SCANPUB director: Professor Jostein Gripsrud
The first Holberg Debate will focus on dilemmas related to free speech and exchange of information in the digital age.
Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford, will be the keynote speaker at the first Holberg Debate on Saturday, December 3 – 15:00 – 17:00. Ash will elaborate on the central themes of his 2016 book Free speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World. After an interview with Anine Kierulf, Ash will join a panel debate with SCANPUB director, Professor Jostein Gripsrud (University of Bergen) and Kari Steen-Johnsen (Director at the Institute for Social Research) about dilemmas related to free speech, information controll and the need for civilized conflict in modern multicultural societies. How can we build a framework for ‘civilized conflict’ in multicultural societies where different world views determine which types of expression that are deemed unacceptable?
Read more about the Holberg Debate and The Holberg prize here.