Tuesday, January 10, 2012

2011 Cliopatria Awards Announced

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The History News Network has announced the winners of the 2011 Cliopatria Awards for history blogging:
Best Individual Blog: The Chirurgeon's Apprentice 
Best Group Blog: Wonders and Marvels 
Best New Blog: Demography and the Imperial Public Sphere Before Victoria

Best Post: Karen Abbott's "If There's a Man Among Ye: The Tale of Pirate Queens Anne Bonny and Mary Read," Past Imperfect, 9 August 2011.
Best Series of Posts: Erik Loomis, "This Day in Labor History," Lawyers, Guns & Money 
Best Writer: Corey Robin

Best Twitter Feed: @KatrinaGulliver
Best Podcast Episode: Marshall Poe's New Books In History episode from 14 January 2011: "Nell Irvin Painter, The History of White People, W.W. Norton & Company, 2010"
Read more here.

This year's judges were Manan Ahmed, Kelly Baker, Jonathan Dresner, Mary Dudziak, Katrina Gulliver, Andrew Hartman, Brett Holman, Sharon Howard, Shane Landrum, Randall Stephens, Karen Tani, and David Weinfeld.