AHA Member Awarded 2021 Cundill History Prize (December 2021)

Congratulations to AHA member Marjoleine Kars (Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County), who has been awarded the 2021 Cundill History Prize for her book Blood on the River: a Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast (New Press). Administered by McGill University, the Cundill History Prize honors “the abiding passion for history of its founder, F. Peter Cundill, by encouraging informed public debate through the wider dissemination of history writing to new audiences around the world.” It is awarded annually to “the book that embodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality and broad appeal.”