of the most creative historians writing today, an intellectual who is not hostage to any particular school of thought or politics. Her writing is richly textured, multi-faceted and meticulously documented. She shows how particular events can be narrated and analyzed so as to reveal deeper historical tendencies and underlying patterns of thought and action. Her work brings gender to the fore, while insisting that the relationship between men and women is always embedded in the cultural discourses and social organizations specific to their time.
Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt (1923-2010)
Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt recieved the Holberg International Memorial Prize in 2006. Photo: Holberg Prize/Scanpix
Holberg International Memorial Prize laureate 2006 Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt passed away September 2nd 2010.
Holberg Prize interview with Natalie Zemon Davis
Natalie Zemon Davis is Holberg International Memorial Prize 2010 laureate. Photo: John Carvalho
You have a comprehensive bibliography with a wide variety of topics on your CV. When you look back, what themes do you look upon as most important?
Holberg Prize Symposium 2010: Doing decentered history - the global in the local
Date: 8 Juni
Time: 09:00-12:30
Location: Store auditorium, Studentsenteret, Universitetet i Bergen, Parkveien 1, Bergen
Holberg International Memorial Prize
The Holberg International Memorial Prize is awarded annually by the Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund for outstanding scholarly work in the fields of the arts and humanities, social sciences, law and theology.
The prize is awarded to a scholar who has made an outstanding contribution, either within one of these academic fields alone or through interdisciplinary work.
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Award ceremony Holberg International Memorial Prize 2010
Foto: Kari Anne Østrem
Wedensday 09.06.2010 14:00-15:00
The event is open to the public.
Call for nomination: The Holberg International Memorial Prize 2011
The Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund invites nominations for the Holberg International Memorial Prize for outstanding scholarly work in the academic fields of the arts and humanities, social science, law and theology.
Ian Hacking awarded the Holberg Prize 2009
H.R.H Crown Princess Mette-Marit Awards the Holberg International Memorial Prize 2009 to Ian Hacking. minnepris 2009 til Ian Hacking. Photo: Marit Hommedal/Holberg Prize
- We had to find out how to find out. That is a series of cultural discoveries in historical time. But it is not only the history of civilizations. People had to have various sorts of latent abilities that they learned how to use. Finding out how to find out is an intricate interplay between innate faculties and human history. It has had more impact on our planet than anything else we have done.