[Antiquitas] FW: Masterclass with Stephen Greenblatt, Holberg Prize laureate 2016 - Scholarships for Nordic PhD candidates

[Katariina Mustakallio]

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Solveig Stornes [mailto:Solveig.Stornes at holbergprisen.no]
>Sent: 1. huhtikuuta 2016 13:55
>To: Katariina Mustakallio <Katariina.Mustakallio at uta.fi>
>Subject: Masterclass with Stephen Greenblatt, Holberg Prize laureate 2016 -
>Scholarships for Nordic PhD candidates
>
>
>Dear Katariina Mustakallio,
>
>The Holberg Prize is now offering scholarships to Nordic Ph.D. candidates to
>participate in a masterclass with Holberg Laureate 2016, Stephen Greenblatt,
>in Bergen, Norway, on 6 June 2016. We appreciate if you can forward this
>information to Ph.D. candidates at your institution who might be interested in
>this opportunity.
>
>Yours sincerely,
>Solveig Stornes
>The Holberg Prize
>
>
>"Origin Stories": Masterclass with Stephen Greenblatt, Holberg Prize Laureate
>2016
>
>The Holberg Prize is now offering scholarships to Nordic Ph.D. candidates to
>attend a masterclass with Stephen Greenblatt, Holberg Laureate 2016, about
>the value of origin stories in human culture. The conversation will take place in
>Bergen, Norway, on 6 June 2016. Travel and accommodation expenses will be
>covered, and the candidate will also be given the opportunity to participate in
>the official Holberg Week Program from 6-9 June.
>
>Stephen Greenblatt is John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at
>Harvard University. He is awarded the Holberg Prize 2016 for his distinctive
>and defining role in the field of literature and his influential voice in the
>humanities over four decades, predominantly within the fields of literary
>studies, history and cultural criticism.
>
>Why have humans needed to construct accounts of our earliest beginnings -
>accounts that are inescapably speculative - and what is at stake in different
>version? How do the products of the imagination take on the substance of
>reality, and what work do they do for us?
>
>The discussion will take place in English.
>
>Apply for the Masterclass by sending a letter of motivation
>to info at 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 science, 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 amounts to NOK 4.5 million (approx. EUR 475.000 EUR).
>
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