WCGS Book Prize 2021 - Jeremy Best

The WCGS Book Prize recognizes first-time authors whose scholarly work provides a substantial contribution to our understanding of any aspect of German-speaking society.

In this interview, WCGS Director James Skidmore speaks with Jeremy Best, Associate Professor of History at Iowa State University of Science and Technology, whose book Heavenly Fatherland: German Missionary Culture and Globalization in the Age of Empire (University of Toronto Press), has been shortlisted for the WCGS Book Prize for books published in 2021.

To learn more about the WCGS Book Prize, go to wcgs.ca.