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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.
December 3rd 2020
Restoring the voice of indigenous Mexicans: Camilla Townsend wins 2020 Cundill History Prize for “transforming” achievement
Camilla Townsend has been named winner of the 2020 Cundill History Prize for Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs.
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.
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.
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Trauma, empire, rebellion — 2021 Cundill History Prize jurors reveal their three finalists
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