Agenda
Prof. F. de Vries-lecture 2026 delivered by Nobel laureate Joel Mokyr
On 13 May 2026, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), together with the Foundation Prof. F. de Vries, jointly organise the Prof. F. de Vries-lecture. This year, the lecture will be delivered by Professor Joel Mokyr, Nobel laureate in Economics 2025.
In his lecture, titled The market for ideas: then and now, Professor Mokyr will describe the development of the supply and demand of ideas, from the very start of the Republic of Letters in the fifteenth century, via the Industrial Revolution, right until the current day.
After the lecture, there will be a public discussion, where Jutta Bolt, Professor in Global Economic History at the University of Groningen and board member of the N.W. Posthumus Institute, and Maxim Februari, Dutch novelist, legal philosopher, and columnist will act as referents.
Those interested to attend should register with the KNAW; given the interest already shown for this event it is recommended to register as soon as possible, as seating is limited.
