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September 3rd 2020
The 2020 Cundill History Prize Longlist
The jurors have chosen 16 exceptional titles to be longlisted for the 2020 Cundill History Prize.
May 26th 2020
Anne Applebaum, Lyse Doucet, Eliga Gould and Sujit Sivasundaram join Peter Frankopan as jurors for the 2020 Cundill History Prize
The Cundill History Prize is steering through one of the most challenging moments in recent world history with an exceptional jury of prize-winning historians and journalists.
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 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.
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
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.
June 25th 2019
The longlist for the 2019 Cundill History Prize
The jury has chosen 14 exceptional titles to be longlisted for the 2019 Cundill History Prize.
March 14th 2019
Cundill History Prize announces 2019 jury at The London Book Fair, seeks even more submissions from all parts of the world
International trade and university publishers can submit to the US$75,000 prize until April 1.
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The 2020 Cundill History Prize Longlist
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
How the Cundill History Prize will unfold: New York, Toronto, Montreal
The longlist for the 2019 Cundill History Prize