Prizes

The Peace History Society will award the Scott Bills Memorial Prize bi-annually (in odd years) for an outstanding English-language work in the field of Peace History. The Prize will be awarded for an outstanding first book or an outstanding dissertation by a faculty member or independent scholar. The Prize carries a cash award of $500.

The next Bills Prize will be awarded for a first book published or a dissertation completed in 2008-2009.  Please submit nominations (a brief statement will suffice) and one copy of the book or dissertation directly to each member of the Bills Prize Committee by November 1, 2010.

Website: Peace History

Posted: March 24, 2010



Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize

Deadline: December 1, 2010

The purpose of the award is to recognize and encourage distinguished research and writing by scholars of American foreign relations. The prize of $2,500 is awarded annually to an author for his or her first book on any aspect of the history of American foreign relations.

Eligibility: The prize is to be awarded for a first book. The book must be a history of international relations. Biographies of statesmen and diplomats are eligible. General surveys, autobiographies, editions of essays and documents, and works that represent social science disciplines other than history are not eligible.

Procedures: Books may be nominated by the author, the publisher, or any member of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. A nominating letter explaining why the book deserves consideration must accompany each entry in the competition. Books will be judged primarily in regard to their contributions to scholarship. Winning books should have exceptional interpretative and analytical qualities. They should demonstrate mastery of primary material and relevant secondary works, and they should display careful organization and distinguished writing. Five copies of each book must be submitted with a letter of nomination.

The award will be announced during the SHAFR luncheon at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians. The prize will be divided only when two superior books are so evenly matched that any other decision seems unsatisfactory to the selection committee. The committee will not award the prize if there is no book in the competition which meets the standards of excellence established for the prize.

To nominate a book published in 2009, send five copies of the book and a letter of nomination to SHAFR Bernath Book Prize Committee, Department of History, Ohio State University, 106 Dulles Hall, 230 West 17th Avenue, Columbus OH 43210. Books may be sent at any time during 2009, but must arrive by December 1, 2009.

Website: SHAFR

Posted: November 13, 2009



Myrna F. Bernath Book Award

Deadeline: December 1, 2010

The purpose of this award is to encourage scholarship by women in U.S. foreign relations history. The prize of $2,500 is awarded biannually (even years) to the author of the best book written by a woman in the field and published during the preceding two calendar years.

Eligibility: Nominees should be women who have published distinguished books in U.S. foreign relations, transnational history, international history, peace studies, cultural interchange, and defense or strategic studies. Membership in SHAFR is required.

Procedures: Books may be nominated by the author, the publisher, or any member of SHAFR. A nominating letter explaining why the book deserves consideration must accompany each entry in the competition. Books will be judged primarily in regard to their contribution to scholarship. Three copies of each book (or page proofs) must be submitted with a letter of nomination.

The award is presented during the SHAFR luncheon at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians.

The deadline for nominations for the 2010 prize is December 1, 2009. Submit required materials to Frank Ninkovich, St. Johns University, History Department, St. John Hall Room 244-G, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY 11439 (Email: NINKOVIF@stjohns.edu).

SHAFR

Posted: December 11, 2008



Robert Ferrell Prize

Deadline: December 15, 2010

This prize is designed to reward distinguished scholarship in the history of American foreign relations, broadly defined. The prize of $2,500 is awarded annually. The Ferrell Prize was established to honor Robert H. Ferrell, professor of diplomatic history at Indiana University from 1961 to 1990, by his former students.

Eligibility: The Ferrell Prize recognizes any book beyond the first monograph by the author. To be considered, a book must deal with the history of American foreign relations, broadly defined. Biographies of statesmen and diplomats are eligible. General surveys, autobiographies, or editions of essays and documents are not eligible.

Procedures: Books may be nominated by the author, the publisher, or any member of SHAFR. Three copies of the book must be submitted.

The award is announced during the SHAFR luncheon at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians.

The deadline for nominating books published in 2009 is December 15, 2009. Submit books to Robert J. McMahon, Department of History, Ohio State University, 106 Dulles Hall, 230 West 17th Avenue, Columbus OH 43210 (email: mcmahon.121@osu.edu).

