Erasmus Prize
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Awarded for | Notable contributions to European culture, society, or social science |
Country | Netherlands |
Reward(s) | €150,000[1] |
First awarded | 1958 |
Last awarded | Annual award[1] |
Website | http://www.erasmusprijs.org/ ![]() |
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[edit]
As of 2015[update], 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[edit]
The award ceremony typically takes place at the Royal Palace of Amsterdam, where the prize is presented by the patron of the Foundation (King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands as of 2015[update]). 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. As of 2015[update] it has been awarded a total of 73 times in 53 years.[1][5] 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]
Young researchers[edit]
The Erasmus prize is not intended to stimulate young researchers.[4] However, the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded from 1988 yearly "studyprizes" for exceptionally high quality PhD studies on the field of humanities or social sciences.
Prize winners[edit]
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1958 | The People of Austria | 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. | [5][6] |
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1959 | Robert Schuman | [5] | |
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1959 | Karl Jaspers | [5] | |
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1960 | Marc Chagall | [5] | |
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1960 | Oskar Kokoschka | [5] | |
1962 | Romano Guardini | [5] | ||
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1963 | Martin Buber | [5] | |
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1964 | Union Académique Internationale | [5] | |
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1965 | Sir Charles Chaplin, Ingmar Bergman | [5] | |
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1966 | Herbert Read, René Huyghe | [5] | |
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1967 | Jan Tinbergen | [5] | |
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1968 | Henry Moore | [5] | |
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1969 | Gabriel Marcel, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker | [5] | |
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1970 | Hans Scharoun | [5] | |
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1971 | Olivier Messiaen | [5] | |
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1972 | Jean Piaget | [5] | |
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1973 | Claude Lévi-Strauss | [5] | |
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1974 | Ninette de Valois, Maurice Béjart | [5] | |
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1975 | Ernst Gombrich, Willem Sandberg | [5] | |
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1976 | Amnesty International, René David | [5] | |
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1977 | Werner Kaegi, Jean Monnet | [5] | |
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1978 | Puppet Theatre/Theme puppetry:
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1979 | Die Zeit, Neue Zürcher Zeitung | [5] | |
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1980 | Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt | [5] | |
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1981 | Jean Prouvé | [5] | |
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1982 | Edward Schillebeeckx | [5] | |
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1983 | Raymond Aron, Isaiah Berlin, Leszek Kołakowski, Marguerite Yourcenar | [5] | |
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1984 | Massimo Pallottino | [5] | |
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1985 | Paul Delouvrier | [5] | |
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1986 | Václav Havel | [5] | |
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1987 | Alexander King | [5] | |
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1988 | Jacques Ledoux | [5] | |
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1989 | International Commission of Jurists | [5] | |
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1990 | Sir Grahame Clark | [5] | |
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1991 | Bernard Haitink | [5] | |
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1992 | General Archive of the Indies | [5] | |
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1992 | Simon Wiesenthal | [5] | |
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1993 | Peter Stein | [5] | |
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1994 | Sigmar Polke | [5] | |
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1995 | Renzo Piano | [5] | |
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1996 | William Hardy McNeill | [5] | |
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1997 | Jacques Delors | [5] | |
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1998 | Mauricio Kagel, Peter Sellars | [5] | |
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1999 | Mary Robinson | [5] | |
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2000 | Hans van Manen | [5] | |
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2001 | Claudio Magris, Adam Michnik | [5] | |
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2002 | Bernd and Hilla Becher | [5] | |
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2003 | Alan Davidson | [5] | |
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2004 | Abdolkarim Soroush, Sadik Al-Azm and Fatema Mernissi | [5] | |
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2005 | Simon Schaffer and Steven Shapin | [5] | |
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2006 | Pierre Bernard | [5] | |
2007 | Péter Forgács | [5] | ||
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2008 | Ian Buruma | [5] | |
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2009 | Antonio Cassese, Benjamin B. Ferencz | [5] | |
2010 | José Antonio Abreu | [5] | ||
2011 | Joan Busquets | [5] | ||
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2012 | Daniel Dennett | [5] | |
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2013 | Jürgen Habermas | [5] | |
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2014 | Frie Leysen | Theme of "Theatre, audience and society" | [5][7] |
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2015 | Wikipedia community | 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." | [1][2] |
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2016 | A. S. Byatt | For inspiring contribution to 'life writing' | [8][9] |
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2017 | Michèle Lamont | "For her devoted contribution to social science research into the relationship between knowledge, power and diversity" | [10] |
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2018 | Barbara Ehrenreich | For giving "a voice to groups in society that would otherwise remain unheard" | [11] |
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2019 | John Adams | "Because he has created a new musical idiom by fusing elements from jazz, pop and classical music" | [12] |
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2021 | Grayson Perry | "Perry has developed a unique visual language, demonstrating that art belongs to everybody and should not be an elitist affair." | [13] |
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2022 | David Grossman | "He seeks to understand people from within, and to regard the other with love, across borders of war and history." | [14] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Erasmus Prize". Praemium Erasmianum Foundation. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Wikipedia turns 14, receives prestigious Erasmus Prize 2015". Wikimedia Foundation. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Prize and Adornments". Praemium Erasmianum Foundation. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ a b c "Organisation". Praemium Erasmianum Foundation. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh "Former Laureates". Praemium Erasmianum Foundation. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Former Laureats - The Austrian people". Praemium Erasmianum Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ "Former Laureates". Praemium Erasmianum Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Britse schrijfster A.S. Byatt krijgt Erasmusprijs" (in Dutch). NOS. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Press release: Erasmus Prize 2016 awarded to A.S. Byatt". 17 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Nieuws :: Praemium Erasmianum". erasmusprijs.org (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ Press release: 2018 Erasmus Prize awarded to Barbara Ehrenreich (Retrieved 1 May 2018)
- ^ Press release: 2019 Erasmus Prize awarded to John Adams (Retrieved 21 February 2019)
- ^ "Grayson Perry". Praemium Erasmianum Foundation. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "David Grossman". Praemium Erasmianum Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
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