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The Dan David Prize recognizes outstanding scholarship that illuminates the past and seeks to anchor public discourse in a deeper understanding of history.
Over the last 5 years, the Dan David Prize has been awarded to 45 outstanding researchers based in 18 countries 🌍 Do you know a brilliant scholar or practitioner working on the human past? Nominations for the 2027 Prize are open: dandavidprize.org/nominate/
Nominate an early or midcareer scholar or practitioner for the 2027 Dan David Prize, the world's largest history prize. Nominators will need to provide the nominee’s CV and a list of relevant work/publications, and answer a few brief questions. Deadline: Oct 13, 2026 dandavidprize.org/nominate/
Nominations for the 2027 Dan David Prize are open. Deadline: Oct 13, 2026⌛ Up to 9 winners will be awarded $300,000 each. Nominees can work in any discipline which focuses on the human past, be within or outside of academia, and be based anywhere in the world: dandavidprize.org/nominate/
Nominations for the 2027 Dan David Prize are open Nominate bold & creative early or midcareer scholars & practitioners in any discipline related to history and the human past Winners are awarded $300K each Anyone can nominate Deadline: Oct 13, 2026 dandavidprize.org/nominate/
This year marks 5 years of the re-imagined Dan David Prize; what have Prize alumni been up to? Kim Welch (2022) has been working on a creative book project. The Prize provided her with “space and time and resources to be ambitious and to think big". Nominate for 2027: dandavidprize.org/nominate/
5 Years of the Dan David Prize - Kim Welch
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Nominations for the 2027 Dan David Prize are open. Deadline: Oct 13, 2026⌛ Up to 9 winners will be awarded $300,000 each. Nominees can work in any discipline which focuses on the human past, be within or outside of academia, and be based anywhere in the world: dandavidprize.org/nominate
Over the last 5 years, Dan David Prize winners have used the award to pursue creative approaches to research. 2023 winner Saheed Aderinto used the Prize to create "The Fuji Documentary", a film about the rich tradition of Yoruba Fuji music in Nigeria. Nominate for 2027: dandavidprize.org/nominate
5 Years of the Dan David Prize - Saheed Aderinto
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Nominate an early or midcareer scholar or practitioner for the 2027 Dan David Prize, the world's largest history prize. Nominators will need to provide the nominee’s CV and a list of relevant work/publications, and answer a few brief questions. Deadline: Oct 13, 2026 dandavidprize.org/nominate/
"When I got the Prize, I thought this is my chance...to do something I would never have been able to do before & really push the boundaries of research" - Anita Radini In 2026 the Dan David Prize marks 5 years as the world's largest history prize. Nominate for 2027: dandavidprize.org/nominate
5 Years of the Dan David Prize - Anita Radini
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Nominations for the 2027 Dan David Prize are open📣 Nominate outstanding early or midcareer scholars & practitioners based anywhere in the world and working in any history-related discipline. 🏆Winners are awarded $300K each 👩💻Anyone can nominate ⏳Deadline: Oct 13, 2026 dandavidprize.org/nominate/
Announcing the 2026 Dan David Prize winners 📣 Congratulations to this year's winners who will each receive $300K for their contribution to the study of the past and to support future work. The Dan David Prize is celebrating 5 years as the world's largest history Prize 🌍 dandavidprize.org/winners
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In 1519 the Tlaxcala presented Cortés with a large bone they said belong to a race of giants, as proof of their might. The Spanish accepted this claim, and struck an alliance against the Aztecs. 2025 Dan David Prize winner Mackenzie Cooley is a historian of early modern nature and medicine.
2025 Dan David Prize Winner Mackenzie Cooley
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Congratulations to 2022 Dan David Prize winner Natalia Romik whose new book "Architecture of Memory: Exploring (Post-) Jewish Spaces in Eastern Europe" was recently published by UCL Press. The book, which is open access, can be downloaded here: uclpress.co.uk/book/archite...
Architecture of Memory
Architecture of Memory explores architectural disappearance, urban remembrance and functional change amid social upheaval. Using archival, architectural and artistic methods, Natalia Romik investigate...
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When a gravedigger in 1860s Nevada City buried Chinese immigrants without noting their names, he inadvertently left evidence of the erasure of Asian-Americans from the public eye and from history. 2025 Dan David Prize winner Beth Lew-Williams is a historian of race and migration in the modern US.
