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Dr Anna Hajkova wins prestigious book award

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:19:37 GMT

We are delighted to congratulate Dr Anna Hájková, Reader in Modern European Continental History, on receiving the 75th National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category for their latest publication, A People without History are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust.

The book is the first to examine queer Holocaust history, exploring same-sex desire and gender variance during the Shoah.

The National Jewish Book Awards are North America’s longest-running programme recognising outstanding work on Jewish history, culture, and ideas. Further details on all award recipients can be found on the Jewish Book Council website.

Dr Anna Hajkova shortlisted for the National Jewish Book Award

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:02:00 GMT

We are delighted to share that People without History are Dust, the new book by Dr Anna Hájková, Reader in Modern European Continental History, has been shortlisted for the National Jewish Book Award. The book is the first to examine queer Holocaust history, exploring same-sex desire and gender variance during the Shoah.

The National Jewish Book Awards are North America’s longest-running programme recognising outstanding work on Jewish history, culture, and ideas.

Find a full list of shortlisted titles and more about the awards on the Jewish Book Council website.

Congratulations to Dr Tara Morton, Teaching Fellow in Modern British History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 10:34:58 GMT

Hot off the press! Dr Tara Morton has been selected as the First Place Winner in the Arts category of the Warwick Open Research Awards 2025 for her work on the Mapping Women's Suffrage project.

Part of the "Advancing Open Research and Data Stewardship" project funded by Enhancing Research Culture at Warwick, these awards celebrate researchers across all disciplines and career stages who exemplify outstanding open research practices.

The panel was highly impressed by Tara's commitment to open research practices and the innovative ways she has advanced transparency, collaboration, and accessibility through her work. A massive well done to Tara for this wonderful recognition!

Find out more about the awards.

Historical Journal Early Career Prize news

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:08:16 GMT

Congratulations to Dr Jack Bowman, Teaching Fellow in Modern History, who has been given an Honourable Mention in the inaugural Historical Journal Early Career Prize! Jack gives an insight into their article 'The Early Political Thought and Publishing Career of V. K. Krishna Menon, 1928–1938', which was published last year.

Watch here on X.

100 ballads prize announcement

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:51:00 GMT

The 100 ballads website has won the prestigious Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History, awarded by the American Historical Association. Dr Angela McShane, Department of History Honorary Reader, and Professor Christopher Marsh, Queens University Belfast, identified 100 of the biggest musical hits from 17th-century England in the '100 Ballads' project.

Visit the 100 ballads website.

Dr McShane and Prof Marsh will be attending the awards ceremony in New York on 3 January 2025. Congratulations to everyone involved in the project!

American Historical Association Announces 2024 Prize Winners – AHA

https://x.com/AHAhistorians/status/1848367144108462091

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024/2025 - applications open now

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 08:02:00 GMT

The Department of History at the University of Warwick is pleased to announce that the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme is now open and welcomes expressions of interest. The full outline of the process and further details are available here.

Note that Warwick's internal deadline for receiving the materials is Wednesday 28th August.2024 5pm.

Dr Martha McGill wins Outstanding Public Engagement award

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:42:35 GMT

History's Dr Martha McGill, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, has won the individual staff "Outstanding Public Engagement" award at The Warwick Awards for Public and Community Engagement (WAPCE).

WAPCE seek to recognise the vital contributions Warwick staff and students make in engaging the public – on an international and national level as well as crucially within our region and local communities – in our learning and discovery, with the goals of sharing and co-producing knowledge, strengthening the role we play in the region and showcasing the role Warwick plays nationally and internationally in making the world a better place.

Full details of Martha's award and more about WAPCE here.

REMA Award Winner 2024

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:12:00 GMT

Congratulations to Dr Angela McShane, Department of History Honorary Reader, and Professor Christopher Marsh, Queens University Belfast, who were named winners at the REMA Awards ceremony. Every two years REMA puts under the spotlight the projects that reflect the vision and versatility of today's Early Music sector.

Dr McShane and Prof Marsh's '100 Ballads' project, which identified 100 of the biggest musical hits from 17th-century England, was named Interdisciplinary Project of the Year.

Emeritus Professor Robin Okey posthumous book award

Mon, 13 May 2024 10:42:01 GMT

Emeritus Professor Robin Okey (1942-2023) has been awarded Jesus College's Francis Jones Prize for the best book on Welsh history published in 2023. This was Robin's last book before his passing in December 2023.

Extracts from the notification sent by Thomas Charles-Edwards, Jesus Professor of Celtic (Emeritus):

'The committee has decided that the prize for 2023 should be awarded to Robin Okey for his book, Towards Modern Nationhood: Wales and Slovenia, c. 1750–1918. That he died shortly after it was published makes no difference: the book deserves the prize..... The prize is £1,000...... Quite apart from the prize itself, we very much hope that the family (and his former colleagues) will be pleased that Robin’s last book has been honoured in this way.'

Dr James Poskett wins the 2023 Jerry Bentley Prize in World History

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 08:19:32 GMT

Horizons: A Global History of Science (Penguin, 2022) by Dr James Poskett, Associate Professor of the History of Science, has been awarded the 2023 Jerry Bentley Prize from the American Historical Association, which is for "the most outstanding book on world history".

Previous winners include Professor Priya Satia (Stanford), Professor Adam Clulow (UT Austin), and Professor Erika Rappaport (UC Santa Barbra).

https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/october-2023/american-historical-association-announces-2023-prize-winners