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Prize of the German Historical Institute London
The German Historical Institute London awards an annual prize of
DM 6,000, known as the Prize of the German Historical Institute
London, for an outstanding work of historical scholarship. The prize
is sponsored by Veba Oil and Gas UK Limited, and was initiated in
1996 to mark the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the GHIL.
In 2001 the prize was awarded to Ulrike Lindner for her thesis, entitled
’Politik—Gesundheitswesen—Patienten: Maßnahmen und Auswirkungen
von Gesundheitspolitik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
und Großbritannien, 1948–65’, submitted to the University of
Munich.
To be eligible a work must be:
1 a Ph.D. thesis written at a UK or German university and, as a rule,
submitted to the university within the 12 months prior to the closing
date
2 on a subject matter taken from the field of UK or German history
or UK–German relations or comparative studies in the nineteenth
or twentieth century
3 unpublished.
An entry which has been submitted to a UK university must be in
English and on German history or UK–German relations or a comparative
topic; an entry which has been submitted to a German university
must be in German and on British history or UK-German relations
or a comparative topic.
To apply, please send the following to reach the Director of the
German Historical Institute, 17 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A
2NJ, by 1 September 2002:
1 the complete text
2 all relevant reports from the university to which it is being submitted
3 a declaration that, if a work in German is awarded the prize, the
author is prepared to allow the work to be considered for publi-
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