2026 Balzan Prizes: Nominations and Subjects
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2025 Balzan Prizes Awarded in Bern
To Carl June, Rosalind E. Krauss, Josiah Ober and Christophe Salomon
The 2025 Balzan Prizewinners
Josiah Ober, Rosalind Krauss, Christophe Salomon, Carl H. June
2024 Balzan Prizes presented in Rome
The Ceremony took place in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic in the majestic setting of the Quirinale Palace
THE 2024 BALZAN PRIZEWINNERS
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2024 Balzan Prizewinners Announcement
In Milan on 9 September 2024, at 6 pm (CEST/UTC +2): the event will be live-streamed on www.balzan.org
Maria Cristina Messa is the New President of the Balzan Foundation “Prize”
She succeeds Alberto Quadrio Curzio
Appointments in the International Balzan Foundation
New Chairman and Members in the General Prize Committee
The 2023 Balzan Prizewinners
David Damrosch, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Eske Willerslev, Heino Falcke, Fondazione Francesca Rava [+ Press Release with Motivations – pdf]
2023 Balzan Prize: Nominations and Subjects
2023 SUBJECT DESCRIPTIONS (Download pdf)
2022 Balzan Prizes presented in Rome
750,000 Swiss Francs (765,000 EUR, 810,000 USD, 666,000 GBP) for each of the four awards.The winners must allocate half of the amount to research projects.
The 2022 Balzan Prizewinners
Martha C. Nussbaum, Philip Bohlman, Robert Langer, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen and Johannes Oerlemans
The 2021 Balzan Prizes Awarded in Bern
750,000 Swiss Francs for each of the four subjects. The Prizewinners must allocate half of the amount to research projects. [+ Booklet]
2020 Balzan Prizes presented in Rome
The Balzan Prizes 2020 were presented today in Rome by the President of the Italian Republic. During the ceremony, which took place at the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the prizes were presented to
Balzan mourns the passing of Salvatore Veca
It is with great sorrow that the International Balzan Foundation announces the death of Salvatore Veca, Member of the Board of the “Prize” Foundation and editor of the series Balzan Papers.
The 2021 Balzan Prizewinners
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Balzan Prizewinner Reinhard Genzel wins the Nobel Prize
Reinhard Genzel,2003 Balzan Prizewinner for Infrared Astronomy, is one of the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics (with Roger Penrose and Andrea Ghez).
Balzan Prizes 2021: the President’s speech
Opening Speech of the President of the International Balzan Foundation “Prize” Alberto Quadrio Curzio
Alberto Quadrio Curzio President of the Balzan Foundation “Prize”
On May 4, 2020, Alberto Quadrio-Curzio was elected President of the International Balzan Foundation “Prize” in Milan.
The Balzan Foundation mourns the passing of Enrico Decleva
On behalf of the Boards of the International Balzan Foundation “Prize” in Milan and “Fund” in Zurich, the Vice President of the “Prize” Foundation Professor Alberto Quadrio Curzio expressed his great regret in announcing the passing of President Professor Enrico Decleva, in office since 2013.
Manuel Castells Minister of Universities of the Spanish Government
Manuel Castells, 2013 Balzan Prize for Sociology, has been appointed Minister of Universities by the Spanish government, and was sworn in by the King of Spain on 13 January 2020.
Balzan Prizes 2019 awarded in Bern
750,000 Swiss Francs (approx. €680 000, $760 000, GBP 620 000) for each of the four subjects.Prizewinners must allocate half of the amount to research projects
Balzan Prizewinner Michel Mayor wins the Nobel Prize
Michel Mayor, 2000 Balzan Prizewinner for Instrumentation and Techniques in Astronomy and Astrophysics, is one of the winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics (with Didier Queloz and James Peebles).
Balzan goes social
The Balzan Prize and the Foundation are now on Twitter (@BalzanPrize) and on LinkedIn (Balzan Foundation).
Balzan Prizes 2018 presented in Rome
The Balzan Prizes 2018 were presented today by the President of the Italian Republic, during the ceremony, which took place at the Auditorium of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
The Balzan Papers presented in Rome
On 22 November in Rome the first issue of the Balzan Papers, edited by Salvatore Veca, was presented.
Luciano Maiani Chairman of the General Prize Committee
LUCIANO MAIANI is the new Chairman of the Balzan General Prize CommitteeDONATELLA DELLA PORTA and SALWA EL-SHAWAN CASTELO-BRANCO have been nominated as Members
The “New Oppenheim” by R. Higgins: launch in New York
Tuesday, 24 October 2017 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM“Oppenheim’s International Law: United Nations” with author Rosalyn HigginsUNITED NATIONS BOOKSHOP New York – USA
The 2017 Balzan Prizes presented in Berne
During the Awards Ceremony at the Federal Palace in Berne, this year’s Balzan Prizes were presented
The 2017 Balzan Prizewinners
The names of the 2017 Balzan Prizewinners were disclosed today in a public announcement
New Members on the Balzan General Prize Committee
Børge Diderichsen and Nathalie Heinich have been appointed to the General Prize Committee of the International Balzan Foundation “Prize”. They replace Marc Van Montagu and Dominique Schnapper.
A Global Project for Music: Interview with Reinhard Strohm
Walter Rauhe met with Reinhard Strohm for a dialogue on some of the many subjects that emerged from his important and complex Research Project..
Appointments to the Balzan Foundation “Fund” Board
Gisèle Girgis-Musy named as Chairman of the Balzan “Fund” Board. André Bandi appointed as a new member of the Board.
The Syriac World Rediscovered: an Interview
Fruit of meticulous interdisciplinary work, Syriaca.org is the cornerstone upon which Peter Brown’s Balzan research project entitled Figures in Landscape has been built. Peter Brown, Balzan Prize for Ancient History, and David Michelson, project leader, illustrate this innovative form of historical-cultural corpus in an interview by Susannah Gold.
Incontro sull’Utopia all’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Parigi
The event followed up on the recent publication of the “Dictionnaire critique de l’utopie au temps des Lumières”, in the frame of Bronislaw Baczko’s Balzan Research Project.
Interview: a “new Oppenheim” for Rosalyn Higgins
Rosalyn Higgins and the young collaborators working under her Balzan research project are on the final stretch of the enormous work of editing a “new Oppenheim”. In an interview by Susannah Gold, Dame Rosalyn explained the phases of conceiving and implementing work on the new volume of one of the most fundamental treatises on law of […]
