John McGovern wins Parliamentary History Essay Prize

Posted on 28 October 2019

We are delighted to announce that Jon McGovern, who has recently submitted his PhD thesis here in the Department of English and Related Literature, has won another prestigious prize to add to his portfolio.

A recent winner of the Gordon Forster Essay Prize, and the Sir John Neale Prize, he has now been announced as the winner of the Parliamentary History Essay Prize.

The Parliamentary History Essay Prize, worth £500, is offered annually for the best essay submitted on an historical subject related to the history of parliaments and representative institutions in Britain, Ireland, and British colonial dependencies. The prize is restricted to early career researchers and must be a work of original research, not already accepted for publication.

Jon's essay, which deals with the ceremonial surrounding the House of Commons speakers in Tudor England, will be published in the journal Parliamentary History next year.