Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (2011) Winner
James Belich
ジェームズ・ベリッチ
Jēmusu Beritchi
Aliases:
James Christopher Belich
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1956 （Wellington）
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Wellington, New Zealand → Auckland, New Zealand → Oxford, United Kingdom
Career
- Occupations
- historian
- Active Years
- 1979-2024
- Affiliations
- Victoria University of Wellington, University of Auckland, University of Oxford
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onslow College | — | History | — | — | New Zealand |
| Victoria University of Wellington | — | History | MA | 1970年代 | New Zealand |
| Nuffield College, Oxford | — | History | DPhil | 1978-1982 | United Kingdom |
Onslow College
History
Country:
New Zealand
Secondary school
Victoria University of Wellington
History
Degree:
MA
Period:
1970年代
Year of Graduation:
1978
Country:
New Zealand
Master of Arts in history
Nuffield College, Oxford
History
Degree:
DPhil
Period:
1978-1982
Year of Graduation:
1982
Country:
United Kingdom
Rhodes Scholarship 1978
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Trevor Reese Memorial Prize | The New Zealand Wars | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Adam Award | I Shall Not Die: Titokowaru's War | — | New Zealand literature | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) | — | — | New Zealand Government | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement | — | ノンフィクション | New Zealand Government | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Wolfson History Prize | The World the Plague Made | — | — | 最終候補 |
Trevor Reese Memorial Prize
1987
Work:
The New Zealand Wars
Result:
受賞
Adam Award
1990
Work:
I Shall Not Die: Titokowaru's War
Organization:
New Zealand literature
Result:
受賞
Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM)
2006
Organization:
New Zealand Government
Result:
受賞
Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
2011
Category:
ノンフィクション
Organization:
New Zealand Government
Result:
受賞
Wolfson History Prize
2023
Work:
The World the Plague Made
Result:
最終候補
Awards & Nominations
Wolfson History Prize
2 appearances
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Edition 130 (2023) Nominee
Works
Major Works
The New Zealand Wars
1986 HistoryRevisionist study of the 19th-century clash between Māori and Pākehā in the New Zealand Wars.
New Zealand Warshistorical revisionismMāori history
Adaptations
- [TV series] The New Zealand Wars (1998)
I Shall Not Die: Titokowaru's War
1990 HistoryStudy of Titokowaru's War based on MA thesis.
Māori resistancecolonial wars
Making Peoples
1996 HistoryA History of the New Zealanders, volume 1.
settler historyNew Zealand history
Replenishing the Earth
2009 HistorySettler revolution and the rise of the Anglo-world.
settler colonialismglobal history
The World the Plague Made
2022 HistoryThe Black Death and the rise of Europe.
Black DeathEuropean history
Bibliography
- Titokowaru's War and Its Place in New Zealand's History (MA Thesis, 1979)
- New Zealand Wars 1845–1870: An Analysis of Their History and Interpretation (PhD Thesis, 1982)
- The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict (1986)
- I Shall Not Die: Tītokowaru's war, New Zealand, 1868-9 (1993)
- Making Peoples (2007)
- Paradise Reforged (2001)
- Replenishing the Earth (2009)
- The Prospect of Global History (2016, co-edited)
- The World the Plague Made (2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- revisionist approachdetailed archival research
- Recurring Motifs
- settler colonialismMāori perspectivesglobal history
Legacy
Authoritative historian of the New Zealand Wars and New Zealand history, whose revisionist works influenced popular opinion; co-founder of Oxford Centre for Global History.
Trivia
- Of Croatian descent.
- Son of Wellington mayor Jim Belich.
- Niece is Camilla Belich.