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The #WolfsonHistoryPrize is the most prestigious history writing prize in the UK.
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ICYMI: The Rest Is History podcast returned to Royal Albert Hall on Sunday for two packed shows. Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook took a deep dive into the lives and times of two of history's greatest composers, Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky and Richard Wagner, accompanied

An insightful new video from British Museum which delves into the incredible story of British Museum staff who spent the Second World War protecting the British Museum collections from the threat of Nazi bombers. youtube.com/watch?v=ezXZT9…

Join #WolfsonHistoryPrize alumnus @Simon_Schama on 23 May at 7pm Hay Festival. Marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the last concentration camps, renowned historian Sir Simon Schama will discuss the Holocaust as a European-wide crime, drawing from his recent




ANNOUNCING 🔔 'Renaissance skin' by Evelyn Welch - prev. winner of Wolfson History Prize A magnificently illustrated study of skin in Renaissance Europe, coming 1st July 🫦 What happens when you see skin differently? University of Bristol Wellcome V&A


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 Ruha Benjamin 🎤 Anthony Scaramucci Anthony Scaramucci 🎤 Lila Ibrahim 🎤 William Dalrymple Book free tickets 🎟️ lse.ac.uk/Festival


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



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 Bodleian Libraries visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jun25/ri…


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


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. Uni of Birmingham Find out more here: blog.bham.ac.uk/18c/2025/05/08…



Join #WolfsonHistoryPrize alumnus Antony Beevor in conversation at Chalke History Festival 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 12 July, join #WolfsonHistoryPrize alumna Professor Nandini Das at Lichfield Festival . Professor Das will discuss #CourtingIndia, the early encounters between England and Mughal India and their lasting impacts. More information here: lichfieldfestival.org/event/nandini-…

