Yale Historian Sunil Amrith Wins British Academy Book Prize for Groundbreaking Climate Crisis Research

Oct 23, 2025 11:34 am CST

Indian-origin historian Sunil Amrith has won the prestigious 25,000-pound British Academy Book Prize for "The Burning Earth," a comprehensive environmental history exploring how colonization, industrialization, and human settlement patterns have fueled today's climate crisis. The Yale professor's work combines meticulous research with accessible prose to offer new perspectives on humanity's relationship with our planet across five centuries.