Holberg International Memorial Prize 2011: Jürgen Kocka

The Holberg International Memorial Prize of 2011 is awarded to Professor of History, Jürgen Kocka. 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.

Citation from the Holberg Prize Academic Committee:

“Jürgen Kocka is an outstanding historian who effected a paradigm shift in German historiography by opening it up to related social sciences and establishing the importance of cross-national comparative approaches. His works represent a monumental achievement in the histories of labour, the European bourgeoisie, and corporations, exploring many aspects of social stratification and the continuously changing nature of work. 

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