The
Cundill International Prize in History was announced on April 17, 2008, at
McGill University by
Peter Cundill, a London-based investment manager and graduate of McGill. A grand prize of , as well as two "Recognition of Excellence" prizes of $10,000, would be awarded once a year to authors whose books were "determined to have a profound literary, social and academic impact on the subject". Books were required to be published in English or French. The inaugural prize in November 2008 was administered by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at McGill, along with the
McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC). In 2010, the prize was renamed the
Cundill Prize in History. Cundill died on January 24, 2011, and the 2011 prize was limited to books that were published in English. The prize was retitled again in 2013 as the
Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, and the partnership with MISC continued up to 2016. McGill relaunched the prize for its 10th year in 2017: it was renamed the
Cundill History Prize, and the prize's logo and website design were overhauled. == Winners and nominees ==