Holberg International Memorial Prize - Committee

Committee

The Holberg Prize Academic Committee is composed of five members:

  • Kwame Anthony Appiah, Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University
  • Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
  • Helga Nowotny, Professor, President of the European Research Council
  • Mary Jacobus, Professor of English, Cambridge University
  • Christoph Markschies, Professor of Theology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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