The 2021 Finalists Announcement of the Cundill History Prize

Michael Ignatieff in conversation with Margaret MacMillan. Hosted by Dan Snow

Historian, author, broadcaster, academic and former Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Michael Ignatieff is Chair of the Jury for the 2021 Cundill History Prize. For this special event – revealing the three finalists for the leading international history prize – he is joined by one of the world’s most distinguished historians, Margaret MacMillan, Professor of History at the University of Toronto and Emeritus Professor of International History at Oxford University. Celebrated broadcaster and History Hit host Dan Snow will discuss with the pair how relevant the best new history writing is for some of today’s most challenging issues – and Ignatieff will announce the three 2021 finalists as part of the event, which will be streamed simultaneously by The Frankfurt Book Fair and Fane Productions.

In partnership with Frankfurter Buchmesse, History Hit, Literary Review of Canada, and Fane Productions.