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- 2018 (Produção)
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In 2018 the winner was Johannes Lotze (University of Manchester) for his thesis, Translation of Empire: Mongol Legacy, Language Policy, and the Early Ming World Order, 1368-1453.
The shortlisted candidates were Kyle Jackson (University of Warwick) for Colonial Conquest and Religious Enlightenment: A Mizo History from Northeast India (c. 1980-1920); Ed Pulford (University of Cambridge) for On northeast Asian Frontiers of History and Friendship; Partha Pratim Shil (University of Cambridge) for Police Labour and State-Formation in Bengal, c.1860- c.1950; and Callie Wilkinson (University of Cambridge) for The Residents of the British East India Company at Indian Royal Courts, c. 1798-1818.
For the inaugural Bayly Prize the society appointed the adjudicators: Professor Taylor Sherman (LSE), Professor Sunil Amrith (Harvard), Professor Dame Caroline Humphrey (Cambridge), Professor James Laidlaw (Cambridge), and Professor Naoko Shimazu (Yale-NUS).
The winner was announced by Professor Sir David Cannadine, President of the British Academy, at a reception held at the Royal Asiatic Society on 30th October 2018.
The archival material is:
- 'The Bayly Prize 2018 Shortlist' - document giving biographical details of the shortlisted candidates and their theses. Computer printed, 4 pieces.
- 'The Bayly Prize and Launch of Professor Sir Christopher Bayly's Remaking the Modern World 1900-2015. Global Connections and Comparisons' - printed invitation from the President and Council of the Royal Asiatic Society to the award of the first Bayly Prize and book launch on 30 October 2018. Printed on card, 2 copies.
- 'The Bayly Prize' - printed details concerning the establishment of the Bayly Prize and the shortlisted candidates. Printed on card, 2 copies.
- Four digital photographs of the award ceremony on 30 October 2018 including some of the shortlisted candidates, Professor Lady Bayly and officers of the Society.