Heineken Prize for History

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academic award history award

The Heineken Prize for History is a prestigious international award recognizing outstanding scholarly contributions to the field of history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for History	1
Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for History	1
Heineken Prize for History canonical	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4581391 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Heineken Prize for History
Context triple: [Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, relatedAward, Heineken Prize for History]

A. Erasmus Prize
The Erasmus Prize is a prestigious European cultural award presented annually to individuals or institutions that have made exceptional contributions to the humanities, social sciences, or the arts.
B. Wibaut Prize
The Wibaut Prize is a Dutch cultural award historically given in recognition of outstanding contributions to the arts, including music.
C. Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Mathematics
The Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Mathematics is a prestigious international mathematics award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field.
D. Spinoza Prize
The Spinoza Prize is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands, granted to outstanding researchers for groundbreaking and influential contributions to their fields.
E. Theodor Heuss Prize
The Theodor Heuss Prize is a German award honoring individuals and organizations for outstanding contributions to democracy, civic engagement, and political culture in the spirit of Germany’s first postwar president, Theodor Heuss.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Heineken Prize for History
Target entity description: The Heineken Prize for History is a prestigious international award recognizing outstanding scholarly contributions to the field of history.

A. Erasmus Prize
The Erasmus Prize is a prestigious European cultural award presented annually to individuals or institutions that have made exceptional contributions to the humanities, social sciences, or the arts.
B. Wibaut Prize
The Wibaut Prize is a Dutch cultural award historically given in recognition of outstanding contributions to the arts, including music.
C. Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Mathematics
The Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Mathematics is a prestigious international mathematics award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field.
D. Spinoza Prize
The Spinoza Prize is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands, granted to outstanding researchers for groundbreaking and influential contributions to their fields.
E. Theodor Heuss Prize
The Theodor Heuss Prize is a German award honoring individuals and organizations for outstanding contributions to democracy, civic engagement, and political culture in the spirit of Germany’s first postwar president, Theodor Heuss.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic award ⓘ history award ⓘ
awardedFor	influential work in the discipline of history ⓘ outstanding contributions to historical scholarship ⓘ pioneering historical research ⓘ
awardFrequency	biennial ⓘ
awardingBodyType	national academy ⓘ
category	humanities award ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
eligibility	individual historians ⓘ scholars in the field of history ⓘ
field	history ⓘ
firstAwarded	1990 ⓘ
hasLanguage	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ
inception	1990 ⓘ
locationOfAwardCeremony	Amsterdam ⓘ
monetaryAward	substantial cash prize ⓘ
namedAfter	Alfred Heineken ⓘ
notableRecipient	Aleida Assmann ⓘ Geoffrey Parker ⓘ Heinz Schilling ⓘ Jonathan Israel ⓘ Jürgen Kocka ⓘ Rosamond McKitterick ⓘ
organizer	Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
partOf	Heineken Prizes ⓘ
presentedBy	Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
purpose	to recognize outstanding scholarly contributions to the field of history ⓘ
relatedTo	Heineken Prize for Cognitive Science ⓘ Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences ⓘ Heineken Prize for Medicine ⓘ linked to: Heineken Prizes Heineken Prize for Science ⓘ linked to: Heineken Prizes
reputation	one of the most prestigious international prizes in history ⓘ
scope	international ⓘ
selectionProcess	international jury of experts ⓘ
sponsor	Dr. A.H. Heineken Foundation for Historical Research ⓘ linked to: Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize Foundation
status	active ⓘ
website	https://www.knaw.nl/en/awards/heineken-prizes ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences → relatedAward → Heineken Prize for History ⓘ

Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize Foundation → award → Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for History ⓘ

linked to: Heineken Prize for History

Heineken Prizes → hasPart → Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for History ⓘ