Professor Olivette Otele nominated for 2023 Harriet Tubman Prize and Laura Shannon Prize
Professor Olivette Otele has been nominated for both the Lapidus Center’s Harriet Tubman Prize and the Nanovic Institute’s 2023 Laura Shannon Prize for Contemporary European Studies, for her book, African Europeans: An Untold Story.
The Harriet Tubman Prize is presented by the Lapidus Center honouring the best non-fiction book on the slave trade, slavery, and anti-slavery in the Atlantic World published in the U.S. during the last year.
The Laura Shannon Prize is recognised internationally as one of the leading book prizes in the field of European studies.
In reaction to the nominations, Professor Otele said:
“It is an immense joy and an honour to see that the trajectories of African Europeans resonate in the USA to such an extent that the book has been shortlisted for both the Harriet Tubman Prize and for the Laura Shannon Prize.”
African Europeans: An Untold Story traces a long African European heritage through the lives of individuals both ordinary and extraordinary. Professor Otele uncovers a forgotten past, from Emperor Septimius Severus, to enslaved Africans living in Europe during the Renaissance, and all the way to present-day migrants moving to Europe’s cities. By exploring a history that has been long overlooked, she sheds light on questions very much alive today—on racism, identity, citizenship, power and resilience.
“African Europeans” is a landmark account of a crucial thread in Europe’s complex history.
The winner of the Harriet Tubman Prize will be announced in November, whilst the winner of the Laura Shannon Prize will be announced in January 2023.
Read more about African Europeans: An Untold Story.
Read more about the Harriet Tubman Prize shortlist.
Read more about the Laura Shannon Prize 2023 shortlist.
