Julia Lovell wins 2019 Cundill History Prize

Published: 15 November 2019

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...

British historian Daniel Beer wins US$75,000 International Cundill History Prize

Published: 16 November 2017

The international Cundill History Prize today announced the British historian Daniel Beer as the 2017 winner of the US$75,000 prize – the richest in non-fiction for a single work in English. The...

Short list announced for 2016 Cundill Prize in historical literature

Published: 6 October 2016

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 McGill University’s Faculty of Arts and Chair of the...

The Guardians wins Cundill Prize

Published: 3 November 2015

The winner of the 2015 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature at McGill was announced last night at a gala awards dinner held in Toronto. Now in its eighth year, the Cundill Prize is the world’s...

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