The Dan David Prize is the largest history prize in the world. Follow us on Bluesky (at)dandavidprize.org or check our website for updates on the Prize.
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20 Feb 2024
Solar storms, ice cores and nuns’ teeth: the new science of history theguardian.com/science/2024…
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6 Oct 2023
Time is running out to nominate for the 2024 Dan David Prize. Nominations close on October 11 ⌛️
Remember:
✨Anyone can nominate
✨Self-nominations will not be considered
✨Renominations from previous years are encouraged
Full details 👉dandavidprize.org/nominate/
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5 Oct 2023
There are only 6 days left to nominate for the 2024 Dan David Prize⌛️
If you are planning to nominate, remember that nominators will be asked to provide the nominee’s CV and list of relevant work or publications, and to answer three brief questions.
dandavidprize.org/nominate/
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4 Oct 2023
Only 1 week left to nominate for the 2024 Dan David Prize: dandavidprize.org/nominate/
Deadline: Oct 11⏳
If you have a great candidate whose work is pushing boundaries & producing outstanding research related to the study of the human past, now is the time to nominate them!
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3 Oct 2023
#2022DanDavidPrize winner Mirjam Brusius is guest Professor at @psl_univ (Paris) until Dec. She will give the following lectures:
- Archaeology, Power and Imperialism
- A ‘Backstage’ History of Museums
- Master Class with Practical Exercise
Details: translitterae.psl.eu/mirjam-…
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3 Oct 2023
A cemetery, a cellar and a tree... all unexpected hiding places used by Jews during WW2.
#2022DanDavidPrize winner Natalia Romik speaks to Gloria Tessler @JewishChron about her work, which combines art, architecture and history to explore these hideouts: thejc.com/life-and-culture/a…
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28 Sep 2023
"Counter-archives as heritage justice: photography, invisible labor and peopled ruins"
New article from #2022DanDavidPrize winner Mirjam Brusius @MidEastInEurope and Trinidad Rico in the Journal of Visual Culture @JVCJournal: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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27 Sep 2023
There are only 2 weeks remaining to nominate for the 2024 Dan David Prize📢
Deadline: Oct 11, 2023⌛️
Nominate exceptional early or midcareer scholars & practitioners in any discipline whose work illuminates the past. Winners will be awarded $300K each.
dandavidprize.org/nominate/
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26 Sep 2023
Postdoctoral Fellowships - Applications now open 📢
The Dan David Society of Fellows invites applications for its 2024 postdoctoral fellowship program.
🌏Applicants can be from anywhere in the world
⌛️Deadline for applications: Dec 1, 2023
Full details below 👇
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26 Sep 2023
Selling a slave to buy a new dress. #2023DanDavidPrize winner Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers uses this anecdote to highlight white women's involvement in slave ownership & the relationship between gender, slavery & capitalism.
Nominate for the 2024 Prize: dandavidprize.org/nominate/
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23 Sep 2023
We mourn the passing of Giorgio Napolitano, a 2010 Dan David Prize laureate. Napolitano contributed to strengthening democratic values and institutions in Italy and in Europe. His work attests to a deep commitment to democracy, tolerance and an open society.
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22 Sep 2023
We mourn the passing of Professor Evelyn Fox Keller, a 2018 Dan David Prize laureate. Her pioneering work on language, gender and science is regarded as hugely influential on shaping views of the history of science.
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19 Sep 2023
Visiting the 13th Century city of Angkor (with the help of a VR headset) during the Digital Humanities Showcase at #HistoryDay2023!
Know someone doing outstanding #DigitalHumanities work? Nominate them for the 2024 Dan David Prize: dandavidprize.org/nominate/
⏳Deadline Oct 11 2023
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11 Sep 2023
There is only 1 month remaining to nominate for the 2024 Dan David Prize - nominations close on:
Oct 11, 2023⌛️
Nominate exceptional early or midcareer scholars & practitioners in any discipline whose work illuminates the past in bold and creative ways:
dandavidprize.org/nominate/
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7 Sep 2023
Do you know someone who is pushing boundaries and producing outstanding research related to the study of the human past?
Nominate them for the 2024 Dan David Prize!
Up to 9 early and midcareer scholars and practitioners will be awarded $300,000: dandavidprize.org/nominate/
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6 Sep 2023
Congratulations to the authors of the six shortlisted books for the 2023 #WolfsonHistoryPrize 👏
5 Sep 2023
We are delighted to announce the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2023 shortlist, recognising the best historical non-fiction writing from the past year.
Congratulations to all the nominees! 👏📚
wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2…
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6 Sep 2023
Podcast: Detente? Christian-Jewish Relations in the Postwar Era
#2023DanDavidPrize winner Karma Ben-Johanan discusses the implications of the Vatican’s new approach to Judaism in the 1960s, across the Catholic world & among Jewish theologians.
Listen 👉tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/…
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5 Sep 2023
#2023DanDavidPrize winner Anita Radini considers herself an "archaeologist of the human mouth" 😮🦷
Nominations for the 2024 Dan David Prize are now open 📢
We are looking for original thinkers like Anita, who study the past in new & exciting ways: dandavidprize.org/nominate/
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31 Aug 2023
Podcast: Recentering African narratives
#2022DanDavidPrize winner Nana Oforiatta Ayim discusses the significance of recentering historical African narratives within the public sphere on BBC History Extra @HistoryExtra.
👂listen now: historyextra.com/period/gene…
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Nominations for the 2024 Dan David Prize are open until Oct 11, 2023.
Nominees can work in any discipline which focuses on studying the human past.
Up to 9 winners will be awarded $300,000 each.
Anyone can nominate. Renominations are encouraged.
dandavidprize.org/nominate/
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