Dan David Prize

Dan David Prize The Dan David Prize is the largest history prize in the world.

We recognize early- and mid-career scholars and practitioners whose work illuminates the human past. We award up to nine prizes of $300,000 each year to outstanding early-and-mid-career scholars and practitioners in the historical disciplines.

Congratulations to R. Isabela Morales for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.Isabela is a public historian and scholar of ...
17/06/2026

Congratulations to R. Isabela Morales for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.

Isabela is a public historian and scholar of slavery and emancipation in the 19th Century US, whose work centers individual, local, and family stories as a window into the larger landscape of race and slavery. Her approach bridges the gap between the academy and the public through diverse and accessible narratives.

Learn more about Isabela’s work: https://dandavidprize.org/winners/r-isabela-morales/

Congratulations to Verena Meier for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.Verena is a historian of modern Germany and Europe ...
17/06/2026

Congratulations to Verena Meier for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.

Verena is a historian of modern Germany and Europe whose research focuses on the genocide of Sinti and Roma during Na**sm. Her work, which takes a long duree approach to antigypsyism, explores how institutions of power translate visions of social order into practice, and gives voice to those who have been silenced.

Learn more about Verena’s work: https://dandavidprize.org/verena-meier

Congratulations to Giancarlo Marcone for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.Giancarlo is an archaeologist with a focus on ...
17/06/2026

Congratulations to Giancarlo Marcone for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.

Giancarlo is an archaeologist with a focus on Peru whose research analyzes human settlements and long-term occupation patterns. A proponent of participative heritage, his transformative approach to archaeology prioritizes the co-design and collaborative preservation of heritage sites with local stakeholders.

Learn more about Giancarlo’s work: https://dandavidprize.org/giancarlo-marcone

Congratulations to Andrew Lipman for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.Andrew is a historian of early modern North Americ...
17/06/2026

Congratulations to Andrew Lipman for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.

Andrew is a historian of early modern North America and the British Atlantic. His pioneering scholarship bridges environmental history and creative biography to redefine the saltwater frontiers of the early Americas, exploring how Native peoples participated in the creation of a connected oceanic world.

Learn more about Andrew’s work: https://dandavidprize.org/andrew-lipman

Congratulations to Dagomar Degroot for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.Dagomar is an environmental historian whose work...
17/06/2026

Congratulations to Dagomar Degroot for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.

Dagomar is an environmental historian whose work explores how environmental change, on Earth and beyond, has shaped human history. A committed public historian, Dagomar’s work combines the humanities and sciences to create intriguing and accessible outputs for broad audiences.

Learn more about Dagomar’s work: https://dandavidprize.org/dagomar-degroot

Congratulations to Howard Chiang for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.Howard is a historian of modern East Asia, with a ...
17/06/2026

Congratulations to Howard Chiang for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.

Howard is a historian of modern East Asia, with a focus on the critical study of science, medicine, race, gender, and sexuality. He has pioneered the field of Sinophone studies, reconceiving regions such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and Asian America to more fully capture their diversity of cultural expression.

Learn more about Howard’s work: https://dandavidprize.org/howard-chiang

Congratulations to Matthew Champion for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.Matthew is a historian of medieval and early mo...
17/06/2026

Congratulations to Matthew Champion for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.

Matthew is a historian of medieval and early modern societies, whose work focuses on how people experienced, perceived and structured time. Matthew’s original and imaginative work demonstrates how time is both given to and shaped by individuals.

Learn more about Matthew’s work: https://dandavidprize.org/matthew-champion

Congratulations to Roland Betancourt for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.Roland is an art historian whose expansive app...
17/06/2026

Congratulations to Roland Betancourt for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.

Roland is an art historian whose expansive approach offers unique perspectives on topics as diverse as the premodern history of race, queerness, and trans identities in Byzantium, to the role of Disneyland in the rise of modern industrialization.

Learn more about Roland’s work: https://dandavidprize.org/roland-betancourt

Congratulations to Max Bergholz for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.Max is a historian of modern Europe whose work focu...
17/06/2026

Congratulations to Max Bergholz for winning the 2026 Dan David Prize.

Max is a historian of modern Europe whose work focuses on intercommunal violence, nationalism and historical memory. Focusing primarily on the Balkans, he uses microhistories to decode specific historical situations in ways that shed light on comparable situations around the world.

Learn more about Max’s work: https://dandavidprize.org/max-bergholz

Announcing the 2026 Dan David Prize winners 📣Congratulations to this year's winners who will each receive $300K for thei...
16/06/2026

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 🌍
https://dandavidprize.org/our-winners/

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