Scottish Church History Prize 2025

 

The Scottish Church History Society is pleased to announce the third round of our Scottish Church History Prize, first awarded in 2019. This annual prize recognises exceptional PhD research and scholarship in the field of Scottish church history. All entries will be considered for publication in the Society’s journal, Scottish Church History. The winning author will be awarded £500.

 

The closing date for entries is midnight on Tuesday 15th July 2025. We plan to announce the winner and award the prize at the conference in Winter 2025. Entries should be submitted with a short biographical note to schsessayprize@gmail.com. See below for further details.

 

• Entries on any aspect of Scottish church history will be considered.

• The essay submitted must be based on original research and should be accompanied by a 250 word abstract.

• Essays must be between 5,000 and 8,000 words in length, including footnotes. Shorter or longer entries will not be considered.

• Essays already published, accepted for future publication, or under consideration with another journal are not eligible for submission.

• Current PhD students, or those who graduated with their doctorate after 1 January 2024, are eligible to apply.

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Scottish Church History Prize 2023 Winner: Nicole Cumming

 

The Scottish Church History Society is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2023 Scottish Church History Prize is Nicole Cumming with her article entitled '"Whether or not there be any difference between men and beasts?": Animals, dominion, and natural law in post-Reformation Scotland'. Ms Cumming was awarded a prize of £500 at the Spring Conference, March 23rd 2024.

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       Stewart J. Brown (Honorary President), Nicole Cumming and David Bebbington

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The committee would like to thank all of those who submitted entries for the 2023 Prize. 

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Previous Winners

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2022: Xiang Wei, ‘The Realities of Toleration: Army Chaplaincy, Religious Politics, and Scottish Military Experience, c.1690-1763’

2020: Nathan Hood, 'An Instrument of Conversion: James Melville’s Musical Catechism'

2019: Clare Loughlin, 'The Church of Scotland and the ‘increase of popery’, c.1690–1714'