Natalie Zemon Davis: Dealing with Strangeness

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 Holberg Lectures was a series of lectures with previous Holberg Prize laureates held as part of the ten-year anniversary of the Holberg Prize. The Holberg Prize was established by the Norwegian Government in 2003. The Holberg Prize is awarded annually to scholars who have made outstanding contributions to research in the arts and humanities, social science, law or theology. The Prize amounts to 4.5 million NOK (approximately 538 000 EUR / 735 000 USD) Natalie Zemon Davis was the 2010 Holberg Prize laureate.