University News Last updated 22 April 2024
Dr Islam Issa鈥檚 book Alexandria: The City That Changed the World has been shortlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award 2024.
Described as an original, authoritative and lively cultural history of the first modern city, it will be up against six other works when judging takes place later this year.
鈥淚'm thrilled to be shortlisted,鈥� said Dr Issa, Professor of Literature and History at 探花直播 as well as an award-winning author, broadcaster and curator.
鈥淎lexandria has been received brilliantly since its publication; in reviews, 'book of the year' lists, and, perhaps most importantly, the many correspondences from people around the world who were moved by its story.鈥�
Judith Mossman, the chair of judges, said: 鈥淲e had an extremely varied and stimulating long list from which to choose, which enabled us, after much discussion, to select one of our most varied shortlists of the last few years.鈥�
听has already been named a 'Book of the Year' by The Times, Sunday Times, Times Literary Supplement, Waterstones, and the American Library Association's Booklist Magazine.
The winner of the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award, which recognises works in English about Greece or the world of Hellenism, will receive a prize of 拢10,000.
The award ceremony will be held in the Great Hall of King鈥檚 College London and streamed live on Zoom on Monday 17 June 2024, at 7pm.