Erasmus Prize

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The Erasmus Prize is an annual prize awarded by the board of the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation to individuals or institutions that have made exceptional contributions to culture, society, or social science in Europe and the rest of the world.[1] It is one of Europe's most distinguished recognitions.[2] The prize is named after Desiderius Erasmus, the Dutch Renaissance humanist.

Prize and adornment

since 2024Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the prize consists of €150,000[1] and an adornment that was designed by Bruno Ninaber van Eyben in 1995. The adornment is a ribbon folded in the style of a harmonica, with ends made of titanium plates. The ribbon bears a text in the handwriting of Erasmus taken from a letter to Jean Carondelet written on 5 January 1523. The text reads "variae sunt ingeniorum dotes multae seculorum varietates sunt. quod quisque potest in medium proferat nec alteri quisquam invideat qui pro sua virili suoque modo conatur publicis studiis utilitatis aliquid adiungere.", which translates as "Diverse are the gifts of men of genius and many are the different kinds of ages. Let each one reveal the scope of his competence and let no one be envious of another who in keeping with his own ability and style tries to make a useful contribution to the education of all."[3]

Ceremony

The award ceremony typically takes place at the Royal Palace of Amsterdam, where the prize is presented by the patron of the Foundation (His Majesty the King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands since 2015Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".). A wide range of academic and cultural activities are organised around the Erasmus Prize award ceremony, in cooperation with other academic and cultural organisations. These have included lectures, conferences, workshops, exhibitions, performances of dance, music and theatre, and other educational activities. An essay on the topic of the laureate and their work is also published.[4]

The prize was first awarded in 1958. since 2015Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". it has been awarded a total of 73 times in 53 years.[5][6] The area in which the Erasmus prize will be awarded is decided upon in advance by the Foundation's board. An advisory committee then consults with Dutch and foreign experts before proposing a laureate; the final choice of the laureate is then made by the Foundation's board.[4] In 2015, Wikipedia editors received the Erasmus Prize—under the theme 'Digital Culture'. According to the Foundation, Wikipedia: "has promoted the dissemination of knowledge through a comprehensive and universally acceptable encyclopedia available to everybody".[7] Three young representatives of the Wikipedia Community received the Erasmus Prize, each of them represented new initiatives within Wikipedia.

Young researchers

The Erasmus prize is not intended to stimulate young researchers.[4] However, the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded from 1988 yearly "Research Prizes" for exceptionally high quality PhD studies on the field of Law, Humanities, Social sciences.

