Wolfson History Prize

The winner of the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2024 is...Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century by Joya Chatterji (@TheBodleyHead). Huge congratulations!

Starting this month, we will be giving you the opportunity to win books from our 2024 shortlist. Starting with Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage by Johnny Steinberg To be in with a chance of winning simply: 📕Like and retweet this post 📕Follow…

DID YOU KNOW: in 1973, Veronica Wedgwood was appointed as a judge for the Wolfson History Prize, the first woman to hold the position. Wedgwood established herself as a historian with ‘The Thirty Years War’, published before she was 30. She was most well-known to general…

On 24 July, join #WolfsonHistoryPrize alumnus and judge Diarmaid MacCulloch at @HallHarvington History Festival for a talk on Christianity and sex. Drawing on his recent book, Lower than the Angels, MacCulloch will untangle how religious and social changes in the Early…

Thank you! We hope people can come along and enjoy an enriching weekend of history @WolfsonHistory @GoalhangerPods

From 12 to 14 September, We Have Ways Festival, based on the eponymous podcast on World War II history, returns for its sixth year. The two day long festival is the perfect place for history buffs to talk all things World War II. For more information, see here:…

DID YOU KNOW: the Wolfson History Prize was first awarded by the Wolfson Foundation in 1972? The prize remains a beacon of the best historical writing being produced in the UK with over £1.5 million awarded to more than 140 historians since the prize was founded.…

On 22 July, join #WolfsonHistoryPrize alumnus and leading historian Richard J. Evans at Norwich History Festival as he looks back upon his career as a historian and discusses his recently published book Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich Learn more here:…

On 12 July, join #WolfsonHistoryPrize alumna Professor Nandini Das at @lichfieldfest . Professor Das will discuss #CourtingIndia, the early encounters between England and Mughal India and their lasting impacts. More information here: lichfieldfestival.org/event/nandini-…

Join #WolfsonHistoryPrize alumnus Antony Beevor in conversation at @ChalkeFestival this Saturday. In 1999, Antony Beevor was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize for his book Stalingrad, detailing a crucial turning point of the Second World War and testament to the vital…

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: On 21 June 1948, HMT Empire Windrush arrived at the Port of Tilbury with its passengers disembarking a day later. Aboard were 492 Caribbean migrants, many of whom were veterans of the Second World War. A major history that transforms understandings of…

Join #WolfsonHistoryPrize alumna Dame Linda Colley for a lecture on 'Crisis, Continuity & Transformation' at Birmingham's Eighteenth Century Centre’s twentieth anniversary conference on 26-27 June 2025. @unibirmingham Find out more here: blog.bham.ac.uk/18c/2025/05/08…

Join #WolfsonHistoryPrize alumna Professor @Amanda_Vickery for the first of two events on 26 June at @durham_uni where she will be exploring the visual culture of beauty in Britain. More information here: durham.ac.uk/research/insti…

Join #WolfsonHistoryPrize winner Richard Ovenden on 19 June in conversation with Andrew Hui at Weston Library to discuss his new book: The Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries @bodleianlibs visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jun25/ri…

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1964, Nelson Mandela ws sentenced to life in prison in South Africa. In Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage by Jonny Steinberg, shortlisted for the 2024 Wolfson History Prize, Steinberg charts the fractures and stubborn bonds at the heart of a…

Professor Helen King, a historian of medicine and the body, and Professor Emerita of Classical Studies at The Open University, has joined the @WolfsonHistory Prize judging panel bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)

From the COO of Google DeepMind to a Wolfson Prize-winning Historian – meet some of the trailblazing voices at this year’s #LSEFestival! 🎤 Ruha Benjamin @ruha9 🎤 Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci 🎤 Lila Ibrahim 🎤 William Dalrymple Book free tickets 🎟️ lse.ac.uk/Festival

ANNOUNCING 🔔 'Renaissance skin' by Evelyn Welch - prev. winner of @WolfsonHistory A magnificently illustrated study of skin in Renaissance Europe, coming 1st July 🫦 What happens when you see skin differently? @BristolUni @wellcometrust @V_and_A

see you soonish in Australia.. I am talking in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne in November. Tickets here tinyurl.com/3dd4zpe8