2025 Dan David Prize Winner Beth Lew-Williams
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In 15thC Ethiopia, King Yəsḥaq decreed the forced conversion of the Beta Israel to Christianity. In defiance, 75 Beta Israel committed suicide; the place of their deaths became a holy site. 2025 Dan David Prize winner Bar Kribus is an archaeologist specializing in the history of the Beta Israel.
2025 Dan David Prize Winner Bar Kribus
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Using new forensic methods, archaeologist Caroline Sturdy Colls and her team found ethical ways uncover Holocaust atrocities despite Nazi attempts to cover them up. 2025 Dan David Prize winner Caroline Sturdy Colls is an archaeologist of the Holocaust and sites of genocide.
2025 Dan David Prize Winner Caroline Sturdy Colls
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What does it mean to tell history? Who is included and who is forgotten? These are questions Fred Kuwornu asks in his films, encouraging audiences to think differently about the past. 2025 Dan David Prize winner Fred Kuwornu is an artist and filmmaker.
2025 Dan David Prize Winner Fred Kuwornu
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The rediscovery of the notebooks of John Wickins, Isaac Newton’s college roommate, paints a new picture of Newton as a collaborator and a friend, rather than a lone genius. 2025 Dan David Prize winner Dmitri Levitin researches early modern history & the history of knowledge.
2025 Dan David Prize Winner Dmitri Levitin
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In 1556 Venice welcomed Bona Sforza of Poland with orations by an old woman & a blind boy, signaling that the power of the Venetian State was expressed through virtue and wisdom, not physical prowess. 2025 Dan David Prize winner Hannah Marcus researches scientific culture in early modern Europe.
2025 Dan David Prize Winner Hannah Marcus
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The chemical makeup of glass beads found in Nigeria proves that glass-making was invented there independently, not imported, overturning narratives about a non-inventive sub-Saharan Africa. 2025 Dan David Prize winner Abidemi Babalola is an archaeologist of science and technology in West Africa.
2025 Dan David Prize Winner Abidemi Babalola
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Born into Roma slavery in 19thC Moldova, Dincă begged for freedom to be with the one he loved, but was refused. The tragic events that ensued led to shockwaves that created dramatic social change. 2025 Dan David Prize winner Alina Șerban is a filmmaker whose work highlights Roma history.
2025 Dan David Prize Winner Alina Șerban
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Today is the final day to submit a nomination for the 2026 Dan David Prize. Nominations close at 11:59pm PST ⌛ Submitting a nomination is quick & easy: - Submit the nominee’s CV - Provide a list of relevant work/publications - Answer 3 brief questions dandavidprize.org/nominate/
The deadline to nominate someone for the 2026 Dan David Prize is TOMORROW at 11:59pm PST. Submitting a nomination is quick and easy. Nominators will be asked to provide the nominee’s CV and list of relevant work or publications, and answer three brief questions. dandavidprize.org/nominate/
Only 1 week left to nominate for the 2026 Dan David Prize⏳ Deadline: Weds 24 Sept, 2025 (11:59pm PST). Up to 9 early & midcareer scholars & practitioners in the historical disciplines will be awarded $300,000 each in recognition of excellent work & future potential. dandavidprize.org/nominate/
Do you know a groundbreaking researcher doing excellent work related to history & the human past? Nominate them for the 2026 Dan David Prize. Up to 9 early & midcareer scholars & practitioners will be awarded $300,000 each. Nominations close on September 24, 2025 ⌛ dandavidprize.org/nominate/
Nominate an early or midcareer scholar or practitioner for the 2026 Dan David Prize, the world's largest history prize. Nominators will need to provide the nominee’s CV and a list of relevant work/publications, and answer a few brief questions. Deadline: Sept 24, 2025 dandavidprize.org/nominate/
Nominations for the 2026 Dan David Prize are open. Deadline: Sept 24, 2025⌛ Up to 9 winners will be awarded $300,000 each. Nominees can work in any discipline which focuses on the human past, be within or outside of academia, and be based anywhere in the world: dandavidprize.org/nominate/
Nominations for the 2026 Dan David Prize are open📣 Nominate bold & creative early or midcareer scholars & practitioners in any discipline related to history and the human past 🏆Winners are awarded $300K each 👩💻Anyone can nominate ⏳Deadline: Sept 24, 2025 dandavidprize.org/nominate/
We mourn the passing of Zelig Eshhar, a 2021 Dan David Prize laureate. Eshhar was an immunologist at the Weizmann Institute of Science and a pioneer of the CAR-T cell approach and its application for cancer therapy.