BJØRNSTJERNE BJØRNSON ACADEMY – THE NORWEGIAN ACADEMY OF LITERATURE AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
B J Ø R N S O N P R I S E N, S E M I N A R A N D P O E T R Y
29th of October
Bjørnsonhuset and Hotel Seilet, Molde
12 p.m – 1.30 p.m.:
Lunch and Poetry at Rica Seilet Hotel with the poets Inger Elisabeth Hansen, Steinar Opstad, Arne Ruset, Jan Jakob Tønseth, and Knut Ødegård, introduced by Jostein Sæbøe.
Music by Judit Toth Sylthe (violin) and Asgeir Hoffart (piano).
2 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.:
Seminar on the theme “In Pursuit of the Perfect Human Being – or the Right to Be Different”, led by County Governor Lodve Solholm.
2 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.:
Welcome and brief introduction to the seminar and presentation of the Bjørnson Prize 2011 by the Academy’s president, Knut Ødegård.
2.30 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.:
Lecture by Peter Normann Waage: The Dream About Superman.
Lecture by Marte Wexelsen Goksøyr: I, In Danger of Extermination.
Questions and comments from the audience.
Music
3.30 p.m. – 4 p.m.:
Break, coffee and waffles.
4 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.:
Lecture by Ola Didrik Saugstad: The Iron Grip of the Sorting Society.
Lecture by Jan Helge Solbakk: The Society of the Healthy and Medical Ethics.
Lecture by Thorvald Steen: I Also, In Danger of Extermination.
Questions and comments from the audience.
Music.
Summing up the seminar by seminar leader.
Conclusion by the Academy’s president.
7.30 p.m.:
The Academy’s banquet at Rica Seilet Hotel.
