Holbergprisen: Masterclass 2016
Origin Stories: Masterclass with Stephen Greenblatt, 2016 Holberg Prize Laureate.
The Holberg Prize is now offering scholarships to Nordic Ph.D. candidates for a masterclass hosted by the 2016 Holberg Prize Laureate Stephen Greenblatt. The masterclass will have the format of a two-hour seminar, on the topic of the value of origin stories in human culture. It will take place in Bergen, Norway, on 6 June 2016. Travel and accommodation expenses will be covered, and the candidate is invited to participate in the official Holberg Prize Programme on 6-9 June.
Stephen Greenblatt is a John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. He is awarded the Holberg Prize for his impact on the practices of history, literary studies and cultural criticism, and for having been one of the most distinctive and influential voices in the humanities over four decades. Greenblatt is regarded as one of the most important Shakespeare and Renaissance scholars of his generation, and he is the founder of New Historicism.
The masterclass will discuss why humans have needed to construct accounts of our earliest beginnings — accounts that are inescapably speculative — and what is at stake in different versions. How do the products of the imagination take on the substance of reality, and what work do they do for us?
The discussion will be conducted in English.
Apply for the masterclass by sending a letter of motivation to info@holbergprisen.no by 24 April 2016. For more information, please see:
http://holbergprisen.no/en/nyheter/holbergprisen/graduate-opportunity-masterclass-stephen-greenblatt
The Holberg Prize
The Holberg Prize is the largest international prize awarded for outstanding scientific work within the arts and humanities, social sciences, law and theology. Candidates are nominated by other scholars, and the Holberg Board awards the prize at the recommendation of the Holberg Committee. The Holberg Prize amount is NOK 4.5 million (approx. EUR 475.000 EUR).
