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15-639: It has been part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1 January 1999. According to its website, the NIOD Institute's mission is to: Collect, manages, opens up and makes accessible archives and collections about the Second World War. Conduct academic research and publishes about it. Give information to government bodies and individual. Stimulate and organise debates and activities about war violence and processes that are at

30-691: Is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands . The academy is housed in the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam . In addition to various advisory and administrative functions it operates a number of research institutes and awards many prizes, including the Lorentz Medal in theoretical physics, the Dr Hendrik Muller Prize for Behavioural and Social Science and

45-506: Is the standard reference on the history of the Netherlands during World War II . The NIOD had recently made an electronic edition of the entire work, available for downloading from 11 December 2011, licensed under creative commons CC BY 3.0. It also performed a study into the Srebrenica massacre of 1995, which led to the report Srebrenica: a 'safe' area , which led to the resignation of

60-462: The Global Young Academy . The Society of Arts (Akademie van Kunsten) is a society of prominent artists from various disciplines, including architecture, visual arts, dance, film, photography, literature, music and performing arts. Its aim is to be the place "for debate about the value of art in society and about the relationship between art and science".The Society of Arts was established by

75-702: The Heineken Prizes . The academy advises the Dutch government on scientific matters. While its advice often pertains to genuine scientific concerns, it also counsels the government on such topics as policy on careers for researchers or the Netherlands' contribution to major international projects. The academy offers solicited and unsolicited advice to parliament, ministries, universities and research institutes, funding agencies and international organizations. The members are appointed for life by co-optation . Nominations for candidate membership by persons or organizations outside

90-483: The second cabinet of Wim Kok . This article about an organisation in the Netherlands is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article relating to a library organization, association, or consortium is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ( Dutch : Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen , abbr. KNAW )

105-538: The KNAW: De Jonge Akademie (The Young Academy) is a society of younger science researchers, founded in 2005 as part of the KNAW. Ten members are elected each year for a term of five years; members are scientists between 25 and 45 years old and are selected for a record of excellence in their research. It was modelled after the similar German Junge Akademie and both of these academies in turn were used as models for

120-636: The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2014. Both are seated in the 17th century Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. At the start the Society of Arts had 19 members. Each year the number of members increases with 6 new members who are offered a membership for life. In 2022 the Society of Arts has 76 members. Members of the Society of Arts are elected by nomination. Anyone can nominate leading artists from all disciplines who have distinguished themselves on

135-480: The academy are accepted. The acceptance criterion is delivered scientific achievements. Academy membership is therefore regarded as a great honor, and prestigious. Besides regular members, there are foreign members and corresponding members. Since a new membership system was introduced in 2011 there will be no new corresponding members. Each year a maximum of sixteen members are appointed to the academy. The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has long embraced

150-620: The basis of demonstrable artistic achievements. Frits van Oostrom Frits van Oostrom (born 15 May 1953 in Utrecht , Netherlands ) is university professor for the Humanities at Utrecht University . In 1999 he was a visiting professor at Harvard for the Erasmus Chair. From September 2004 to June 2005, he was a fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS). He

165-710: The basis of war violence. It administers the archives of the German occupation of the Netherlands and the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies , as well as large collections of clandestine newspapers and pamphlets, photographs, books and articles. The institute published The Kingdom of the Netherlands During World War II (Dutch: Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog ) in fourteen volumes and 18,000 pages. This magnum opus of Loe de Jong

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180-531: The entire field of learning. The Royal Academy comprises two departments, consisting of around 500 members: Both departments have their own board. The departments, in turn, are divided into sections. The highest organ in the academy is the general meeting of members, the united meeting of both departments. The president was Frits van Oostrom until 1 May 2008, after which he was succeeded by Robbert Dijkgraaf . Both van Oostrom in his leaving address and Dijkgraaf in his inaugural address have voiced their worries about

195-534: The low level of funding in science in the Netherlands compared to almost all other western countries. A list of presidents of the academy is as follows: During the Kingdom of Holland , it was founded as the Koninklijk Instituut van Wetenschappen, Letterkunde en Schoone Kunsten (Royal Institute of Sciences, Literature and Fine Arts) by Lodewijk Napoleon on May 4, 1808. In 1816, after the occupation had ended, it

210-484: Was awarded the Spinozapremie in 1995. In May 2005 he became president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) for a three-year period. He had been member of the same institution since 1994. In the later years Van Oostrom was given the task to assemble a Canon of the Netherlands , meaning: what everyone should know of the Netherlands and its history . This biographical article about

225-542: Was renamed to Koninklijk-Nederlandsch Instituut van Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schoone Kunsten . In 1851, it was disbanded and re-established as the Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen and in 1938 obtained its present name. Since 1812, the academy has resided in the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. The institute was awarded the Gouden Ganzenveer in 1955. The following Research institutes are associated with

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