An Evening with the Holberg Prize (Feat. Achille Mbembe and Siddharth Sareen)

This event will feature the Holberg Laureate Achille Mbembe and the Nils Klim Laureate Siddharth Sareen in conversation about their background, research and their experiences from academia. Speakers Achille Mbembe is the 2024 Holberg Laureate. Mbembe is a Research Professor of History and Politics at Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Witwatersrand. He is also Director of the Innovation Foundation for Democracy. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the British Academy, Mbembe is the author of ten books and his work has been translated into 17 languages. His latest book is La communauté terrestre (Paris, La Découverte, 2023). Siddharth Sareen is the 2024 Nils Klim Laureate. He is Professor of Energy and Environment at the Department of Media and Social Sciences, University of Stavanger, Norway. Sareen is also professor II at the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation, University of Bergen. Kari Jegerstedt (moderator) is Head of Centre at the Centre for Women's and Gender Research (SKOK) at the University of Bergen.