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October 20th 2020
“Magnificent” Cundill History Prize Finalists shift perspectives on colonialism, slavery, and conquest
Vincent Brown, William Dalrymple and Camilla Townsend are the 2020 finalists for the world’s leading history prize — the US$75,000 Cundill History Prize.
October 16th 2020
Reading Towards History: The Books Behind The Authors
The ten authors on the 2020 Cundill History Prize shortlist discuss books that have touched them, in an article compiled by prize coordinator Mackenzie Bleho.
October 1st 2020
We do not get to choose our disasters one at a time
The 2018 Cundill History Prize finalist Sam White revisits a moment in time when a changing climate and the spread of infectious disease have collided before.
September 22nd 2020
Jurors put spotlight on history that matters today on extended 2020 shortlist
The books on the 2020 shortlist shine a light on imperialism, colonialism, oppression and conflict, often by giving voice to those seen as merely subject to it.
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.
August 5th 2020
History in the Covid era: A View from McGill
Jason Opal, Chair of the Department of History and Classical Studies at McGill, on the challenges of continuing the discipline of history through the pandemic.
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 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.
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Reading Towards History: The Books Behind The Authors
We do not get to choose our disasters one at a time
Jurors put spotlight on history that matters today on extended 2020 shortlist
The 2020 Cundill History Prize Longlist
History in the Covid era: A View from McGill
Peter Frankopan to chair 2020 Cundill History Prize jury
A stage for the world's best history writing in Montreal