The prestigious international Cundill History Prize recognizes and rewards the best history writing
in English.
Administered by McGill University in Montreal, the Cundill History Prize generously rewards the leading historians of our time, with US$75,000 going to the winner, and the two runners up each receiving a Recognition of Excellence Award, together with US$10,000. A distinguished jury is seeking the book that embodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality and broad appeal. Previous winners include Thomas W. Laqueur, Susan Pedersen, Lisa Jardine, Anne Applebaum, and Diarmaid MacCulloch.
The 2018 Shortlist
Anne Applebaum
Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine
Penguin Random House (UK, CAN, US)
Ron Chernow
Grant
Head of Zeus (UK)
Penguin Random House (CAN/US)
Caroline Fraser
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little, Brown (UK) Metropolitan Books (CAN/US)
Joshua Freeman
Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World
W.W. Norton & Company (UK, CAN, US)
Tim Grady
A Deadly Legacy: German Jews and the Great War
Yale University Press (UK, CAN, US)
Maya Jasanoff
The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World
HarperCollins (UK)
Penguin Random House (CAN, US)
David I. Kertzer
The Pope Who Would Be King: The Exile of Pius XI and The Emergence of Modern Europe
Oxford University Press (UK)
Penguin Random House (CAN, US)
Sam White
A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe’s Encounter with North America
Harvard University Press (UK, CAN, US)
2018 Key Dates
25 September
Shortlist of eight announced at Canada House, London
31 October
Three finalists announced at Massey College, Toronto
14-15 November
Cundill History Prize Lecture & Festival, McGill University, Montreal
15 November
Cundill History Prize Gala and winner announcement, Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
The Gala
Don't miss your chance to attend the Cundill History Prize Gala in Montreal in November 2018.
