Dutch Royals Present Erasmus Prize 2017

Yesterday, Tuesday November 28, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima, along with Princess Beatrix, attended the Erasmus Prize Awards at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.  The theme of this year was “Knowledge, Power and Diversity”. The King presented this year’s prize to Canadian scientist Michèle Lamont.

Michèle Lamont, Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies and the Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies at Harvard University, dedicated her studies to issues concerning inequality, social exclusion, racism and stigma. She received the award for “her contribution to research in the social sciences to the relationship between knowledge, power and diversity”, and “a champion of guaranteeing diversity in science and society”.

The prize consists of a sum of € 150,000.

The Erasmus Prize Foundation was founded in 1958 by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands and is awarded annually to a person or institution that has made an exceptional contribution to culture, society or social science in Europe and beyond. The Foundation aims to strengthen the position of the humanities, the social sciences and the arts.

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King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands attended Erasmus Prize 2017 ceremony of The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation, held at Amsterdam Royal Palace. pic.twitter.com/3h6tmPwUxo

— Royal Highness (@vaninaswchindt) November 29, 2017

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