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February 25th 2020
Peter Frankopan to chair 2020 Cundill History Prize jury
The Professor of Global History at Oxford University Peter Frankopan, best-selling author of The Silk Roads, will chair the jury for the 2020 Cundill History Prize.
November 22nd 2019
A stage for the world's best history writing in Montreal
From the Lecture to the Forum, from the Fringe to the Gala - for one week in November the Cundill History Prize provides a stage for the best history writing from around the world.
November 22nd 2019
Choosing the best
Twice Pulitzer Prize winner Alan Taylor, our 2019 Chair of the Jury, on why serving on the Cundill History Prize jury has been one of the most rewarding experiences of his career.
November 15th 2019
Tracing Maoism around the globe, Julia Lovell wins 2019 Cundill History Prize
The China expert and translator of Chinese literature Julia Lovell has been named the winner of the 2019 Cundill History Prize for Maoism: A Global History.
November 13th 2019
International — in a very Canadian way
The Cundill History Prize is both Canadian and global — that is its great strength, writes leading historian Margaret MacMillan.
October 17th 2019
Cundill History Prize finalists reckon with Nazi legacies, the dreams and tragedies of American history, and the force of Maoism
The UCL Professor of German History Mary Fulbrook, the Harvard Professor Jill Lepore, and Julia Lovell, Professor of Modern China at Birkbeck College, are the 2019 finalists.
September 20th 2019
Leading the charge in bringing the past to the public
HistoryExtra's David Musgrove on a very worthy 2019 Cundill History Prize shortlist, and why he is delighted to be partnering with the Cundill History Prize.
September 20th 2019
Jurors hail works that “seek to illuminate contemporary dilemmas” on 2019 Cundill History Prize shortlist, announced in New York
The twice Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Alan Taylor, Chair, was tonight joined by his jury of world-class historians to announce the 2019 Cundill History Prize shortlist.
September 19th 2019
How the Cundill History Prize will unfold: New York, Toronto, Montreal
Our 2019 roadshow will take the Cundill History to New York, Toronto and Montreal.
September 13th 2019
An exhilarating, absorbing trek
Mark Gilbert, Professor of History & International Studies at John Hopkins SAIS, on his experience as Chair - and why the Cundill History Prize fully deserves the jury's hard work.
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Recent Posts
Peter Frankopan to chair 2020 Cundill History Prize jury
A stage for the world's best history writing in Montreal
Tracing Maoism around the globe, Julia Lovell wins 2019 Cundill History Prize
International — in a very Canadian way
Leading the charge in bringing the past to the public
How the Cundill History Prize will unfold: New York, Toronto, Montreal
An exhilarating, absorbing trek