Website: SHAFR

Posted: November 13, 2009



George Louis Beer Prize

Deadline: March 2011

The American Historical Association offers the George Louis Beer Prize in recognition of outstanding historical writing in European international history since 1895. This prize was established in accordance with the terms of a bequest by George Louis Beer (d. 1920), historian of the British colonial system before 1765, to be awarded annually for the best work on any phase of European international history since the year 1895 that is submitted by a scholar who is a United States citizen or permanent resident. The phrase "European international history since the year 1895" may be understood to mean any study of international history since the year 1895 with a significant European dimension.
Only books of a high scholarly historical nature should be submitted. Research accuracy, originality, and literary merit are important factors.

Books published between May 1, 2009, and April 30, 2010, are eligible for the 2010 prize.
One copy of each entry must be received by each of the following committee members. Entries must be postmarked by or on MAY 15 to be considered for the 2010 competition.

Website: AHA

Posted: November 13, 2009




Herbert Baxter Adams Award

Deadline: March 2011

The American Historical Association offers the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize annually for a distinguished book by an American author in the field of European history. The prize was established in memory of the first secretary of the Association, Herbert Adams of Johns Hopkins University, who was also one of the Association's founders. Together with the Leo Gershoy Award, the Adams Prize is the most important distinction bestowed by the profession in the field of European history and thus has considerable prestige.

This year books on European history from 1815 to the present will be eligible for the competition. The general rules are:
1. Since the prize is designed especially to encourage scholars who have not yet obtained an established reputation, the entry must be the author's first substantial book. Textbooks in the strict sense of the word are not eligible, but a work of wide scope which interprets a major period or area would certainly qualify. Pamphlets, anthologies, edited works, and other small-scale efforts will not qualify.
2. The entry must have been published between May 1, 2009, and April 30, 2010.
3. The author must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada.
4. The submission of an entry may be made by an author or by a third party as well as by a publisher. Publishers may submit as many entries as they wish.
5. One copy of each entry must be sent to each of the following committee members. Entries must be postmarked by or on MAY 15 to be eligible for the 2010 competition.

Website: AHA

Posted: November 13, 2009



Paul Birdsall Award

Deadline: March 2011

Commencing in 1986 this prize, endowed by Hans Gatzke, Yale University and named in honor of the late Paul Birdsall of Williams College (d. 1970), is offered biennially for a major work in European military and strategic history since 1870. Preference will be given to the international aspects of military history (military/diplomatic) but the impact of technological developments, strategic planning, and military events on society--political, economic, social--will also qualify. Purely technical studies, divorced from historical context, will not.

Preference will be given to younger academics, but older scholars and nonacademic candidates will not be excluded.

Authors must be citizens of the United States or Canada.

Books published between May 1, 2008, and April 30, 2010, will be eligible for the 2010 award. One copy of each entry must be received by each of the following committee members. Entries must be postmarked by or on MAY 15, 2010 or they will not be considered.

Website: AHA

Posted: November 13, 2009



Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize


Deadline: May 2011

Each year the Friends of the German Historical Institute award the Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize for the two best doctoral dissertations submitted in German history, German-American relations, or the history of Germans in North America. The winners are invited to the GHI to present their research at the annual symposium of the Friends in November. The prizewinners receive an award of $2,000 and reimbursement for travel to Washington, D.C.

Candidates are nominated by their dissertation advisers. Their dissertations must have been completed, defended, and authenticated between January 1 and December 31, 2009. The prize committee will accept nominations through May 2010, and will announce the prize winners at the end of the summer.

Dissertation advisers should submit a letter of nomination along with an abstract (1-3 pages) of the dissertation to:

German Historical Institute
Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize
c/o Christa Brown
1607 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20009-2562

Posted: July 27, 2009



Wayne S. Vucinich Prize

Deadline: May 2011

The Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) and the Stanford University Center for Russian and East European Studies, is awarded annually for the most important contribution to Russian, Eurasian, and East European studies in any discipline of the humanities or social sciences published English in the United States in the previous calendar year.

The Vucinich Book Prize carries a cash award. The 2010 award will be presented in November at the National Convention in Los Angeles, California.

