2024 Dan David Prize winner Kathryn Olivarius talks to Bob Crawford about the shockingly atrocious medical practices in field hospitals during the deadliest war in American history.

Bob Crawford, American History Hotline

The 2025 Dan David Prize winner's body of work is define by a transnational gaze and commitment to cultural representation.

Pulse

2025 Dan David Prize winner Fred Kuwornu devoted his career to shedding light on overlooked corners of history and the tangled roots that connect us all.

Neria Barr, The Jerusalem Post

Bioprospecting, says 2025 Dan David Prize winner Mackenzie Cooley, is the ways in which humans harness powers from nature. But we have a tendency to look at the natural world and see what humans can take, she adds.

Lucas Willard, The Best of Our Knowledge

Babalola and Kuwornu join the ranks of other celebrated African recipients of the Dan David Prize, including Professor Saheed Aderinto (Nigeria) and Chao Tayiana Maina (Kenya) in 2024.

Brittle Paper

“By making groundbreaking discoveries or applying new methods to historical research, our winners constantly challenge us to think about the past," says Ariel David, son of Prize founder

The Associated Press

Nine Historians, Archaeologists and Filmmakers Receive $300,000 (USD) Each as the Dan David Prize Honors Innovative Research on the Human Past

The Dan David Prize

2024 Dan David Prize Winner Katarzyna Person helps Hollywood actor Andrew Garfield uncover his Polish-Jewish past on the BBC's hit show "Who do you think you are?"

BBC

"It is not the celebrated constitution, but the Indian voters themselves that have doggedly held authoritarianism at bay. Only time will tell how long they will continue," writes 2024 Dan David Prize Winner Tripurdaman Singh

Tripurdaman Singh, The Conversation UK

“These are diseases that have killed hundreds of millions of people” 2024 Dan David Prize Winner Kathryn Olivarius reminds readers of a time before vaccines, and the risks of present-day vaccine skepticism.

Jessica Glenza, The Guardian

Art historian, author and curator, 2022 Dan David Prize winner Nana Oforiatta Ayim, explores the vibrant, contemporary art scene of her home city of Accra, Ghana.

Catherine Muller, DW

2024 Dan David Prize Winner Kathryn Olivarius joins Road to Now's Bob & Ben to explain the powerful role that Yellow Fever played in shaping all aspects of life in New Orleans during the 19th century.

The Road to Now