The Nobel Prize

Bring the 2024 Nobel Prizes into the classroom! Give your students a deeper insight into this year's Nobel Prizes which include the inventions behind artificial intelligence (AI), the three-dimensional structure of proteins and the writing of South Korean author Han Kang. Discover the 2024 Nobel Prizes with our recently released Nobel Prize lesson. Find the material for teachers and students here: https://bit.ly/3XPsfo0

"Literature, most of all the novel, teaches us empathy and appeals to our empathy. How else could we understand the motivation of the central characters? Here we have a unique opportunity to get away from ourselves, to become someone else for a while and to look at the world through their eyes." In a recent interview, Olga Tokarczuk credits literature for her fascination with psychology. She worked as a psychologist before her literary career although she admits that theory interested her more than working with people. Read the full interview to discover why literature is a great therapist: https://bit.ly/4fX49z2 Olga Tokarczuk will join us for discussions on the future of health at the Nobel Week Dialogue streaming live on 9 December from Stockholm.

Can one class have two future Nobel Prize laureates? Yes, it can - scientists Richard Kuhn and Wolfgang Pauli were schoolmates for eight years. Kuhn was awarded the 1938 chemistry prize and Pauli was awarded the 1945 physics prize. Photo: A school class photo with Wolfgang Pauli (second row, far left) and Richard Kuhn (to Pauli's right) in 1918 from Gymnasium Döbling, Vienna.

Watch the prize in economic sciences lectures. See the 2024 economic sciences laureates Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson deliver their lectures. Where are you watching from?

Remembering Paul Crutzen who was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for helping us understand why the ozone layer, which protects us from harmful UV radiation, was disappearing. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3o3DfL7 Picture: Ozone depletion at Antarctica. Credit: Penn State via flickr.

One of Toni Morrison's most impactful books, ‘Beloved’ starts with a dedication to “sixty million and more”. These sixty million are the Africans who died because of the Atlantic slave trade. In ‘Beloved’, Morrison takes an unflinching, painful look at the physical and psychological effects slavery has on Black Americans, especially women. Set in the period after the American Civil War, Morrison emphasises the painful, horrific aspects of slavery and the dangers of society forgetting them. Throughout the novel, Morrison focuses on the physical, emotional and sociological scars that the characters have and how they cope with their past experiences. The book reveals that Sethe, the protagonist, killed her eldest daughter rather than seeing her become enslaved. The book's plot was inspired by the true story of Margaret Garner who resorted to the same desperate measures to prevent her children from being enslaved. However, Garner’s story differs from the stories of Morrison’s characters. At the end of ‘Beloved’ Morrison’s protagonists are alive and free. In contrast, Garner was re-enslaved and died without regaining her freedom. When writing the book, Morrison said she tried to make it a personal experience focused on enslaved people who were often made anonymous. The novel forces the reader to recognise the impact slavery has and continues to have to this day. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1993 was awarded to Toni Morrison "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality.” Learn more about Morrison here: https://lnkd.in/ey9vUv2v

In 1859, a battle was raging at the town of Solferino in Northern Italy, where thousands of Italian, French and Austrian soldiers killed and maimed each other. Witnessing this horror moved Swiss businessman Henry Dunant to organise aid work and write a book about his experiences. It contained a plan, that all countries should form associations to help the sick and wounded on the battlefield, whichever side they belonged to. The result was the establishment of the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1863. The humanitarian charity has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize three times: in 1917 and 1944 for its efforts during the two World Wars, and in 1963 on its centenary. The Nobel Committee paid tribute to the International Committee of the Red Cross for its work on the revised Geneva Convention of 1949 and its efforts during the conflicts in Hungary, Algeria, the Congo and Tibet. Here you can see the telegram sent by Leopold Boissier, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 1963, expressing his "profound gratitude." Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eUctKmzV Photo credit: The Norwegian Nobel Institute

Each Nobel Prize diploma is a unique work of art. The 2024 Nobel Prize laureates will soon be receiving their unique diplomas and medals. Learn more about the Nobel Prize diplomas in this article: https://bit.ly/3GxINr4 #NobelPrize

Nobel Prize laureate William Golding authored books that include 'Lord of the Flies', 'Rites of Passage' and 'Darkness Visible'. His novels are often framed by a tale of adventure, while they explore the human capacity to transform what is good and constructive into something malicious and destructive. Learn more about Golding: https://t.co/xpqm1gQBij

Watch the Nobel Prize lectures in chemistry. See the 2024 chemistry laureates David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper deliver their Nobel Prize lectures. Where are you watching from?