Rules of eligibility for the Vucinich book prize competition are as follows:

• The copyright date inside the book must list the previous calendar year as the date of publication (the book must have been published in 2009 to be eligible for the 2010 competition)
• The book must be a monograph, preferably by a single author, or by no more than two authors
• Works may deal with any area of Eastern Europe, Russia, or Eurasia
• The competition is open to works of scholarship in any discipline of the social sciences or humanities (including literature, the arts, film, etc.). Policy analyses, however scholarly, cannot be considered
• Textbooks, collections, translations, bibliographies, and reference works are ineligible.

Send one copy of eligible monograph to each Committee member (see addresses above) AND to the AAASS main office (address in the footnote). Nominations must be received no later than May 2011.

Submissions should be clearly marked “Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize Nomination.” If you would like to receive an acknowledgment that your nomination was received please enclose with the copy mailed to the AAASS main office a note with your e-mail address or a self-addressed stamped envelope or a postcard.

The Barbara Jelavich Book Prize, sponsored by Charles Jelavich, is awarded annually for a distinguished monograph published on any aspect of Southeast European or Habsburg studies since 1600, or nineteenth- and twentieth-century Ottoman or Russian diplomatic history.

Barbara Jelavich was a distinguished and internationally respected scholar whose numerous publications included Modern Austria, Russia's Balkan Entanglements, and the two-volume History of the Balkans. The Jelavich Prize was established in 1995 in her memory to recognize and to encourage the high standards she set in her many areas of scholarly interest and to promote continued study of those areas.

Website: AAASS

Posted: November 13, 2009



Reginald Zelnik Book Prize

Deadline: May 2011

The Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History, established in 2009, and sponsored by the the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, is awarded annually for an outstanding monograph published on Russia, Eastern Europe or Eurasia in the field of history in the previous calendar year.

The Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History carries a cash award. The 2010 award will be presented in November at the AAASS National Convention in Los Angeles, California.

Rules of eligibility for the Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History competition are as follows:

• The copyright date inside the book must list the previous calendar year as the date of publication (the book must have been published in 2009 to be eligible for the 2010 competition)
• The book must be originally in the form of a monograph, preferably by a single author, or by no more than two authors
• Authors may be of any nationality as long as the work is originally published in English
• Works may deal with any area of Russia, Eastern Europe, or Eurasia
• The competition is open to works of scholarship in history
• Textbooks, collections, translations, bibliographies, and reference works are ineligible

Send one copy of eligible monograph to each Committee member (see addresses above) AND to the AAASS main office (address in the footnote). Nominations must be received no later than May 2011.

Submissions should be clearly marked “Reginald Zelnik Book Prize Nomination.” If you would like to receive an acknowledgment that your nomination was received please enclose with the copy mailed to the AAASS main office a note with your e-mail address or a self-addressed stamped envelope or a postcard.

Website: AAASS

Posted: March 4, 2010



Davis Center Book Prize in Political and Social Studies

Deadline: May 2011

The AAASS Davis Center Book Prize in Political and Social Studies, established in 2008, and sponsored by the Kathryn W. and Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, is awarded annually for an outstanding monograph published on Russia, Eurasia, or Eastern Europe in anthropology, political science, sociology, or geography in the previous calendar year.

The Davis Center Book Prize carries a cash award. The 2010 award will be presented in November at the AAASS National Convention in Los Angeles, California.

Rules of eligibility for the Davis Center book prize competition are as follows:

• The copyright date inside the book must list the previous year as the date of publication (the book must have been published in 2009 to be eligible for the 2010 competition)
• The book must be originally in the form of a monograph, preferably by a single author, or by no more than two authors
• Authors may be of any nationality as long as the work is originally published in English
• Works may deal with any area of Russia, Eurasia, or Eastern Europe
• The competition is open to works of scholarship in anthropology, political science, sociology, or geography, and also to social science works that cross strict disciplinary boundaries
• Textbooks, collections, translations, bibliographies, and reference works are ineligible

Send one copy of eligible monograph to each Committee member (see addresses above) AND to the AAASS main office (address in the footnote). Nominations must be received no later than May 2011.

Submissions should be clearly marked “Davis Center Book Prize Nomination.” If you would like to receive an acknowledgment that your nomination was received please enclose with the copy mailed to the AAASS main office a note with your e-mail address or a self-addressed stamped envelope or a postcard.