Prize winners

Photo Year Winner Notes
File:Flag of Austria.svg 1958 The People of Austria[8] Cultural heritage. Awarded at the University of Milan. Prize funds were granted to Austrians studying in Europe; foreign students studying in Austria; and excavations at Ephesus.
File:Robert Schuman-1929.jpg 1959 Robert Schuman
File:Karl Jaspers 1946.jpg 1959 Karl Jaspers
File:Chagall France 1921.jpg 1960 Marc Chagall
File:Oskar Kokoschka (1963) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg 1960 Oskar Kokoschka
File:Romano Guardini um 1920.JPG 1962 Romano Guardini
File:Martin Buber portrait.jpg 1963 Martin Buber
File:Logo de l'Union Académique Internationale.jpg 1964 Union Académique Internationale
File:Charlie Chaplin krijgt in het Congresgebouw de Erasmusprijs uitgereikt. Van link, Bestanddeelnr 019-0619.jpg File:Ingmar Bergman Smultronstallet.jpg 1965 Sir Charles Chaplin, Ingmar Bergman
File:Herbert Read (1966).jpg File:Erasmusprijs 1966, uitreiking in Ridderzaal te Den Haag prins reikt prijs uit aa, Bestanddeelnr 919-2923.jpg 1966 Herbert Read, René Huyghe
File:Jan Tinbergen 1982.jpg 1967 Jan Tinbergen
File:Henry Moore in workshop Allan Warren.jpg 1968 Henry Moore
File:Prijswinnaars Carl von Weizsäcker en Gabriël Marcel.jpg 1969 Gabriel Marcel, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
File:Hans Scharoun.jpg 1970 Hans Scharoun
File:Lezing Franse compoist Olivier Messianen in Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haa, Bestanddeelnr 933-8262.jpg 1971 Olivier Messiaen
File:JPiaget-PBovet-1925 - cropped.jpg 1972 Jean Piaget
File:Levi-strauss 260.jpg 1973 Claude Lévi-Strauss
File:Prins Bernhard reikt Erasmusprijs uit aan Ninette de Valois in aanwezigheid van koningin Juliana en prinses Beatrix, Bestanddeelnr 927-2719.jpg File:Prins Bernhard reikt Erasmusprijs uit aan Ninette de Valois in aanwezigheid van , Bestanddeelnr 927-2720.jpg 1974 Ninette de Valois, Maurice Béjart
File:Ernst Gombrich (1975).jpg File:Sandberg1962.jpg 1975 Ernst Gombrich, Willem Sandberg
File:ReneDavid1976ErasmusPrize.jpg 1976 Amnesty International, René David
File:Kaegi1977.jpg File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F001192-0003, Bonn, Besuch Jean Monnet, Konrad Adenauer.jpg 1977 Werner Kaegi, Jean Monnet
File:ErasmusPrize1978.jpg 1978 Puppet Theatre/Theme puppetry:
File:Marion Dönhoff, Prins Bernhard en Fred Luchsinger (1979).jpg 1979 Die Zeit, Neue Zürcher Zeitung
File:Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1980).jpg File:Gustav Leonhardt.jpg 1980 Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt
File:Jean Prouvé (1981).jpg 1981 Jean Prouvé
File:Edward Schillebeeckx.jpg 1982 Edward Schillebeeckx
File:Raymond Aron (1966).jpg File:BernhardYourcenarKolakowskiBerlin1983.jpg 1983 Raymond Aron, Isaiah Berlin, Leszek Kołakowski, Marguerite Yourcenar
File:Massimo Pallottino.jpg 1984 Massimo Pallottino
File:Paul Delouvrier en Prins Bernhard (1985).jpg 1985 Paul Delouvrier
File:Vaclav Havel cropped.jpg 1986 Václav Havel
File:Alexander King (1987).jpg 1987 Alexander King
File:1988 Ledoux portret bureau.jpg 1988 Jacques Ledoux
File:1989 International Commission of Jurists uitreiking 4.jpg 1989 International Commission of Jurists
File:1990 Clark laudatio.jpg 1990 Grahame Clark
File:Bernard Haitink 1984b.jpg 1991 Bernard Haitink
File:Spain Andalusia Seville BW 2015-10-23 14-27-54.jpg 1992 General Archive of the Indies
File:Simon Wiesenthal (1982).jpg 1992 Simon Wiesenthal
File:Dmitry Medvedev 4 November 2008-8.jpg 1993 Peter Stein
File:Dieter Frowein Lyasso&Sigmar Polke.jpeg 1994 Sigmar Polke
File:Renzo Piano cropped.jpg 1995 Renzo Piano
File:William H. McNeill.jpg 1996 William Hardy McNeill
File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F078267-0023, Bonn, Ministerpräsidenten mit EU-Kommissar Delors-CROPPED.jpg 1997 Jacques Delors
File:Mauricio Kagel (1985).jpg File:PeterSellarsOjai.jpg 1998 Mauricio Kagel, Peter Sellars
File:Mary Robinson-Obama31.04secs.png 1999 Mary Robinson
File:Hans van Manen (1986).jpg 2000 Hans van Manen
File:Claudio Magris.JPG File:Adam Michnik (2012).jpg 2001 Claudio Magris, Adam Michnik
