The History of Education Society (UK) is delighted to confirm the shortlists for our 2020 book prizes.
Anne Bloomfield Prize
For the best book written in English on the History of Education published between 2017 and 2019
- Tom O’Donoghue and Teresa O’Doherty, Irish Speakers and Schooling in the Gaeltacht, 1900 to the Present (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)
- Deirdre Raftery, Catriona Delaney & Catherine Nowlan-Roebuck, Nano Nagle, The Life and Legacy (Irish Academic Press, 2019)
- Nancy G. Rosoff and Stephanie Spencer, British and American School Stories, 1910-1960: fiction, femininity and friendship (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)
- John Taylor, The Impact of the First World War on British Universities (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
- John Walsh, Higher Education in Ireland, 1922-2016 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
Kevin Brehony Prize
For the best first single-authored book written in English on History of Education published between 2017 and 2019
- Christopher Bischof, Teaching Britain, Elementary Teachers & the State of the Everyday, 1846-1906 (Oxford University Press, 2019)
- Stephen Jackson, Constructing National Identity in Canadian and Australian Schools: The Crown of Education (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
- Eilis O’Sullivan, Ascendancy Women and Elementary Education in Ireland: Educational Provision for Poor Children, 1788 – 1848 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)
- Rebecca Swartz, Education and Empire (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)
- Susannah Wright, Morality and Citizenship in English Schools, Secular Approaches 1897-1944 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)