Scholar is honored by Norway 's Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

DURHAM, NC -- Duke University’s Fredric R. Jameson will receive the fifth annual Holberg International Memorial Prize, the Board of the Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund announced Tuesday in Norway. The professor of literature was cited for his many contributions, grounded in literary studies, to cultural theory and cultural studies, hermeneutics, architectural and postcolonial theory, aesthetics, film and television studies, and history.

The prize, worth $900,000, will be presented Nov. 26 at a ceremony in Bergen , Norway . It is awarded annually for outstanding scholarly work in the fields of the arts and humanities, social sciences, law and theology.