Comments on: After the Nobel, Then What? http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/10/19/after-the-nobel/ A National Blog of Literature & Discussion Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:47:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Finn Harvor http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/10/19/after-the-nobel/#comment-3530 Finn Harvor Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:38:53 +0000 http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=3584#comment-3530 "As for the Peace prize, I think I read recently that it’s awarded in Oslo because at the time that Alfred Nobel endowed the original awards, Sweden and Norway were in some kind of (federal?) union." Though I don't know what prompted Nobel to locate the Nobel building in Oslo, it is true that the two countries were "unified" at that point, though I suspect many Norwegians would consider this union a rather one-sided affair. Sweden was a regional hegemon for many centuries. This was true of its relationship with Finland as well (I'm not sure how Denmark fit in the equation). In any case, as far as I know the union was not a meeting of equals, but something a little more tilted than that. “As for the Peace prize, I think I read recently that it’s awarded in Oslo because at the time that Alfred Nobel endowed the original awards, Sweden and Norway were in some kind of (federal?) union.”

Though I don’t know what prompted Nobel to locate the Nobel building in Oslo, it is true that the two countries were “unified” at that point, though I suspect many Norwegians would consider this union a rather one-sided affair. Sweden was a regional hegemon for many centuries. This was true of its relationship with Finland as well (I’m not sure how Denmark fit in the equation). In any case, as far as I know the union was not a meeting of equals, but something a little more tilted than that.

]]> By: Bookninja » Blog Archive » Workaday laureates http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/10/19/after-the-nobel/#comment-3526 Bookninja » Blog Archive » Workaday laureates Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:42:37 +0000 http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=3584#comment-3526 [...] what happens after you win the Nobel? VQR investigates. What do you do after you win the Nobel prize? Sure, you spend a few months resting on your [...] [...] what happens after you win the Nobel? VQR investigates. What do you do after you win the Nobel prize? Sure, you spend a few months resting on your [...]

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]]> By: Jacob Silverman http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/10/19/after-the-nobel/#comment-3524 Jacob Silverman Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:14:06 +0000 http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=3584#comment-3524 Oops -- I just read that while the economics prize is endowed by a Swedish bank, it's still selected by the Academy. Oops — I just read that while the economics prize is endowed by a Swedish bank, it’s still selected by the Academy.

]]> By: Jacob Silverman http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/10/19/after-the-nobel/#comment-3523 Jacob Silverman Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:12:55 +0000 http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=3584#comment-3523 It is confusing. The Nobel in economics -- which has a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences" rel="nofollow">more cumbersome name</a> -- wasn't started until 1968. It's awarded in Sweden but by a bank, not the Swedish Academy. As for the Peace prize, I think I read recently that it's awarded in Oslo because at the time that Alfred Nobel endowed the original awards, Sweden and Norway were in some kind of (federal?) union. It is confusing. The Nobel in economics — which has a more cumbersome name — wasn’t started until 1968. It’s awarded in Sweden but by a bank, not the Swedish Academy. As for the Peace prize, I think I read recently that it’s awarded in Oslo because at the time that Alfred Nobel endowed the original awards, Sweden and Norway were in some kind of (federal?) union.

]]> By: Waldo Jaquith http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/10/19/after-the-nobel/#comment-3522 Waldo Jaquith Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:29:40 +0000 http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=3584#comment-3522 I was really surprised to learn about that dichotomy today. I'd always thought that the affair was monolithic, but after I corrected this and spent a bit reading about it, I can appreciate that it's a bit confusing. I was really surprised to learn about that dichotomy today. I’d always thought that the affair was monolithic, but after I corrected this and spent a bit reading about it, I can appreciate that it’s a bit confusing.

]]> By: Michael http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/10/19/after-the-nobel/#comment-3521 Michael Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:49:05 +0000 http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=3584#comment-3521 My bad. I was thinking about the Nobel Prize for Peace, which *is* awarded in Oslo. http://nobelprize.org/award_ceremonies/index.html My bad. I was thinking about the Nobel Prize for Peace, which *is* awarded in Oslo.
http://nobelprize.org/award_ceremonies/index.html

]]> By: Waldo Jaquith http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/10/19/after-the-nobel/#comment-3520 Waldo Jaquith Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:38:34 +0000 http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=3584#comment-3520 *Laugh* Well played, John. :) I should have caught such a glaring error in editing, but I did not. "Oslo" now reads "Stockholm," as of course it should have in the first place. *Laugh* Well played, John. :) I should have caught such a glaring error in editing, but I did not. “Oslo” now reads “Stockholm,” as of course it should have in the first place.

]]> By: John http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/10/19/after-the-nobel/#comment-3519 John Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:17:00 +0000 http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=3584#comment-3519 If Walcott went to Oslo to get his prize, that may explain why he wants the week off. Perhaps to go to Stockholm to get the prize. If Walcott went to Oslo to get his prize, that may explain why he wants the week off. Perhaps to go to Stockholm to get the prize.

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