File:2002 Echtpaar Becher prijsuitreiking 5.jpg 2002 Bernd and Hilla Becher
File:2003 Davidson prijsuitreiking 1.tif 2003 Alan Davidson
File:2004 Al Azm Mernissi Soroush uitreiking handdruk.tif 2004 Abdolkarim Soroush, Sadik Al-Azm and Fatema Mernissi
File:Simon Schaffer 2015.JPG File:Steven Shapin, HSS 2008.jpg 2005 Simon Schaffer and Steven Shapin
File:2006 Bernard prijsuitreiking 10.jpg 2006 Pierre Bernard
File:Forgács Péter (media artist).jpg 2007 Péter Forgács
File:Ian buruma 2006.jpg 2008 Ian Buruma
File:Antonio Cassese (born 1937) - Flickr image 3943365916 by Margaret Zimmerman.jpg File:Benjamin Ferencz - Chief Prosecutor in 1947 Einsatzgruppen Trial - In Courtroom 600 Where Nuremberg Trials Were Held - Palace of Justice - Nuremberg-Nurnberg - Germany - 02.jpg 2009 Antonio Cassese, Benjamin B. Ferencz
File:Antonio ABREU.jpg 2010 José Antonio Abreu
File:2011 Busquets prijsuitreiking 7.JPG 2011 Joan Busquets
File:Daniel Dennett in Venice 2006.png 2012 Daniel Dennett
File:JuergenHabermas.jpg 2013 Jürgen Habermas
File:Kunst in Zeiten des Umbruchs - Belgian curator Frie Leysen (7347702878).jpg 2014 Frie Leysen[9] Theme of "Theatre, audience and society"
File:Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg 2015 Wikipedia community[5][2] For "[promoting] the dissemination of knowledge through a comprehensive and universally accessible encyclopaedia. To achieve that, the initiators of Wikipedia have designed a new and effective democratic platform. The prize specifically recognises Wikipedia as a community—a shared project that involves tens of thousands of volunteers around the world."
File:AS Byatt Portrait.jpg 2016 A. S. Byatt[5][2] For inspiring contribution to 'life writing'
File:MicheleLamont2017.jpg 2017 Michèle Lamont[10] "For her devoted contribution to social science research into the relationship between knowledge, power and diversity"
File:Barbara Ehrenreich 2 by David Shankbone.jpg 2018 Barbara Ehrenreich[11] For giving "a voice to groups in society that would otherwise remain unheard"
File:CMB 7715 (8881407995).jpg 2019 John Adams[12] "Because he has created a new musical idiom by fusing elements from jazz, pop and classical music"
File:Grayson Perry February 13, 2007.jpg 2021 Grayson Perry[13] "Perry has developed a unique visual language, demonstrating that art belongs to everybody and should not be an elitist affair."
File:David Grossman Bibliothèques idéales Strasbourg 4 septembre 2015.jpg 2022 David Grossman[14] "He seeks to understand people from within, and to regard the other with love, across borders of war and history."
File:Trevor Noah June 2021 (cropped) wider.png 2023 Trevor Noah[15] "... for his inspired contribution to the theme 'In Praise of Folly,' named after Erasmus’s most famous book, which is filled with humour, social criticism and political satire. With his sharp-minded, mocking yet inclusive political comedy, Noah, in the eyes of the jury, upholds the 'Erasmian Spirit.'"
File:Amitav Ghosh by Gage Skidmore.jpg 2024 Amitav Ghosh "He receives the prize for his passionate contribution to the theme ‘imagining the unthinkable’, in which an unprecedented global crisis – climate change – takes shape through the written word. Ghosh has delved deeply into the question of how to do justice to this existential threat that defies our imagination. His work offers a remedy by making an uncertain future palpable through compelling stories about the past. He also wields his pen to show that the climate crisis is a cultural crisis that results from a dearth of the imagination."
File:Donna Haraway 2006 (cropped).jpg 2025 Donna Haraway[16] "The theme of this year’s prize is “the pursuit of what binds us.” Haraway is an altruistic thinker who explores the many interconnections between biology, literature, art, and social and political engagement. Like Erasmus in The Praise of Folly, she challenges human thought patterns and behaviors that go against humanistic ideals like equality and openness. What sets Haraway apart is that she extends her thinking beyond humans to include all living beings."

See also

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