Award Ceremony Holberg International Memorial Prize 2011 and Nils Klim Prize 2011
Photo: Kari Anne Østrem
Location: Håkonshallen, Bergen
Date: Wednesday 8 June, 14.00 - 15.00
NB: the audience must be seated by 13.45
The event is free of charge and open to the public.
Programme:
Laureates Jürgen Kocka and Jørn Jacobsen enter Håkonshallen
H. R. H. Crown Prince Haakon enters Håkonshallen
Holberg Prize Fanfare, By musicians from the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Opening by Professor Sigmund Grønmo, Rector of the University of Bergen
Introduction of the Nils Klim Prize Laureate 2011, By Professor Jan Fridthjof Bernt, Chair of the Board of the Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund
Minister of Research and Higher Education, Tora Aasland,l presents the Nils Klim Prize 2011 to Laureate Jørn Jacobsen
Speech by Dr. Jørn Jacobsen, Nils Klim Prize Laureate
Music: Follesø and Torgersen performs “… in circles” by Wolfgang Plagge
Introduction of the Holberg International Memorial Prize Laureate 2011, By Professor Jan Fridthjof Bernt, Chair of the Board of the Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund
H. R. H. Crown Prince Haakon presents the Holberg International Memorial Prize 2011 to Laureate Jürgen Kocka
Speech by Jürgen Kocka, Holberg International Memorial Prize Laureate
Music: Follesø and Torgersen performs Romanian dances by Béla Bartók
Holberg Prize Fanfare
H. R. H. Crown Prince Haakon leaves Håkonshallen
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Nominate candidate to the 2013 Holberg International Memorial Prize
Deadline for nominations to the Holberg International Memorial Prize is September 15. 2012.
Holberg International Memorial Prize 2004 - 2012
Manuel Castells2011:
Jürgen Kocka 2010:
Natalie Z. Davis 2009: 
Ian Hacking 2008:
Fredric Jameson
2007:
Ronald Dworkin 2006:
Shmuel N. Eisenstadt 2005:
Jürgen Habermas 2004:
Julia Kristeva
Holberg International Memorial Prize is awarded annually for outstanding scholarly work in the fields of the arts and humanities, social sciences, law and theology. The prize amount is NOK 4.5 million (appr. EUR 570,000/ USD 800,000)
Nominate candidate to the Nils Klim Prize
Candidates must be under the age of 35 on 15 September 2012, the closing date for nominations. Read more.
Nils Klim Prize 2004-2012
Sara Hobolt2011: 
Jørn Jacobsen 2010: 
Johan Östling 2009: 
David Bloch 2008: 
Anne Birgitta Pessi
2007: 
Carina Keskitalo 2006: 
Linda Wedlin 2005: 
Dag Trygve Truslew Haug 2004: 
Claes de Vreese
The Nils Klim Prize is awarded to young Nordic researchers under 35 years within the academic fields of the Holberg Prize. The prize for 2013 is NOK 250,000 (approx. 32 000EUR /42 000USD).