He leads the European Research Council project CoFutures and the Norwegian Research Council project Science Fictionality, exploring contemporary global futurisms movements from a transmedial perspective.
Do such visions respond to the multifaceted crises of our times, and if so, in what ways?īodhisattva Chattopadhyay is Associate Professor of Global Culture Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway.What are their genealogies and contents?.What is the importance of alternative visions of the future?.The panelists will discuss the following questions: At this event, Niels Klim’s journey meets contemporary strategies of thinking about futures within various disciplines and forms of research, as we celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Holberg Prize. When Holberg wrote the novel in 1741, it described a number of imaginary societies, in a satirical science fiction novel critiquing the social and political norms of his time. On 20 January 2023, the Holberg Prize invites the public to a panel conversation on alternative futures, inspired by Ludvig Holberg’s novel “The Journey of Niels Klim to the World Underground”.
This 20 January event also coincides with the convening of the Nils Klim Committee in Oslo. 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the Holberg Prize, something which will be celebrated by a series of events throughout the year.
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