CISH/ICHS regrets to inform of the death of Don Manuel Espadas Burgos who was Secretary (1981-1993) and President (1993-2011) of the CECH (Comité Español de Ciencias Históricas), having developed an active role in the representation of the Spanish Committee before the International Committee of Historical Sciences and its partner organizations. It is worth mentioning his main activities in the executive of the CECH, namely the organization of the XVII International Congress of Historical Sciences that took place in Madrid in August of 1990.
The Dan David Prize is the world’s largest history prize, annually awarding 9 prizes of $300,000 each to early and midcareer scholars and practitioners in the historical disciplines, to acknowledge their outstanding achievements and support future work. Nominations for the 2024 Dan David Prize are now open and submissions will be accepted until October 11, 2023. Nominees can come from any field related to the study of the human past, both within academia and outside it. The list of previous winners can be found here. Nominations are open to researchers in disciplines such as history, archaeology, art history, digital humanities and human palaeontology, as well as independent scholars, public historians, museum curators and documentary filmmakers. Anyone can nominate. Self-nominations will not be considered | Renominations from previous years are encouraged.
Nomination requirements: -Nominees must be engaged in outstanding and original work related to the study of the human past, employing any chronological, geographical and methodological focus. -Nominees should exhibit strong potential for future excellence, innovation and leadership that will help shape the study of the past for years to come. -Academic nominees must hold a PhD and must have published at least one major piece of work, such as a book or a collection of articles related to a major project. -Non-academic nominees are NOT required to hold a PhD, but must have completed at least one major piece of work, such as a book, major publication, exhibition, documentary film or public humanities project, and should demonstrate an ongoing engagement with topics related to history and the study of the past. -Nominees should be no more than 15 years post-PhD (for academics) or 15 years after the release of their first major project (for non-academics), although due allowance will be made for career breaks (including e.g. parental and care leave or duties, health-related leave and career changes). For more information and to nominate, click here
The Dan David Prize is awarded to outstanding early and midcareer scholars and practitioners in all historical disciplines. The award ceremony celebrating 2023 winners took place on Wednesday, May 17, at Tel Aviv University.
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Nomination for the 2024 Dan David Prize will open on June 14, 2023. Full details of the nomination process can be found on the prize official website.
The European Network in Universal and Global History (ENIUGH) has announced the Walter Markov Prize 2023 and applications are open. The prize honours an outstanding PhD- or MA-thesis that contributes to the research fields of Walter Markov, especially the comparative exploration of revolutions; social movements and decolonisation processes in Africa, Asia, and Latin America; historiographical traditions in various national contexts; and academic internationalisation in the course of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Papers that are submitted for the Walter-Markov-Prize are expected to take a global perspective on its subject, either by addressing it from a comparative point of view, by examining processes of cultural transfers, or by seeking to understand the entanglements of various spatial frameworks.
The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2023.
More details and the full Call for Applications can be found here
The Dan David Prize is the world’s largest history prize, annually awarding 9 prizes of $300,000 each to early and midcareer scholars and practitioners in the historical disciplines, to acknowledge their outstanding achievements and support future work. Nominations for the 2024 Dan David Prize are now open and submissions will be accepted until October 11, 2023. 
