Conington Prizes are offered for a dissertation on a subject chosen by the writer and approved as appropriate by the Board of the Faculty of Philosophy or the Board of the Faculty of Classics. The value of the Prizes will be £1,000.
Submissions to the Faculty of Philosophy are invited for the 2024 Prize in the field of Ancient Philosophy and Ideas. The Faculty of Classics will offer the Prizes for Classical Literature, Textual Criticism and Philology in 2025 and Ancient History, Religion, Art and Archaeology in 2026.
Eligibility: general rules. The prize is open to graduates of the University and to current members of the University. All applicants must, on 1 July in the year of application (i) be qualified by examination for a degree of the University; (ii) have completed six years, and have not exceeded fifteen years, from their matriculation (except that graduates whose first degrees are from other universities shall have completed two years, and not exceeded eleven years, from their matriculation); and (iii) be of postdoctoral status, or equivalent.
Candidates who wish to be considered for the 2024 Conington Prize should write, providing the title of their dissertation, to the Administrative Officer in the Faculty of Philosophy deputyhaf@philosophy.ox.ac.uk by Thursday 16 May 2024.
Once permission has been granted by the Board of the Faculty of Philosophy, the dissertation and an abstract of no more than three pages should be submitted by Thursday 27 June 2024. Dissertations should be submitted electronically, as file attachments, to the Administrative Officer in the Faculty of Philosophy deputyhaf@philosophy.ox.ac.uk.
The Conington Prize may not be awarded twice to the same person. Any previously unsuccessful competitor may resubmit their dissertation, or an amended version of it, on not more than two occasions.
The examiners may determine not to award the Prize in any year if no dissertation of sufficient merit is submitted.
