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    March 23, 2023
    Again, charity starts from abroad

    Professor Saheed Aderinto was, until he won the Dan David Award, little recognised in Nigeria. At a time when the West is focused on negative developments in Africa, any academic who breaks the glass ceiling deserves accolades.

    Editorial, The Nation Online

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    March 1, 2023
    Four American Scholars Awarded World’s Largest Prize For Outstanding Work In History

    "Our winners represent a new generation of historians," said Ariel David, board member of the Prize and the son of its founder.

    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes

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    March 1, 2023
    Prestigious Dan David Prize names 9 historians as winners

    Nine emerging scholars of history from around the world were announced Tuesday as winners of the prestigious Dan David Prize, with each awardee receiving $300,000 to advance their work

    The Associated Press

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    January 4, 2023
    Archaeologist sees the passage of time in human bones

    The work never ends for Efthymia Nikita, a prize-winning busy scientist who studies the physical markers of history and even co-wrote a children’s book about it

    Theo Panayides

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    Bart Elmore in India with a Coke sign
    July 6, 2022
    The Indiana Jones of Environmental History

    His father was exposed to the chemical Agent Orange as a soldier in the Vietnam War. Today, Bart Elmore is exposing the dark history behind the chemicals.

    Shira Makin, Haaretz

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    June 19, 2022
    The freedom of Juneteenth was fleeting. This is what came next.

    Black generosity has always been vital to the freedom struggle

    Tyrone McKinley Freeman

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    photo of Tyrone Freeman's, Kristina Richardson's, Natalia Romik's and Efthymia Nikita's podcasts on the BBC website
    June 16, 2022
    Podcast Series: Nine conversations with the winners of the 2022 Dan David Prize

    Browse and listen to all episodes on History Extra - the official website for BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed.

    HistoryExtra

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    Nine winners of the 2022 Dan David Prize
    May 12, 2022
    BOG 2022: Nine Winners Receive Reimagined Dan David Prize

    New focus on history reaffirms importance of field, supports early and midcareer researchers and practitioners

    Tel Aviv University

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    March 31, 2022
    Interview with Mirjam Brusius

    The museums expert explains how every historical artefact has not just one story, but many

    Simon Baker, Times Higher Education

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    Dr. Efthymia Nikita
    March 30, 2022
    Dr. Efthymia Nikita sees our connectivity through time and space

    The Dan David Prize winner integrates human skeletal data with archaeobotanical, zooarchaeological and historical evidence in order to form a more well-rounded view of the past.

    Judith Sudilovsky, The Jerusalem Post

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    March 28, 2022
    How MacKenzie Scott’s $12 billion in gifts to charity reflect an uncommon trust in the groups she supports

    We asked philanthropy historian Tyrone Freeman to weigh in on Scott’s approach to donating large sums of money and her emphasis on other forms of generosity.

    Tyrone McKinley Freeman, The Conversation

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    March 27, 2022
    How HBCUs Inspire Black Scholars

    According to Freeman, “HBCUs were always around me, in my blood.”

    Marybeth Gasman, Forbes

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