Iain Smith History Single-Honours Prize for Best Overall Performance
The Final Year Iain Smith History Single-Honours Prize for Best Overall Performance was set up by a bequest from Iain Smith. The prize is for final year single honours history undergraduate students in recognition of outstanding academic achievement. It is usually awarded to the student with the highest overall average in their final year.
Emeritus Reader Iain Smith was a member of academic staff in the Warwick History Department, retiring in 2004. Dr Smith specialised in South African history and British imperial history during the 19th and 20th centuries, taught the undergraduate modules 'HI347 South Africa 1885-1910' and 'HI361 The Contraction of Britain 1883-1997', was the Department Senior Tutor for several years, was a Member of Council and of the Publications Committee of The Historical Association (1980-1995), and was Editor of the New Appreciations in History series.
Roger Magraw History Joint-Honours Prize for Best Overall Performance
The Final Year Roger Magraw History Joint-Honours Prize for Best Overall Performance was set up by a bequest from Roger Magraw. The prize is for final year joint honours history undergraduate students in recognition of outstanding academic achievement. It is usually awarded to the student with the highest overall average in their final year.
Emeritus Reader Roger Magraw was a member of academic staff in the Warwick University History Department from 1967 to 2006, and continued to teach part-time in the Department after retirement from 2006 to 2013. Dr Magraw specialised in nineteenth century French social history, taught the first-year and second-year undergraduate module 'HI104 French Social History 1800-1914' and the MA module 'HI913 Workers and Society in France 1830-1939', was the departmental coordinator of the French and History joint degree until 2006, and was the Deputy Review Editor of French History from 1997 to 2001.
Felix Dennis Dissertation Prize
The Felix Dennis Dissertation Prize is for final year undergraduate students in the History Department who take the Dissertation Module. The prize is usually awarded to the student with the highest overall mark in the module, in recognition of outstanding research and academic achievement.
The publisher, poet and entrepreneur Felix Dennis generously sponsored a prize for the best final-year undergraduate dissertation at the Warwick University History Department from 1999 to 2013, and the prize continues to be named in recognition of his generosity. In 1991 Felix Dennis was awarded the Marcus Morris Award, in 2002 was made Fellow of the National Library for the Blind in recognition of his continued support for that charity, in 2004 was made Fellow of the Wordsworth Trust, in 2008 was awarded the Mark Boxer Lifetime Achievement Award from British Society of Magazines, in 2009 was awarded the Belsky Award by Society of Editors & Portrait Sculptors, in 2010 was made Honorary Consul to his adopted country, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, and in 2013 received a 'Lifetime Achievement Award' at the British Media Awards.
Maxine Berg Prize for Best Dissertation in the Field of Global History
The Maxine Berg Prize for Best Dissertation in the Field of Global History is for final year undergraduate students in the History Department who take the Dissertation Module. 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.
Year Abroad Reflective Assignment Prize
The Year Abroad Reflective Assignment Prize is for single and joint honours students in the History Department who have spent a year abroad. The prize is usually awarded to the student with the best performance in the Year Abroad Reflective Assignment, in recognition of outstanding achievement during their year abroad.
