Call for applications for the Annual Prize of the German Historical Institute London

The Prize of the German Historical Institute London is awarded annually for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis on German history (submitted to a British or Irish university), British history or British colonial history (submitted to a German university) and British-German relations or British-German comparative history (submitted to a British, Irish, or German university).

The prize money is 1,000 Euros and will be presented on the occasion of the GHIL’s Annual Lecture on 3 November 2023. The winners may also be considered for publication in one of the Institute’s publication series.

Applications should be sent by email as a single PDF to: prize@ghil.ac.uk.

Applicants must have successfully completed their doctoral exams between 1 August 2022 and 31 July 2023. You can apply by sending a copy of your thesis along with:

  •     a one-page abstract
  •     examiners’ reports on the thesis
  •     a brief CV
  •     a declaration that the work will not be published before the judges have reached a final decision
  •     a supervisor’s reference

Please find here the full Call as well as further details on how to submit your application.

The deadline for submissions is the 31 July 2023.