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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 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.)

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

From the left: Holberg Board Chair Jørgen Sejersted, Uni. of Bergen; Prof. Charles Zika, Professorial Fellow, Uni. of Melbourne. Holberg Laureate Lyndal Roper, Uni. of Oxford; Prof. Stephen Garton, President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities; Inga Davis, Executive Director, AAH.

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

From the left: Emeritus Prof. Peter Harrison, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Uni. of Queensland Holberg Laureate Lyndal Roper, Emeritus Regius Professor, Uni. of Oxford Chair of the Holberg Board Professor Jørgen Sejersted, Uni. of Bergen Inga Davis, Executive Director, AAH

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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 will be made available soon.

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 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. holbergprize.org/events-and-p...

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The lecture is entitled: 'History and Commemoration: Cycling the German Peasants’ War of 1525'. Video will be available soon at: holbergprize.org/events-and-p... The lecture series is organised by the Australian Academy of the Humanities and presented in partnership with the Holberg Prize.

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Holberg Laureate Lyndal Roper is doing events Australia this month. Today's event at the University of Sydney is about to start. From the left: Norwegian Ambassador Per Albert Ilsaas; Holberg Laureate Lyndal Roper; Chair of the Holberg Prize Board Prof. Jørgen Sejersted. Photo: Stephen Blake

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The AAH will partner with @holbergprize.bsky.social to bring Professor Lyndal Roper FAHA, 2026 Holberg Prize Laureate and Emeritus Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford, to Australia for three public lectures this September. humanities.org.au/events/aah-h...

A woman in a blue shirt stands at a lecturn. The graphic includes the text "Award-winning historian Lyndal Roper FAHA to tour Australia".

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

In addition to revisiting Jameson’s 2008 Holberg Lecture, the conference featured a conversation between 2024 Holberg Laureate Achille Mbembe and 2025 Laurate Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak; as well as keynotes by Spivak and former Holberg Committee Chair Toril Moi. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

In April 2026, Duke University, in collaboration with the Holberg Prize, hosted a conference on 2008 Holberg Laureate Fredric Jameson and critical theory. The conference was a three‑day celebration of Fredric Jameson’s scholarship, exploring the future of critical theory. 1/

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The 2021 Nils Klim Laureate Daria Gritsenko was appointed Professor of Algorithmic Governance and Public Policy at TU München in 2025. In this podcast, she discusses how digital technologies are reshaping government and how algorithmic decision-making affects democratic legitimacy and public trust.

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How algorithms change public decision-making

In this episode of “NewIn,” we meet Daria Gritsenko. The new professor of Algorithmic Governance and Public Policy examines how digital technologies are reshaping government and how algorithmic decisi...

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who nominated a candidate! We received a record number of nominations for both the Holberg Prize and the Nils Klim Prize by the 15 June deadline. Missed the deadline? Nominations for the 2028 Holberg Prize and 2028 Nils Klim Prize are now being accepted. shorturl.at/I4Slv

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Record Number of Nominations for the Holberg Prize and the Nils Klim Prize

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Read Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung's interview with Holberg Laureate Lyndal Roper on the link below. (Paywall.) (Photo: Eivind Senneset.) www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

"No lever vi i ei postprint-tid, og eg meiner å sjå ei tilbakevending til ein gammal kultur der det trykte ikkje lenger er autoritativt, men det som går frå munn til munn. I dag synest influensarar i aukande grad å vere dei folk trur på", sier Lyndal Roper. www.dagogtid.no/kultur/ho-se...

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(+) Ho ser historia nedanfrå

Om vi ikkje lærer studentane kritisk tenking og korleis dei skal arbeide med KI, gjer vi oss irrelevante, seier vinnar av Holbergprisen Lyndal Roper.

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Today, the 2026 Nils Klim Prize was conferred upon Associate Professor Majse Lind. Read or listen to her Acceptance Speech here. (Photo: Eivind Senneset.) holbergprize.org/news/majse-l...

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Majse Lind’s Acceptance Speech

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Today, the 2026 Holberg Prize was conferred upon Professor Lyndal Roper. Read or listen to her Acceptance Speech here. (Photo: Eivind Senneset) holbergprize.org/news/lyndal-...

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Lyndal Roper’s Acceptance Speech

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Today, Norway's Minister of Research and Higher Education Sigrun Aasland conferred the Holberg Prize upon Professor Lyndal Roper and the Nils Klim Prize upon Associate Professor Majse Lind. We congratulate the Laureates! (Photo: Eivind Senneset) holbergprize.org/news/holberg...

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The 2026 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize Award Ceremony will begin at 14:00, CEST. Professor Lyndal Roper will receive the Holberg Prize, and Associate Professor Majse Lind will receive the Nils Klim Prize. Livestream link below. (Photo: Eivind Senneset.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIJk...

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

"Det historikerne ofte er dårligere til, er å forestille seg at mennesker faktisk opplevde at det var deres religiøse overbevisninger som drev dem." Professor Gunnar Winsnes Knutsen skriver om Holbergprisvinner Lyndal Roper. www.morgenbladet.no/ideer/hva-vi...

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(+) Hva vil det si å bo i en verden der Gud og djevelen er virkelige størrelser?

Holbergprisvinner Lyndal Roper gir oss et mindre arrogant historiefag, skriver Gunnar W. Knutsen.

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

4/4 "But when and why does controlling fertility and sexuality become central to political agendas, and why do such ideas attract women as well as men?"

