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.
University of Warwick’s Peter Marshall Wins £40,000 Wolfson History Prize
With its hallmark requirement that expert academic works be readable by ordinary citizens, the 46-year-old Wolfson History Prize this year goes to a book on faith.
Awards Notes: Giles Tremlett Wins Elizabeth Longford, Sisters in Crime Changes Rules
‘The stratagems of politics, marriage, war, dynastic calculation, and religious oppression,’ say the jurors, put Giles Tremlett over the top for the Elizabeth Longford Prize. And Sisters in Crime makes a change in who can apply for the Eleanor Taylor Bland grant.
UK Historian Daniel Beer Wins Canada’s $75,000 Cundill History Prize for ‘House of the Dead’
Moving past Christopher Goscha on Vietnam and Walter Scheidel’s explication of violence as an historical driver, the Cundill History Prize goes to Daniel Beer in the UK.
Canada’s $75,000 Cundill Shortlist: Echoes of Today’s Geo-Political Challenges
The three finalists named for the Cundill History Prize focus on ‘big issues’ all of which have relevance to challenges dogging many societies today.
Canada’s $75,000 Cundill Prize Longlist: Historical Takes on Contemporary Issues
The Montreal-based Cundill History Prize longlist includes historians’ looks at Islamic culture, US evangelical faith, the Attica Prison uprising, and more.
Canada’s $75,000 Cundill Prize Names Jurors: Record Submissions
‘We need the perspective of fine historical writing more than ever,’ says Rana Mitter, a juror for the 10th-anniversary Cundill History Prize.
The Holocaust and the Story of Greek Jews in Publishing
For generations, the story of the Greek Jews during the Holocaust was never told, but more recently willing publishers have tackled this important task.
Liu Ruilin on Imaginist Press and China’s Publishing Future
Liu Ruilin discusses her innovative Beijing-based publishing house Imaginist Press and shares her views on design, culture and China’s publishing future.
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