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TEL AVIV, Israel, March 2, 2022 /PRNewswire=KODO JBN/ --

- The Prize has selected nine outstanding scholars and practitioners of history

to receive $300,000 each

The Dan David Prize, the world's largest history prize, announced its first

cohort of winners, which includes a historian who investigates the

environmental impact of big business, a researcher who uncovers Jewish hiding

places during the Holocaust and the founder of a mobile museum of African

heritage.

The Prize recognizes early and mid-career scholars and practitioners who

illuminate the human past in bold and creative ways, and awards nine winners

$300,000 each to help further their work.  

The 2022 winners are listed below.  

    -- Mirjam Brusius, A cultural historian who studies visual and material

       culture in global and colonial contexts

    -- Bart Elmore, An environmental historian who investigates global

       capitalism and its impact on the environment

    -- Tyrone Freeman, A historian of philanthropy who looks at the long story

       of African-American community giving

    -- Verena Krebs, A historian of medieval Ethiopia who studies

       cross-cultural interactions between Africa and Europe

    -- Efthymia Nikita, A bioarchaeologist using human skeletal remains to

       explore questions of demography and migration

    -- Nana Oforiatta Ayim, A curator and art historian whose work centers

       African narratives in museums and heritage

    -- Kristina Richardson, A historian of the medieval Islamic world and the

       Romani people in the pre-modern Middle East

    -- Natalia Romik, A public historian and architect who works to preserve

       and commemorate lost Jewish lives in Eastern Europe

    -- Kimberly Welch, A legal historian who studies the roles of Black

       litigants and moneylenders in the Antebellum South

The recently redesigned prize attracted hundreds of nominations and the nine

winners were chosen following a rigorous selection process. The Prize is

endowed by the Dan David Foundation and headquartered at Tel Aviv University.

"We live in a world in which the humanities, and particularly history, are

devalued, even as it remains clear that only by deepening our knowledge of the

past we can gain a better understanding of the present," said Ariel David,

board member of the Prize. "For this reason we have chosen to focus on

supporting emerging scholars and practitioners, within and beyond the academy,

at a stage in their career when the Prize can make a bigger impact."

The winners will be honored at the Dan David Prize Award Ceremony in Tel Aviv

in May. To learn more, visit www.dandavidprize.org.

SOURCE  Dan David Prize

CONTACT:  DanDavidPrize@berlinrosen.com