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Free Thinking: The 2018 Wolfson History Prize Debate

The 2018 Wolfson History Prize Debate

23/05/2018

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, The 2018 Wolfson History Prize Debate

Rana Mitter and the six shortlisted historians in conversation at the British Academy.

Rana Mitter with the six shortlisted historians: Robert Bickers, Lindsey Fitzharris, Tim Grady, Miranda Kaufmann, Peter Marshall and Jan Ruger recorded at the British Academy.

Rana Mitter and the six shortlisted historians in conversation at the British Academy. The Wolfson prize has been awarded annually for over 40 years. This year's authors are:

Robert Bickers for Out of China: How the Chinese Ended the Era of Western Domination 
Lindsey Fitzharris for The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine 
Tim Grady for A Deadly Legacy: German Jews and the Great War 
Miranda Kaufmann for Black Tudors: The Untold Story 
Peter Marshall for Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation 
Jan Ruger for Heligoland: Britain, Germany and the Struggle for the North Sea 

The overall winner will be announced on Monday 4 June. The shortlist was selected by a panel of four eminent historians and Fellows of the British Academy: expert in Islamic history, Professor Carole Hillenbrand, President of the British Academy Professor Sir David Cannadine (Chair), Professor Sir Richard Evans and Revd Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch.

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