The Faculty of Arts at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) proudly congratulates Professor Stuart McManus from the Department of History for winning the prestigious Dan David Prize 2024, the world's largest history award. Professor McManus is among nine distinguished international historians, archaeologists, and archivists honoured with US$300,000 each in recognition of their innovative and interdisciplinary research, supporting their future endeavours. Professor McManus is the only scholar from an Asian university to win the Dan David Prize since it was established in 2001 and its reimagining in 2021, which now focuses on historical and archaeological research.
"It was an unexpected honour to be named among this year’s Dan David Prize winners. This is a recognition of my work over the last decade or more. I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to the University for all its support, and I look forward to contributing more to our understanding of the global Renaissance [c. 1350-1750] and East-West relations in the future. The award will also help support my ongoing efforts to apply digital approaches to the study of the human past at CUHK," Professor McManus remarked.
Professor McManus's research explores the global spread of Humanism and examines the connections between Atlantic slavery and a broader network of trade and human trafficking during the early modern period. He received his PhD in history, with a secondary field in classical philology, from Harvard University. Currently, he teaches in the CUHK History Department and serves as the Associate Director of the Digital Humanities Initiative at the Research Institute for the Humanities (RIH) at CUHK.
The Faculty of Arts remains committed to supporting our faculty members in achieving research excellence. We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Professor McManus for his remarkable achievements.
About the Dan David Prize
Endowed by the Dan David Foundation and headquartered at Tel Aviv University, the Dan David Prize is the largest history prize in the world. At a time of diminishing support for the humanities, the Prize celebrates the next generation of outstanding historians, archaeologists, curators and digital humanists. Each year, up to nine researchers are awarded US$300,000 each in recognition of their achievements and to support their future endeavours. To learn more about Dan David, the Prize and the 2024 winners, visit www.dandavidprize.org.
