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Wolfson History Prize

SOURCE: Wolfson History Prize
6/10/2021

"Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture" by Sudhir Hazareesingh wins Wolfson Prize

Sudhir Hazareesingh has won the Wolfson Prize for 2021 for "Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture."

SOURCE: Wolfson Foundation
4/21/2021

2021 Wolfson Prize Shortlist Announced

The Wolfson Foundation announces its shortlist for the UK's most prestigious award for history writing.

SOURCE: Midas
Accessed 6/20/19

Mary Fulbrook Wins Wolfson History Prize 2019 for Revelatory Holocaust Study Reckonings

Reckonings is an affecting study of the legacy of the Holocaust, exploring the extent to which Nazi persecutors were brought to account, and how myths of justice being done developed in the years following the Second World War.