Website: AAASS

Posted: March 4, 2010


AAASS/Orbis Book Prize For Polish Studies

Deadline: May 2011

The AAASS/Orbis Books Prize for Polish Studies, sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Kulczycki, owners of the Orbis Books Ltd. of London, England, is awarded annually for the best book in any discipline, on any aspect of Polish affairs.

Rules of eligibility for the AAASS/Orbis Books Prize for Polish Studies competition are as follows:

• The copyright date inside the book must list the previous calendar year as the date of publication
• Only works originally published in English, outside of Poland, are eligible
• The book must be a monograph, preferably by a single author, or by no more than two authors
• The competition is open to works in any discipline, dealing with any aspect of Polish affairs
• Textbooks, translations, bibliographies, and reference works are ineligible
• Preference will be given to works by younger scholars
  

Website: AAASS

Posted: Macrh 1, 2010



Robert C. Tucker/Stephen F. Cohen Dissertation Prize

Deadline: May 2010

The Robert C. Tucker/Stephen F. Cohen prize, sponsored by the JKW Foundation, is awarded annually (if there is a distinguished submission) for an outstanding English-language doctoral dissertation defended at an American or Canadian university in the tradition of historical political science and political history of the Soviet Union as practiced by Robert C. Tucker and Stephen F. Cohen.

The prize carries a $5000 award intended to help the author turn the dissertation into a publishable manuscript.

The dissertation must be completed and defended during the calendar year prior to the award.

Rules of eligibility for the AAASS Robert C. Tucker/Stephen F. Cohen Dissertation Prize are as follows:

The dissertation must be defended at a university in the United States or Canada by a US citizen, Canadian citizen or permanent resident of the United States. The dissertation's primary subject and analytical purpose must be in the realm of the history of domestic politics, as broadly understood in academic or public life, though it may also include social, cultural, economic, international or other dimensions. The dissertation must focus primarily on Russia (though the topic may also involve other Soviet republics) during one or more periods between January 1918 and December 1991.

A nomination will consist of a detailed letter from the dissertation's main faculty supervisor explaining the ways in which the work is outstanding in both its empirical and interpretive contributions, along with an abstract of 700-1000 words, written by the candidate, specifying the sources and general findings of the research. A faculty supervisor may nominate no more than one dissertation a year. By May 2011 faculty supervisors should send each committee member listed above their letter and the 700-1000-word abstract. (Candidates may also initiate the nomination, but it must come from their advisers.) The committee will read this material and then request copies of the dissertations that best meet the criteria, as defined in the statement above.

Website: AAASS

Posted: March 1, 2010



Martin A. Klein Prize

Deadline: May 2011

The Martin A. Klein Prize in African History will recognize the most distinguished work of scholarship on African history published in English during the previous calendar year. The books must focus primarily on continental Africa (including those islands usually treated as countries of Africa). Eligibility will otherwise be defined quite broadly, to include books on any period of African history and from any disciplinary field that incorporates an historical perspective. In making its selection, the prize committee will pay particular attention to methodological innovation, conceptual originality and literary excellence. Works that reinterpret old themes or develop new theoretical perspectives are welcome.

The prize is named for Martin A. Klein, who is currently professor of history at the University of Toronto. Funding for the prize was completed thanks to a substantial donation from Dr. Mougo Nyaggah of California State University at Fullerton and his wife Dr. Lynette Nyaggah. Mougo Nyaggah was Klein's first graduate student at the University of California Berkeley. Nyaggah credits the completion of his doctorate to Klein's mentoring, guidance, enthusiasm, and commitment to the research and teaching of African history. He observed that, "There are many Martins who have or will mentor and inspire many Africanist students in American universities. Those mentors will be honored by this prize for their human and scholarly contribution."

Books may be submitted by authors or publishers, by sending one copy to each of the members of the committee. Anthologies, encyclopedias and other edited volumes will not be considered.

The selection committee will be comprised of three members. To assure a wide consideration of all periods of African history, the Committee on Committees should include at least one specialist in the pre-colonial period of African history.

Books published between May 1, 2010, and April 30, 2011, are eligible for the 2011 award.