On Wednesday 3 June, 2026, Lyndal Roper held her Holberg Lecture "Who Owns Fertility? The Reformation's Sexual Politics" in the University Aula in Bergen, Norway. This lecture is the Laureate’s academic statement during the Holberg Week.

In her lecture, Roper asks: "How is fertility a force in history? What happens when people try to regulate who can have children, or who owns them? And when and why do religious movements seek to control sexuality?"

Lyndal Roper is Regius Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Oxford. She was awarded the 2026 Holberg Prize for her pioneering work on early modern European history.

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