/channels/taxonomy/term/3162/all en /channels/channels/event/cundill-events-351345 <p><strong>List of events:</strong></p> <p>11:00-12:00 - Cundill Fringe graduate panel on the three Cundill Finalists</p> <p>12:00-13:30 -Lunch</p> <p>13:30-14:30 - Cundill forum: a conversation with the three finalist</p> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 19:35:24 +0000 webfull 193185 at /channels /channels/channels/event/cundill-conversation-vladislav-zubok-london-school-economics-and-kristy-ironside-history-classical-351344 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 19:30:51 +0000 webfull 193184 at /channels /channels/channels/news/julia-lovell-wins-2019-cundill-history-prize-302638 <p>Julia Lovell, China expert and translator of Chinese literature has been named the winner of the 2019 Cundill History Prize for Maoism: A Global History, published by The Bodley Head (UK) and Knopf (US). At a time when tensions between China and the west are on the rise, Lovell’s sweeping work of history provides a re-evaluation of Maoism as a force that played out around the world – and continues to shape political practice in China today.<br /><br /></p> Fri, 15 Nov 2019 11:16:21 +0000 webfull 155496 at /channels /channels/channels/news/british-historian-daniel-beer-wins-us75000-international-cundill-history-prize-282733 <p><span>The international Cundill History Prize today announced the British historian <strong>Daniel Beer</strong> as the 2017 winner of the US$75,000 prize – the richest in non-fiction for a single work in English. The London-based historian was awarded for his ground-breaking study of Siberian penal colonies, <em><strong>The House of the Dead: Siberian Exile Under the Tsars (Allen Lane)</strong></em></span></p> Fri, 17 Nov 2017 02:34:26 +0000 webfull 132759 at /channels /channels/news/2015-cundill-prize-historical-literature-finalists-255823 <p> Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:11:22 +0000 webfull 112988 at /channels /channels/news/guardians-wins-cundill-prize-256487 <p><span>The winner of the 2015 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº was announced last night at a gala awards dinner held in Toronto. Now in its eighth year, the Cundill Prize is the world’s most lucrative international award for a nonfiction book.  </span><em>The Guardians</em><span> took home the top prize of US$75,000. </span></p> Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:57:30 +0000 webfull 113695 at /channels /channels/news/short-list-announced-2016-cundill-prize-historical-literature-263304 <p>Today the jury for the world’s most lucrative award for historical non-fiction writing announced this year's short list. Antonia Maioni, Dean of Æ»¹ûÒùԺ’s Faculty of Arts and Chair of the Cundill Prize, said, “With this year's finalists for the Cundill Prize in History, the jury has identified three books that combine tremendous erudition, insight and élan.</p> Thu, 06 Oct 2016 22:13:19 +0000 webfull 121935 at /channels /channels/news/short-list-announced-cundill-prize-mcgill-218767 <p>The 2012 Cundill Prize in History at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº jury has announced its short list of contending books, selecting three from the long list of six among 143 works submitted this year by publishers from all over the globe. The competition, now in its fifth year, features a $75,000 U.S. grand prize, representing the world’s most lucrative international award for a nonfiction book. Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:07:55 +0000 webfull 88062 at /channels /channels/news/stephen-platt-wins-2012-cundill-prize-mcgill-219227 <p><span>A fascinating account of what is described as the most destructive civil war in the modern world has captured the richest prize for historical literature.</span> Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:55:44 +0000 webfull 88813 at /channels /channels/news/shortlist-2014-cundill-prize-historical-literature-239200 <p>The six books vying for the 2014 Cundill Prize in historical literature were announced today by Professor Christopher Manfredi, Dean of Æ»¹ûÒùԺ’s Faculty of Arts. Mon, 29 Sep 2014 14:10:38 +0000 webfull 105562 at /channels