Duncan Tanner Essay Prize
Twentieth Century British History (TCBH) is pleased to sponsor an annual Essay Prize. The aim of the Duncan Tanner Essay Prize is to encourage a high standard of scholarship amongst postgraduate research students in Britain and abroad.
The winner of the 2010 Duncan Tanner Essay Prize is Eve Colpus of New College, Oxford with the essay, "The Week's Good Cause: Mass Culture and Cultures of Philanthropy at the Interwar BBC."
Previous winning articles are also available freely online.
- 2010: Eve Colpus, "The Week's Good Cause: Mass Culture and Cultures of Philanthropy at the Inter-war BBC"
- 2009: Patrick Zander, "(Right) Wings over Everest: High Adventure, High Technology and High Nationalism on the Roof of the World, 1932–1934"
- 2008: Allison Abra, "Doing the Lambeth Walk: Novelty Dances and the British Nation"
- 2007: Alasdair Pinkerton, "Strangers in the Night’: The Falklands Conflict as a Radio War"
- 2006: Sandra Dawson, "Working Class Consumers and the Campaign for Holidays with Pay"
- 2005: Dr. Dolly Smith Wilson, "A New Look At The Affluent Worker: The Good Working Mother In Post-War Britain"
- 2003: Dr. Selina Todd, "Poverty and Aspiration: Young Women’s Entry to Employment in Inter-war England"
THE PRIZE
- Publication of the winning essay in Twentieth Century British History
- A cash prize of £300
- £200 worth of OUP books
- One year's free subscription to Twentieth Century British History
THE COMPETITION RULES
Word limit: maximum of 10,000 words
Closing date for submissions: 1 November 2012
The competition is open to anyone currently registered for a higher research degree, or who completed one no earlier than October 2011. Entries must be accompanied by an official Duncan Tanner Essay Prize Entry Form which has been countersigned by the entrant's academic supervisor or head of department. The entry must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
HOW TO ENTER
Full details and an Essay Prize Entry Form are available:
1. by downloading a PDF here
2. by writing to:
Dr Claire Langhamer
Duncan Tanner Essay Prize
School of History, Art History and Philosophy
Department of History
University of Sussex
Brighton
BN1 9QN
UK
Email:C.L.Langhamer@sussex.ac.uk
PROMOTE THE PRIZE
A poster to promote the Essay Prize is available as a PDF to download here.