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

3/ "This question has particular salience now that we have seen the rise, and perhaps the waning, of right-wing political movements that aim to promote ‘family’ life, restrict abortion, and limit women’s freedoms."

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

2/ "What happens when such a vision is allied with religious conviction? When and why do governments want to control fertility and sexuality – after all, for most people before there was reliable contraception, sex and fertility could not really be separated?"

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

1/ "What makes people suddenly attracted to a conservative vision of the family?" Laureate Lyndal Roper delivered her Holberg Lecture today. The lecture can be watched in full on the link below: www.youtube.com/live/PEd-tiQ... (Photo: Silje Katrine Robinson)

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A sound body makes for a sound mind. In preperation for Lyndal Roper's Masterclass, "Bodies, Gender, Psyche, Movement", the Holberg Laureate led the four participating PhD candidates through a physical exercise session. (Photo:Eivind Senneset)

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The Holberg Lecture, by Laureate Lyndal Roper starts now. The topic is ‘‘Who owns Fertility? The Reformation’s Sexual Politics’ Livestream link and more information below. holbergprize.org/events-and-p...

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The 2026 Holberg Lecture: ‘Who Owns Fertility? The Reformation’s Sexual Politics’

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

2/2 Four PhD candidates in the Nordic countries will participate: Miriam Sünder (University of Gothenburg) Edna Huotari (University of Helsinki) Jon Martin Perander (University of Bergen) Sigrún Jónsdóttir (University of Iceland) More information and livestream: holbergprize.org/events-and-p...

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The 2026 Holberg Masterclass: ‘Bodies, Gender, Psyche, Movement’

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

1/ Welcome to day three of the Holberg Week. The Holberg Masterclass with Lyndal Roper, ‘Bodies, Gender, Psyche, Movement’, will start shortly. How do we include physical experience, real bodies, in our understanding of human life? Where do phenomena like dreams fit in? What does gender mean today?

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Great discussions today at the Nils Klim Symposium. From the left: Rikke Amalie Agergaard Jensen, Annabel Bogaerts, Nils Klim Laureate Majse Lind, Moderator Per-Einar Binder, Elisabeth de Moor. Video is available here: www.youtube.com/live/HtDMjdY... (Photo: Eivind Senneset)

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

A conversation at the House of Literature in Bergen, between the two Laureates, Lyndal Roper and Majse Lind, provided a wonderful ending to the second day of the Holberg Week. The event was moderated by Professor Bjørn Enge Bertelsen, Academic Director of the Holberg Prize. (Photo: Eivind Senneset)

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The last event of the day is ‘An Evening with the Holberg Prize’, featuring Holberg Laureate Lyndal Roper and Nils Klim Laureate Majse Lind in conversation. The event starts shortly. Livestream link below.

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

2/2 "And finally, I want to suggest that narrative and life stories matter, not because they provide these transparent representations of inner experience, but because they help create the conditions through which lives become livable, recognizable and imaginable again, following disruption.”

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The 2026 Nils Klim Symposium: ‘Storying the Person in a Mental Health Crisis’

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

1/ Assistant Professor Rikke Jensen speaks at the Nils Klim symposium: “I argue that recovery cannot be understood as an individual outcome, but rather as a relational and narrative reorganization of life after disruption.

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

3/3 “In addition to a construct, however, narrative identity also reflects a methodology—the methodology where we ask people to tell us about their life stories and thereby get into who they are as people.” Livestream/video link below. holbergprize.org/events-and-p...

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The 2026 Nils Klim Symposium: ‘Storying the Person in a Mental Health Crisis’

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

2/ "It reflects a process of meaning-making out of our experiences and also of the integration of those experiences into our sense of identity, here conceptualized as life stories.”

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

1/ Assistant Professor Elisabeth de Moor speaks at the Nils Klim Symposium: “Narrative identity captures a construct. It captures who we are as people and how we became that person."

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

3/3 "For that, we need personal stories." Livestream/video link below. holbergprize.org/events-and-p...

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The 2026 Nils Klim Symposium: ‘Storying the Person in a Mental Health Crisis’

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

2/ "They tell us that neuroticism, rumination, identity disturbance and interpersonal problems are risk factors for psychopathology, but they do not tell us what it means to stand at the threshold of adulthood while trying to reach for this stable, coherent and positive sense of identity."

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

1/ Assistant Professor Annabel Bogaerts speaks at the Nils Klim Symposium: "These findings are really valuable – but they describe distributions, not persons."

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

4/4 "Sadly, her experience is not an isolated one. Rather, it reflects an alarming global trend.”

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

3/ "--a severe mental illness, characterized by enduring patterns of thinking, feeling, relating to oneself and others, and behaving that are inflexible and maladaptive, often leading to significant distress, impaired functioning, self-harm and elevated risks of suicidal thoughts and behavior."

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

2/ “’My body is empty. It’s contentless. I’m just walking around outside of time. I just happened’." "This striking quote from a young person suffering from personality disorder, --"

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

1/ Nils Klim Laureate Majse Lind delivers her lecture at the start of the symposium held in her honour. Livestream/video link below. holbergprisen.no/arrangemente...

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The 2026 Nils Klim Seminar, in honour of Laureate Majse Lind, starts now. In addition to the Laureate, the panel will consist of: Annabel Bogaerts (Univ. of Amsterdam) Elisabeth de Moor (Tilburg Univ.) Rikke Amalie Agergaard Jensen, (Univ. of Southern Denmark). holbergprize.org/events-and-p...

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The 2026 Nils Klim Symposium: ‘Storying the Person in a Mental Health Crisis’

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