2017 Prize Mentions

  • Shortlisted, H. R.F. Keating Award 2017 (CrimeFest)

    © SpringerAgatha Christie on Screen

    Agatha Christie on Screen by Mark Aldridge was shortlisted for the H. R.F. Keating Award 2017 (CrimeFest)

  • Winner, 2017 De la Torre Bueno First Book Award (Dance Studies Association)

    © SpringerAkram Khan

    Akram Khan by Royona Mitra won the 2017 De la Torre Bueno First Book Award (Dance Studies Association)

  • Runner Up, Katharine Briggs Folklore Award 2017

    © SpringerCeltic Myth in Contemporary Children’s Fantasy

    Celtic Myth in Contemporary Children’s Fantasy by Dimitra Fimi was runner-up for the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award 2017

  • Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports History

    © SpringerBBC Sport in Black and White

    BBC Sport in Black and White by Richard Haynes won the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports History

  • Shortlisted, The David Bradby Award 2017 (TaPRA)

    © SpringerContemporary Black British Playwrights

    Contemporary Black British Playwrights by Lynette Goddard was shortlisted for The David Bradby Award 2017

  • 2017 Franz Fanon Outstanding Book Award

    © SpringerDecolonial Judiasm

    Decolonial Judiasm by Santiago Slabdosky won the 2017 Franz Fanon Outstanding Book Award

  • Shortlisted, The David Bradby Award 2017 (TaPRA)

    © SpringerDramaturgy and Architecture

    Dramaturgy and Architecture by Cathy Turner was shortlisted for The David Bradby Award 2017

  • Society for Educational Studies Book Prize

    © SpringerFrom Labouring to Learning: Working-Class Masculinities, Education and De- Industrialization

    From Labouring to Learning: Working-Class Masculinities, Education and De- Industrialization by Michael Ward won the Society for Educational Studies Book Prize

  • 2017 Toyin Falola Africa Book Award from the Association of Third World Studies

    © SpringerGlobalization and Cyberculture

    Globalization and Cyberculture by Kehbuma Langmia won the 2017 Toyin Falola Africa Book Award from the Association of Third World Studies

  • Shortlisted, H. R.F. Keating Award 2017 (CrimeFest)

    © SpringerGender and Representation in British ‘Golden Age’ Crime Fiction 

    Gender and Representation in British ‘Golden Age’ Crime Fiction by Megan Hoffman was shortlisted fot the H. R.F. Keating Award 2017 (CrimeFest)

  • 2017 BAFTSS Award for Best Edited Collection

    © SpringerLasting Screen Stars

    Lasting Screen Stars by Lucy Bolton and Julie Lobalzo Wright won the 2017 BAFTSS Award for Best Edited Collection

  • AAACE Cyril O. Houle Award

    © SpringerLifelong Learning Participation in a Changing Policy Context

    Lifelong Learning Participation in a Changing Policy Context by Ellen Boeren won the AAACE Cyril O. Houle Award

  • James S. Donnelly Prize for Best Book in History and Social Science at the American Conference for Irish Studies

    © SpringerMasculinity and Power in Irish Nationalism, 1884-1938

    Masculinity and Power in Irish Nationalism, 1884-1938 by Aidan Beatty won the James S. Donnelly Prize for Best Book in History and Social Science at the American Conference for Irish Studies

  • Shortlisted, TaPRA Research Prize for Editing

    © SpringerQueer Dramaturgies

    Queer Dramaturgies by Alyson Campbell and Stephen Farrier was shortlisted for the TaPRA Research Prize for Editing

  • 2017 SAMLA Studies Book Award - Best Edited Collection

    © SpringerMediterranean Modernism

    Mediterranean Modernism by Adam J. Goldwyn and Renee M. Silverman won the 2017 SAMLA Studies Book Award - Best Edited Collection

  • Shortlisted, H. R.F. Keating Award 2017 (CrimeFest)

    © SpringerQueering Agatha Christie

    Queering Agatha Christie by J.C. Bernthal was shortlisted for the H. R.F. Keating Award 2017 (CrimeFest) 

  • BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize

    © SpringerSelf-Injury, Medicine and Society Authentic Bodies

    Self-Injury, Medicine and Society Authentic Bodies  by Amy Chandler won the BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize

  • Shortlisted, H. R.F. Keating Award 2017 (CrimeFest)

    © SpringerThe Contemporary Irish Detective Novel 

    The Contemporary Irish Detective Novel by Elizabeth Mannion was shortlisted for the H. R.F. Keating Award 2017 (CrimeFest)

  • Religion and International Relations 2017 Book Award

    © SpringerThe European Union and the Catholic Church

    The European Union and the Catholic Church by P. Kratochvíl and T. Doležal won the Religion and International Relations 2017 Book Award.

  • Winner, Children's Literature Association Book Award 2017

    © SpringerThe Middle Ages in Children's Literature

    The Middle Ages in Children's Literature by Clare Bradford won the Children's Literature Association Book Award 2017


  • Kevin Brehony Book Prize (Best First Book in History of Education)

    © SpringerThe University at War, 1914-25

    The University at War, 1914-25 by Dr. Tomás Irish won the Kevin Brehony Book Prize (Best First Book in History of Education)

  • 2017 Outstanding Publication Award from the Popular Music Interest Group of the Society for Music Theory

    © SpringerThe Value of Popular Music

    The Value of Popular Music by Alison Stone won the 2017 Outstanding Publication Award from the Popular Music Interest Group of the Society for Music Theory

  • Planning Institute of Australia NSW ‘Cutting Edge Research Award’

    © SpringerUrban Planning and the Housing Market

    Urban Planning and the Housing Market by Nicole Gurran and Glen Bramley won the ‘Cutting Edge Research Award’ of Planning Institute of Australia NSW

  • Peter Birks Book Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship 2017

    © SpringerUnleashing the Force of Law

    Unleashing the Force of Law by Devyani Prabhat won the Peter Birks Book Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship 2017

  • Winner, Farabi International Award

    © SpringerTheism and Atheism in a Post-Secular Age

    Theism and Atheism in a Post-Secular Age by Morteza Hashemi won the Farabi International Award