Sven Beckert’s Book Made the 2026 Lionel Gelber Prize Shortlist

Faculty Associate Sven Beckert, Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University, was announced as one of the five authors who made the Lionel Gelber Prize Shortlist for his new book, Capitalism: A Global History (Penguin Random House). The Lionel Gelber Prize, presented annually by University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, is given to the world’s best nonfiction book on international affairs published in English. The literary award was founded in 1989 by Canadian diplomat Lionel Gelber.