The 2021 Holberg Debate on Identity Politics: J. Butler, C. West, G.Greenwald and S. Critchley.
The 2021 Holberg Debate: "Identity Politics and Culture Wars" Does identity politics as it is currently manifesting itself offer a suitable avenue towards social justice, or has it become a recipe f...
20 Jan 20222h 31min
Interview with 2017 Nils Klim Laureate Katrine Vellesen Løken
In 2017, Katrine Vellesen Løken became Nils Klim Laureate. In this 2021 interview, she discusses her career choices and motivation, and describes her research interests. Vellesen Løken is interviewed...
15 Des 202121min
Martha C. Nussbaum: "Justice for Animals: Practical Progress through Philosophical Theory"
The Holberg Lecture by Holberg Laureate Martha C. Nussbaum was held on 8 June, 2021. Animals suffer injustice at our hands: the cruelties of the factory farming industry, poaching and trophy hunting,...
25 Jun 202151min
Jürgen Kocka: "European Integration and Present Challenges of the European Union" (2014)
In this lecture Jürgen Kocka speaks about the history of the European Union and its present challenges. The lecture was held at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway 5 May 2014, as part of...
5 Mar 20211h 30min
Natalie Zemon Davis: "Dealing with Strangeness" (2014)
Dealing with Strangeness: Information Flow and Language in a Colonial Slave Society Holberg Lecture by Natalie Zemon Davis at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, May 8th 2014. The H...
26 Feb 20211h 11min
Jürgen Habermas: "Democracy in Europe" (2014)
This lecture by Jürgen Habermas was held at at the University of stavanger, on 11 September 2014, as part of the ten-year anniversary of the Holberg Prize. Jürgen Habermas recieved the Holberg Prize ...
12 Feb 20211h 5min
Julia Kristeva: "New Forms of Revolt" (2014)
In this lecture Julia Kristeva proposes a new interpretation of the experience of revolt: far from simply a negation or contestation of the norm, revolt is a transvaluation of memory, a reconstruction...
5 Feb 20211h 11min
Cass Sunstein: The 2018 Holberg Conversation
In this interview from June 4 , 2018 Holberg Laureate Cass R. Sunstein talks about his research, his background , and how he has worked to promote enduring constitutional ideals - freedom, dignity, eq...
22 Jan 202158min
