Joëlle Kraaijeveld wins Jan Brouwer Thesis Prize
Joëlle Kraaijeveld has won the Jan Brouwer Thesis Prize for history with her master's thesis.
In ‘From Prey to Predator? Transmitting Communal Trauma Memory in Early Christian North Africa (3rd-5th century CE)’, Joëlle investigates the collective processing of religious conflicts. The jury was impressed by Joëlle's innovative approach. You are the first ancient historian to apply the findings of modern collective trauma studies to argue how and why Christians persecuted by the Romans in North Africa during the third and fourth centuries CE processed the violence they suffered,' the jury wrote in its report.
About the prize
Every year, the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) awards the Jan Brouwer Thesis Prizes in ten scientific fields for excellent master's theses from the previous academic year. The prize is accompanied by a cash award of €3,000.