Praemium Erasmianum Foundation

Praemium Erasmianum Foundation

Former director Max Sparreboom announcing the 2015 Erasmus Prize
Formation	1958[1]
Founder	HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands[1]
Location	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Key people	Patron: Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands Chairman: Ernst Hirsch Ballin
Website	www.erasmusprijs.org

The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation is a Dutch cultural institution that works in the humanities, the social science and the arts. It was founded in 1958 by Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. The aim of the Foundation is to strengthen the position of the arts, the social sciences and the humanities. The Foundation is motivated by the ideas of Desiderius Erasmus, from whom it derives its name, and European cultural traditions. Humanistic values, such as tolerance, cultural pluralism and critical thinking, are reflected in the choice of the Erasmus Prize laureates and in the activities around the theme of the Prize.^[1]