Jerusalem, September 18, 2006
The Board of the Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund announced today its decision to award the Holberg International Memorial Prize 2006 to Hebrew University Professor Shmuel N. Eisenstadt for his "outstanding scholarly work in the arts and humanities, social science, law and theology. The prize is worth NOK 4.5 million (over US$680,000).
Prof. Eisenstadt is the Rose Isaacs Professor Emeritus of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Born in 1923, Eisenstadt received his doctorate at Hebrew University in 1947.
According to the Board of the Memorial Fund, Eisenstadt "has developed comparative knowledge of exceptional quality and originality concerning social change and modernization, and concerning relations between culture, belief systems and political institutions. His work combines sociological theory with historical and empirical research in the study of modernities and civilizations."
They continue to describe him as "an extraordinary productive scholar" who has had "great influence in many disciplines, including sociology, political science, history, religious studies and anthropology."
Chair of the Board of the Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund, Prof. Jan Fridthjof Bernt, says Eisenstadt has been "an important contributor to sociological theory for more then fifty years."
The official award ceremony will take place on November 29, 2006 in Bergen, Norway.
For further information:
Rebecca Zeffert, Dept. of Media Relations, the Hebrew University, Tel: 02-588-1641, or Orit Sulitzeanu, Hebrew University spokesperson, Tel: 02-5882910 or 052-260-8016. Internet site: http://media.huji.ac.il.
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