Philosopher Recognized for Making a ‘Real and Lasting Difference to People across the World’ By Becky Beaupre Gillespie, Director of Content March 5, 2021 Professor Martha C. Nussbaum, a philosopher whose prolific and influential contributions have made her one of the world’s leading public intellectuals, has been named the winner of the 2021 Holberg Prize—one of the largest international awards given to an outstanding researcher in the arts and humanities, the social sciences, law, or theology. Nussbaum, the University of Chicago’s Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor o...