Editing Erasmus (section)

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* The European [[Erasmus Programme]] of [[exchange students]] within the [[European Union]] is named after him. 
** The original [[Erasmus Programme]] scholarships enable European students to spend up to a year of their university courses in a university in another European country, commemorating Erasmus' impulse to travel. 
** The European Union cites the successor [[Erasmus+]] programme as a "key achievement": "Almost 640,000 people studied, trained or volunteered abroad in 2020."<ref>{{cite web |title=Achievements and benefits, European Union |url=https://european-union.europa.eu/priorities-and-actions/eu-priorities/achievements_en |website=european-union.europa.eu |publisher=European Union |access-date=25 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref> 
** The parallel [[Erasmus Mundus]] project is aimed at attracting non-European students to study in Europe. 
* The [[Erasmus Prize]] is one of Europe's foremost recognitions for culture, society or social science. It was won by [[Wikipedia]] in 2015.
* The Erasmus Lectures are an annual lecture on religious subjects, given by prominent Christian (mainly Catholic) and Jewish intellectuals,<ref>{{cite web |title=Erasmus Lectures |url=https://www.firstthings.com/erasmus-lectures |website=First Things |access-date=1 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref> most notably by [[Joseph Ratzinger]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ratzinger |first1=Joseph |title=Biblical Interpretation in Crisis |url=https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2008/04/biblical-interpretation-in-crisis |website=First Things |language=en |date=26 April 2008}}</ref>
* A peer-reviewed annual scholarly journal ''Erasmus Studies'' has been produced since 1981.<ref>{{cite web |title=Erasmus Studies |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/eras/eras-overview.xml |website=Brill |language=en}}</ref> 
* Rotterdam has the [[Erasmus University Rotterdam]]:
** It has the Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE),<ref>{{cite web |title=Erasmus School of Philosophy |url=https://www.eur.nl/en/esphil/research/research-institutes/eipe |website=www.eur.nl |language=en}}</ref> which produces the ''Erasmus Journal of Philosophy and Economics''<ref>{{cite web |title=Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics |url=https://ejpe.org/journal |website=ejpe.org}}</ref>      
** [[Erasmus University College]] is an "international, interdisciplinary Bachelor of Science programme in Liberal Arts and Sciences."<ref>{{cite web |title=Erasmus University College |url=https://www.eur.nl/en/euc |website=www.eur.nl |publisher=Erasmus University Rotterdam |language=en}}</ref>
* From 1997 to 2008, the American [[University of Notre Dame]] had an Erasmus Institute.<ref>{{cite web |title=No more Erasmus, but NDIAS and NDCEC continue |url=https://irishrover.net/2010/09/no-more-erasmus-but-ndias-and-ndcec-continue/ |website=Irish Rover |date=19 September 2010}}</ref>
* The Erasmus Building in [[Luxembourg]] was completed in 1988 as the first addition to the [[Palais de la Cour de Justice|headquarters]] of the [[Court of Justice of the European Union]] (CJEU).<ref name=CJEU>{{cite web |title=Erasmus Building |url=https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1_3943794/en/ |publisher=Europa (web portal) |access-date=1 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The building houses the chambers of the judges of the CJEU's [[General Court (European Union)|General Court]] and three courtrooms.<ref name=CJEU /> It is next to the Thomas More Building.
* Rotterdam has an [[Erasmus Bridge]].
* [[Queens' College]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], has an Erasmus Tower,<ref>{{cite web |title=Erasmus' Tower, Queen's College, Cambridge |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O586471/erasmus-tower-queens-college-cambridge-print-rock--co/ |publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum |date=5 January 1854}}</ref> Erasmus Building<ref>{{cite web |title=Erasmus Building history |url=https://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/visiting-the-college/history/college-facts/the-buildings/erasmus-building-history |website=www.queens.cam.ac.uk |publisher=Queens' College}}</ref> and an Erasmus Room.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Erasmus Room |url=https://queensconferences.com/the-erasmus-room |website=queensconferences.com |publisher=Queens' College}}</ref> Until the early 20th century, Queens' College used to have a corkscrew that was purported to be "Erasmus' corkscrew", which was a third of a metre long; as of 1987, the college still had what it calls "Erasmus' chair".<ref>John Twigg, ''A History of Queens' College, Cambridge 1448–1986'' (Woodbridge, Suff.: Boydell Press, 1987).</ref>
* Several schools, faculties and universities in the [[Netherlands]] and [[Belgium]] are named after him, as is [[Erasmus Hall High School|Erasmus Hall]] in [[Brooklyn]], New York, US.