The Maxine Berg Prize for Best Dissertation in the Field of Global History is for final year undergraduate students in the History Department. The prize is awarded by a panel made up of members of the Global History and Culture Centre, in recognition of outstanding research and academic achievement.

Professor Maxine Berg FBA taught in the History Department at Warwick from 1978 until her retirement in 2022. She has published many influential books, including The Machinery Question (1981), The Age of Manufactures (1985) and A Woman in History: Eileen Power 1889-1940. She has also edited books on consumption and luxury, on global history and on goods from the East. She trained many PhD students, and loved teaching undergraduates and MA students. She was instrumental in setting up our second-year global history modules: Caravans and Traders, and Galleons and Galleys. In 2007, she founded the Warwick Global History and Culture Centre, and served as its first director. It was the first Global History centre in the UK, and enjoys a world-wide reputation. Her work has inspired many students and colleagues to consider global approaches in their research.