Duff Cooper Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 50 (2005) Winner
Maya Jasanoff
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Maya Jasanoff
Aliases:
Maya R. Jasanoff
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1974-10-12 （Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Ithaca, New York, U.S.
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, Author
- Active Years
- 2002-
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan, University of Virginia, Harvard University
- Influenced By
- Christopher Bayly, Linda Colley
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | — | History Department | BA | — | United States |
| University of Cambridge | — | History Department | MPhil | — | United Kingdom |
| Yale University | — | History Department | PhD | — | United States |
Harvard University
History Department
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
University of Cambridge
History Department
Degree:
MPhil
Country:
United Kingdom
Yale University
History Department
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
2002
Country:
United States
Thesis: French and British imperial collecting in Egypt and India, 1780–1820
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Duff Cooper Prize | Edge of Empire | — | — | winner |
| 2011 | National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction | Liberty's Exiles | Nonfiction | National Book Critics Circle | winner |
| 2012 | George Washington Book Prize | Liberty's Exiles | — | — | winner |
| 2017 | Windham-Campbell Literature Prize | The Dawn Watch | Non-Fiction | Yale University | winner |
| 2013 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | fellow |
| 2018 | Cundill History Prize | The Dawn Watch | — | — | winner |
Duff Cooper Prize
2005
Work:
Edge of Empire
Result:
winner
National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction
2011
Work:
Liberty's Exiles
Category:
Nonfiction
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
winner
George Washington Book Prize
2012
Work:
Liberty's Exiles
Result:
winner
Windham-Campbell Literature Prize
2017
Work:
The Dawn Watch
Category:
Non-Fiction
Organization:
Yale University
Result:
winner
Guggenheim Fellowship
2013
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
fellow
Cundill History Prize
2018
Work:
The Dawn Watch
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
The Donald Windham Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (2017) Winner
Cundill History Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (2018) Winner
Works
Major Works
Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture, and Conquest in the East, 1750–1850
2005 HistoryExamines the lives and conquests of British and French imperial collectors in the East from 1750 to 1850.
ImperialismCollectingCultural Exchange
Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World
2011 HistoryTraces the trajectories of 60,000 American Loyalists who resettled in other parts of the British Empire after the Revolution.
LoyalistsExileImperial Reorganization
The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World
2017 Biography/HistoryExplores Joseph Conrad's life and times in a global context.
GlobalizationImperial CritiqueMaritime Trade
Bibliography
- Edge of Empire (2005)
- Liberty's Exiles (2011)
- The Dawn Watch (2017)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Vivid narrative styleDetailed archival analysisElegant prose
- Recurring Motifs
- Complexities of empireExile and migrationGlobal connections
Legacy
Renowned expert on British imperial history, recipient of numerous prestigious awards. Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University.
Trivia
- Her parents Jay Jasanoff and Sheila Jasanoff are both Harvard professors. Her brother Alan is a professor at MIT.
- She chaired the 2021 Booker Prize jury.