video: Jürgen Kocka, Holberg International Memorial Prize 2011

Holberg Prize Laureate Jürgen Kocka: "CONFLICTS AND CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE WELFARE STATE SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY. GERMANY IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE", 7 June 2011  
Jürgen Kocka is the Holberg Prize Laureate 2011. He is a historian of modern Germany and Europe and he is particularly interested in comparative approaches, social history and cooperation with the social sciences. From 1973 to 2009 he taught history at the University of Bielefeld and the Free University of Berlin. As a Visiting Professor he teaches regularly at the University of California, Los Angeles and he is presently a Permanent Fellow at the International Research Center re:work at the Humboldt University in Berlin.

Holberg Prize Symposium 2011: Discussion
The Holberg Prize Symposium 2011 is in honor of Holberg Prize 2011 laureate Jürgen Kocka. This is the final discussion. Participants: Theda Skocpol, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University Christoph Conrad, Professor of History, Université de Genève Per Selle, Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen Jürgen Kocka, Holberg Prize Laureate 2011 and Professor of History Moderators: Simone Lässig, Professor of History and Director of Georg Eckert Institute, Braunschweig Stein Kuhnle, Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, 7 June 2011

Holberg Prize interview of Professor Kocka Speech by Holberg International Memorial Prize

Speech by Holberg International Memorial Prize Laureate Jürgen Kocka, held at the award ceremony on 8 June 2011