- Cundill Prize
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The Cundill Prize in History at McGill University (or simply Cundill Prize) was founded in 2008 by Peter Cundill to recognize and promote literary and academic achievement in history. The prize is presented annually to an author who has published a non-fiction book in the prior year that is likely to have profound literary, social, and academic impact in the area of history. At a value of $75,000 U.S., the Grand Prize is the largest non-fiction historical literature prize in the world.[1][2] In addition, two ‘Recognition of Excellence’ prizes of $10,000 U.S. each are awarded.[2] The winners of the Prizes are selected by an independent jury of at least five internationally qualified individuals selected by McGill University. The Cundill Prize in History at McGill is administered by McGill University's Dean of Arts, with the help of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC). [2]
When the Prize was announced in April 2008, Mr. Cundill noted that he “… was surprised to learn there were no major prizes in history.” He explained his affinity to history: “I am an investment researcher of finance and I think there is an analogy between the two disciplines – both study the past to understand the present and predict the future.”[3]
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Honorees
2010
Grand Prize[2]
- Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
Recognition of Excellence Prizes
- Giancarlo Casale, The Ottoman Age of Exploration
- Marla Miller, Betsy Ross and the Making of America
Jury Members
- Adam Gopnik, Catherine Desbarats, Lisa Jardine, Charles Kesler, Kenneth Whyte
2009
Grand Prize
- Lisa Jardine, Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland's Glory
Recognition of Excellence Prizes
- David Hackett Fischer, Champlain’s Dream
- Pekka Hämäläinen, The Comanche Empire
Jury Members
- Timothy Aitken, Roger Chartier, Denise Chong, Serge Joyal, Angela Schottenhammer and Ken Whyte.
2008
Grand Prize
- Stuart B. Schwartz, All Can Be Saved: Religious Tolerance and Salvation in the Iberian Atlantic World
Recognition of Excellence Prizes
- Harold J. Cook, Matters of Exchange: Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age
- Peter Fritzsche, Life and Death in the Third Reich
Jury Members
- Timothy Aitken, Roger Chartier, Denise Chong, Natalie Zemon Davis, Serge Joyal, and Angela Schottenhammer.
Notes
External links
- Cundill Prize in History at McGill University, official website.
Categories:- Awards established in 2008
- Canadian literary awards
- Non-fiction literary awards
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