The British Academy Book Prize was an annual book award held by the

British Academy The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars s ...

in the period from 2000 and 2005. Eligible titles were those covering areas of the humanities and social sciences.

Winners

* 2001

Rees Davies Sir Robert Rees Davies, (6 August 1938 – 16 May 2005) was a Welsh historian. Biography Davies was born in Merionethshire, and educated at Bala Grammar School. He was bilingual in Welsh and English. He received a First in his degree from Un ...

for ''The First English Empire: Power and Identities in the British Isles 1093-1343'', jointly with

Ian Kershaw Sir Ian Kershaw (born 29 April 1943) is an English historian whose work has chiefly focused on the social history of 20th-century Germany. He is regarded by many as one of the world's leading experts on Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, and is pa ...

for ''Hitler: 1936–1945, Nemesis'' * 2002 Stanley Cohen for ''States of Denial: Knowing about Atrocities and Suffering'' * 2003 Elizabeth Cowling for ''Picasso Style and Meaning'' * 2004

Diarmaid MacCulloch Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch (; born 31 October 1951) is an English academic and historian, specialising in ecclesiastical history and the history of Christianity. Since 1995, he has been a fellow of St Cross College, Oxford; he was forme ...

for '' Reformation: Europe's House Divided 1490-1700'' * 2005

N.A.M. Rodger Nicholas Andrew Martin Rodger FSA FRHistS FBA (born 12 November 1949) is a historian of the Royal Navy and senior research fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Life and academia The son of Lieutenant Commander Ian Alexander Rodger, Royal Navy, ...

for ''The Command of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815''

References

Book Prize Awards established in 2000 2000 establishments in the United Kingdom Awards disestablished in 2005 2005 disestablishments in the United Kingdom British non-fiction literary awards Annual events in the United Kingdom {{lit-award-stub