Isabel Casteels wins Praemium Erasmianum Foundation Dissertation Prize
Isabel Casteels is one of the five winners of a Praemium Erasmianum Foundation Dissertation Prize. She was awarded the prize for her dissertation Looking for Justice. Execution Spectators and the Revolt in the Low Countries, ca. 1520-1585.
Casteels is delighted with the award: ‘Winning really came as a surprise. It’s wonderful that the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation is putting my research in the spotlight. Many thanks!’
About the prize
Since 1988, the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded annual Dissertation Prizes for exceptional dissertations in the fields of humanities, social sciences and law. Winners of the Dissertation Prize receive a sum of €3,000 and a certificate. A maximum of five prizes are awarded to young researchers in the humanities and social sciences who have defended a PhD dissertation of outstanding quality at a Dutch university. The universities themselves are asked to nominate candidates.