Congratulations to Professor Nandini Das who has been nominated for the 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding for her book Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire. The British Academy’s £25,000 non-fiction book prize recognises work that searches for truth and reason in difficult places, and shines a light on the connections and divisions that shape cultural identity worldwide. Find out more on the British Academy website.
Courting India has also been longlisted for the 2023 Cundill History Prize. The Cundill History Prize recognizes and rewards the best history writing in English. The shortlist will be announced in New York City on Wednesday, September 27, 2023. See the full longlist on the Cundill History Prize website.
