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September 22nd 2022
Books that 'traverse the globe’ make 2022 Cundill History Prize shortlist
The 2022 jurors are shining a light on stories that span the continents in an eight-book shortlist that shows the range and insight of current history writing.
September 6th 2022
The 2022 Cundill History Prize Longlist
The jurors have chosen 11 exceptional titles to be longlisted for the 2022 Cundill History Prize.
June 8th 2022
Misha Glenny, Martha S. Jones, Yasmin Khan and Kenda Mutongi join chair J. R. McNeill to judge 2022 Cundill History Prize
Misha Glenny, Martha S. Jones, Yasmin Khan, and Kenda Mutongi are the jurors for this year’s Cundill History Prize, chaired by environmental historian J.R. McNeill.
March 31st 2022
Pioneering environmental historian J.R. McNeill to chair 2022 Cundill History Prize jury
The award-winning US environmental historian J.R. McNeill will chair the jury for the 2022 Cundill History Prize.
December 2nd 2021
Marjoleine Kars wins 2021 Cundill History Prize for untold story of a slave rebellion unearthed from unique Dutch archive
Marjoleine Kars has been named winner of the 2021 Cundill History Prize for Blood on the River: a Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast (The New Press).
October 20th 2021
Trauma, empire, rebellion — 2021 Cundill History Prize jurors reveal their three finalists
Rebecca Clifford, Marie Favereau, and Marjoleine Kars are the 2021 finalists for the world’s leading history prize — the US$75,000 Cundill History Prize.
September 23rd 2021
Topics that “continue to define the present” make 2021 Cundill History Prize shortlist
The jurors for the 2021 Cundill History Prize are shining a light on race, class, empire, revolution and memory.
September 7th 2021
The 2021 Cundill History Prize Longlist
The 2021 jurors have named 14 remarkable titles to the longlist for this year's Cundill History Prize.
April 23rd 2021
Eric Foner, Henrietta Harrison, Sunil Khilnani, and Jennifer L. Morgan join Michael Ignatieff to judge 2021 Cundill History Prize
From race relations to gender politics, from China to the US, from India to the Black Atlantic world -- the Cundill History Prize announces 2021 jury.
February 23rd 2021
Michael Ignatieff will chair the 2021 Cundill History Prize
The historian, author, university professor and former Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Michael Ignatieff will chair the jury for the 2021 Cundill History Prize.
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Books that 'traverse the globe’ make 2022 Cundill History Prize shortlist
The 2022 Cundill History Prize Longlist
Pioneering environmental historian J.R. McNeill to chair 2022 Cundill History Prize jury
Trauma, empire, rebellion — 2021 Cundill History Prize jurors reveal their three finalists
Topics that “continue to define the present” make 2021 Cundill History Prize shortlist
The 2021 Cundill History Prize Longlist
Michael Ignatieff will chair the 2021 Cundill History Prize