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Prof. Kate Cooper reaches finals of Cundill History Prize

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Prof. Kate Cooper reaches finals of Cundill History Prize

  • Date17 April 2024

How bloody amazing is this!? Back in October, Prof. Kate Cooper reached the finals of the Cundill History Prize with ‘Queens of a Fallen World: The Lost Women of Augustine’s Confessions’.

Cooper commented that "The best part was a visit to Montreal with the other two finalists for the Cundill Forum - sharing ideas about how to write a kind of history that can change people’s minds and even their lives."

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