‘It’s so easy now to turn the past into myth,’ says Pulitzer Prize -winning Cundill juror Anne Applebaum. She and her colleagues flag historical analysis amid a pathogen’s assault and leadership failures.
The Cundill Prize’s Peter Frankopan: ‘The Rise of New Powers’
The new jury chair of the Cundill History Prize, Peter Frankopan, on why history books and writing are important in this time of ‘shifting geopolitical sands.’
‘Maoism’ Author Julia Lovell Wins Canada’s $75,000 Cundill History Prize
Said to ’embody everything the Cundill History Prize is here to celebrate,’ Julia Lovell’s ‘Maoism’ becomes the 11th winner of the award.
Canada’s Cundill Prize Names Fulbrook, Lepore, Lovell as 2019 Finalists
Three female authors and historians have been selected as the 2019 finalists for the US$75,000 Cundill History Prize, the winner to be named in November.
Canada’s $75,000 Cundill History Prize Names Its Shortlist in New York City
Five women and three men make the shortlist for the 2019 Cundill Prize, which stresses history for non-historians and internationalism.
Industry Notes: Wolff Translator’s Shortlist; Cundill Submission Deadline
As the deadline arrives today (April 15) for submissions to Canada’s Cundill History Prize, the Goethe-Institut names its Wolff Translator’s shortlist.
Maya Jasanoff Wins the $75,000 Cundill History Prize 2018
‘A lot harder than it sounds’ to get right, Cundill History Prize jurors hail Maya Jasanoff’s ‘first-class historical writing’ on Joseph Conrad.
Canada’s 2018 Cundill History Prize Finalists: Authors and Climate in Context
The Cundill History Prize, working its way down to a winner, has announced its ‘even shorter list’ of three finalists, with the winner to be named later this month in Montreal.
Canada’s Cundill History Prize Announces Its 2018 Shortlist
From studies of the Vatican and politics to climate change and factories’ impact on societies, the Cundill History Prize shortlist for this year is notable, according to the jury chair, for its authors’ craftsmanship.
Canada’s $75,000 Cundill Prize 2018 Jurors: Five Historians in Search of Contemporary Insights
The five-person jury of history experts on why history writing is important and how they will choose this year’s winner of the Cundill History Prize.
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