The ICHRPI is pleased to announce the competition for the 2026 Emile Lousse Prize, named in honour of Professor Emile Lousse, a leading Belgian medieval scholar who was one of the founding fathers of the International Commission. The prize, with a value of €1.000, will be awarded to the best book on parliamentary history that have already been published during the year before the next congress in Munich in September 2027 in any of the languages of the Commission’s sections

Nominations for the 2026 prize should be submitted by members of the Direction or the Editorial Board to the Director of Publications, Dr. Coleman A. Dennehy, by Wednesday 31 March 2027. Books published during 2025 and 2026 should be submitted in any of the languages of the Commission’s sections, and will be subject to peer review, in line with editorial policy. The Director of Publications will convene a small adjudicating committee. The winner of the 2026 prize will be announced at the 2027 ICHRPI conference in Munich, Germany.