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'''George Grote Prize in Ancient History''' is an [[Early Career Award|early career]] academic prize awarded for notable research in [[Ancient History]], noted for identifying unpublished work by emerging scholars in the field.
The '''George Grote Prize in Ancient History''' is an [[Early Career Award|early career academic prize]] for notable unpublished work by emerging scholars in the field of [[ancient history]].


The prize, named for historian [[George Grote]], was first awarded in 1982 and has been awarded by the [[Institute of Classical Studies]], [[University of London]], every two to three years since.<ref>{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Lisa |date=1990 |title=The Grant Register, 1991-1993 |url= |location=London |publisher=Macmillan |page=342 |isbn= |author-link= }}</ref> A cash prize of £3000 is funded by an endowment left by [[Victor Ehrenberg (historian)|Victor Ehrenberg]].
==Description==
Winners have acknowledged gratitude to the prize committee in subsequent publications the prize has facilitated.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9ZofAQAAQBAJ&pg=PR5&lpg=PR5&dq=Maria+fragoulaki+grote+prize&source=bl&ots=DQFkpQDKGx&sig=ACfU3U3cNKNQyjuUTOotpls6MvFAdJWhqQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwir4O2gpLPjAhXJbMAKHfkuDlEQ6AEwDXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Maria%20fragoulaki%20grote%20prize&f=false|title=Kinship in Thucydides: Intercommunal Ties and Historical Narrative|last=Fragoulaki|first=Maria|date=2013|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=9780199697779|language=en}}</ref><ref>D'Angour, Armand J. "Archinus, Eucleides and the Reform of the Athenian Alphabet." Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 43 (1999): 109-30. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43646755</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3nCSw5Cr4PUC&pg=PR10&dq=%22george+grote+prize%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVo528qrPjAhUGhlwKHVfgAOsQ6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=%22george%20grote%20prize%22&f=false|title=Nomos: Essays in Athenian Law, Politics and Society|last=Cartledge|first=Paul|date=1990|publisher=CUP Cambridge|language=en}}</ref> The prize was first awarded in 1982, and historically, winners have been announced in the German review journal, [[Gnomon_(journal)|Gnomon]].<ref>https://www.jstor.org/stable/27688096 "George Grote Prize in Ancient History." ''Gnomon'' 54, no. 3 (1982): 320.</ref> Winners have included Professor [[Robin Osborne]], Professor [[Armand D'Angour]] and Dr Charles Crowther.<ref>Osborne, Robin. ''Demos: The Discovery of Classical Attika''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xii and 15-42.
</ref><ref>D'Angour, Armand J. "Archinus, Eucleides and the Reform of the Athenian Alphabet." ''Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies'' 43 (1999): 109-30. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43646755.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1111/j.2041-5370.1995.tb00467.x|title = Iasos in the Second Century Bc III: Foreign Judges from Priene|journal = Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies|volume = 40|pages = 91–138|year = 1995|last1 = Crowther|first1 = Charles}}</ref>


==Prize fund==
==Recipients==
Winners, who are selected based on a thesis on a subject of their own choosing, must be members of a [[University of London]] institution and have completed no more than four years of full-time research (or the part-time equivalent). Entries are judged by a committee of teachers of ancient history within the University of London.<ref>https://ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/award-prizes {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208082934/https://ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/award-prizes |date=8 December 2021 }} The Institute of Classical Studies: Awards and Prizes. Retrieved 29 April 2019.</ref> Winners are announced in the German review journal [[Gnomon_(journal)|Gnomon]].<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor = 27688096|title = George Grote Prize in Ancient History|journal = Gnomon|volume = 54|issue = 3|pages = 320|year = 1982}}</ref>
The cash prize of £3000 is offered for a thesis on a subject chosen by the author, and is awarded by the [[Institute of Classical Studies]], [[University of London]], from a fund bequeathed by Professor [[Victor Ehrenberg (historian)|Victor Ehrenberg]] and named after historian [[George Grote]]. In the past the prize has been awarded every two to three years.<ref>{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Lisa |date=1990 |title=The Grant Register, 1991-1993 |url= |location=London |publisher=Macmillan |page=342 |isbn= |author-link= }}</ref>


Past winners have included [[Robin Osborne]], [[Armand D'Angour]] and [[Charles Crowther (historian)|Charles Crowther]].<ref>Osborne, Robin. ''Demos: The Discovery of Classical Attika''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xii and 15-42.
The prize may nowadays be entered by members of any [[University of London]] institution who have completed no more than four years of full-time research (or the part-time equivalent). Entries are judged by the George Grote Prize Committee, comprised of teachers of ancient history within the University of London.<ref>https://ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/award-prizes The Institute of Classical Studies: Awards and Prizes. Retrieved 29th April 2019.</ref>
</ref><ref name="jstor43646755">{{Cite journal |jstor = 43646755|title = Archinus, Eucleides and the Reform of the Athenian Alphabet|journal = Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies|volume = 43|pages = 109–130|last1 = d'Angour|first1 = Armand J.|year = 1999|doi = 10.1111/j.2041-5370.1999.tb00481.x}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1111/j.2041-5370.1995.tb00467.x|title = Iasos in the Second Century Bc III: Foreign Judges from Priene|journal = Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies|volume = 40|pages = 91–138|year = 1995|last1 = Crowther|first1 = Charles}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

* [[List of history awards]]
* [[Conington Prize]]
* [[Conington Prize]]


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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/award-prizes George Grote Prize in Ancient History] (middle of page)
* [https://ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/award-prizes George Grote Prize in Ancient History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208082934/https://ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/award-prizes |date=8 December 2021 }} (middle of page)


[[Category:Awards by universities and colleges in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Awards by university and college in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1982]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1982]]
[[Category:History awards]]
[[Category:History awards]]

Latest revision as of 14:03, 20 December 2022

The George Grote Prize in Ancient History is an early career academic prize for notable unpublished work by emerging scholars in the field of ancient history.

The prize, named for historian George Grote, was first awarded in 1982 and has been awarded by the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, every two to three years since.[1] A cash prize of £3000 is funded by an endowment left by Victor Ehrenberg.

Recipients

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Winners, who are selected based on a thesis on a subject of their own choosing, must be members of a University of London institution and have completed no more than four years of full-time research (or the part-time equivalent). Entries are judged by a committee of teachers of ancient history within the University of London.[2] Winners are announced in the German review journal Gnomon.[3]

Past winners have included Robin Osborne, Armand D'Angour and Charles Crowther.[4][5][6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Williams, Lisa (1990). The Grant Register, 1991-1993. London: Macmillan. p. 342.
  2. ^ https://ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/award-prizes Archived 8 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine The Institute of Classical Studies: Awards and Prizes. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  3. ^ "George Grote Prize in Ancient History". Gnomon. 54 (3): 320. 1982. JSTOR 27688096.
  4. ^ Osborne, Robin. Demos: The Discovery of Classical Attika. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xii and 15-42.
  5. ^ d'Angour, Armand J. (1999). "Archinus, Eucleides and the Reform of the Athenian Alphabet". Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. 43: 109–130. doi:10.1111/j.2041-5370.1999.tb00481.x. JSTOR 43646755.
  6. ^ Crowther, Charles (1995). "Iasos in the Second Century Bc III: Foreign Judges from Priene". Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. 40: 91–138. doi:10.1111/j.2041-5370.1995.tb00467.x.
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