Holberg Prize

30/10/2026

The 2026 Nils Klim Conversation with Laureate Majse Lind is now available on YouTube.

Majse Lind is Associate Professor of Psychology at the Department of Culture and Communication, Aalborg University (Aalborg Universitet). She was awarded the 2026 Nils Klim Prize for her interdisciplinary research into mental health.

Interviewer is Per-Einar Binder, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Bergen (Universitetet i Bergen).

This conversation was recorded at the University of Bergen on 1 June, 2026.

Link in the comments.

30/10/2026

‘Polycrisis—Polyopportunities? Mobilizing Knowledge’

Video is now available from the 22 October Holberg Prize panel discussion at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen). Leading scholars discussed how we can understand the interconnected global crises of our time and how knowledge can be mobilized to address them.

On the panel: Professors Rens Bod, Francio Guadeloupe, and Sari Hanafi.

Moderator: Professor Birgit Meyer.

Link in the comments.

23/10/2026

Today, the Holberg Committee is convening at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam to decide upon a shortlist of candidates for the 2027 Holberg Prize.

From the left:

Professors Ryan Nefdt, Verica Trstenjak, Birgit Meyer, Sari Hanafi, and Ann Phoenix (Chair).

The 2027 Holberg Prize Announcement will take place at the University of Bergen on 16 March, 2027.

22/10/2026

Vi gratulerer lederen av Nils Klim-komitéen, professor Andreas Føllesdal, med tildelingen av Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademis HUMSAM-pris. Prisen tildeles for "innflytelsesrik forskning på menneskerettigheter og demokrati, for fremragende forskningsledelse og for tverrfaglig arbeid som har brutt ny grunn der humaniora, juss og samfunnsvitenskap møtes."

– Myndighetene må grunngi hvorfor vi må godta maktutøvelse, sier professor i politisk filosofi Andreas Føllesdal. Han tildeles Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademis HUMSAM-pris. Se video av prisvinneren lenger ned i saken.

22/10/2026

The event at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, starts today at 17:00. Doors open at 16:15, and refreshments are served. Those who are not yet registered for the event are still welcome to do so.

Leading scholars discuss how we can understand the interconnected global crises of our time and how knowledge can be mobilized to address them.

06/10/2026

The stories we tell about ourselves shape how we see the world—and the futures we imagine.

In her Nils Klim Lecture, 2026 laureate Majse Lind explored how narrative identity relates to mental health, and how new stories can help people see themselves as active authors of their own lives.

Read or watch Lind's lecture in full length here: https://holbergprize.org/news/majse-lind-narrative-identity-and-mental-illness-in-young-individuals/

04/10/2026

During Holberg Laureate Lyndal Roper's recent lecture tour in Australia, several excellent interviews were conducted with the Laureate. Among them is this conversation with the Australian Financial Review, which captures something essential about both her scholarship and the spirit of the Holberg Prize.

Link in the comments. (Paywall.)

(Photo: Louis Douvis)

01/10/2026

Yesterday, Holberg Laureate Lyndal Roper joined ABC National Radio's Late Night Live for an hour-long conversation on the Reformation era and the German Peasants' War of 1524–1525, themes explored in her latest book, The Summer of Fire and Blood.

Link in the comments.

(Photo: Eivind Senneset.)

30/09/2026

As part of an event series organised by Australian Academy of the Humanities and presented in partnership with the Holberg Prize, Holberg Laureate Lyndal Ropert today delivered the annual Academy Lecture, at the The University of Melbourne. The lecture was entitled 'Brotherhood: Gender and the German Peasants’ War 1524-26'

Video will be available soon.

From the left:

Chair of the Holberg Board Jørgen Sejersted, Professor of Scandinavian Literature, University of Bergen (Universitetet i Bergen);

Professor Charles Zika, Professorial Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne.

Holberg Laureate Lyndal Roper, Emeritus Regius Professor of History at Oriel College, University of Oxford;

Professor Stephen Garton, President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities; Professor of History, University of Sydney;

Inga Davis, Executive Director, Australian Academy of the Humanities.

28/09/2026

On 23 September, Holberg Laureate Lyndal Roper held the lecture ‘"Dr Liar" meets “The Devil Himself‘’: Martin Luther and Thomas Müntzer' at the The University of Queensland, followed by discussions between Professor Roper and Emeritus Professor Peter Harrison.

The event was organised by Australian Academy of the Humanities and presented in partnership with the Holberg Prize and the University of Queensland. It was part of a series of events in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne. Video is available here:

https://youtu.be/7c9Rlu6Vyss

From the left:

Emeritus Professor Peter Harrison, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of Queensland;

Holberg Laureate Lyndal Roper, Emeritus Regius Professor of History at Oriel College, University of Oxford;

Chair of the Holberg Board Jørgen Sejersted, Professor of Scandinavian Literature, University of Bergen (Universitetet i Bergen);

Inga Davis, Executive Director, Australian Academy of the Humanities.