Prizes / Awards Past Winners
EHA PRIZEs/Awards
EHA recognizes excellence in research, publication, and teaching of economic history
The EHA recognizes excellence in research, publication, and teaching of economic history by awarding several annual and biennial prizes in the following categories:
PRIZES AWARDED AT THE 2023 ANNUAL MEETING
The Economic History Association announced the 2023 prize winners at the Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA.
Alexander Gerschenkron Prize: For the best dissertation in economic history dealing with an area outside the United States or Canada
Winner: Lukas Rosenberger, Current and PhD Affiliation: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich – Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, and the Knowledge Economy: Essays in (Macro-)Economic History
Allan Nevins Prize: For the best dissertation in U.S. or Canadian economic history
Winner: Hannah Postel, Current Affiliation: Stanford University, PhD Affiliation: Princeton University – Records of Exclusion: Chinese Immigration in Historical Perspective – Committee: Leah Boustan (chair), Beth Lew-Williams, Douglas Massey, Tod Hamilton, and Brandon Stewart.
Arthur H. Cole Prize: For the best article published in the Journal of Economic History since September of the previous year
Winner: Cormac O’Grada (University College Dublin) and Morgan Kelly (University College Dublin) for the article: Connecting the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions: The Role of Practical Mathematics Vol. 82, No. 3
Distinguished Referee Award: For the Journal of Economic History
Winner: James Fenske, University of Warwick
Distinguished Service to the Editorial Board: For the Journal of Economic History
Winner: James Kung, University of Melbourne
Larry Neal Prize: For the best article published in Explorations in Economic History in the previous year
Winner: Enrico Berkes (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Ezra Karger (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago), Peter Nencka (Miami University) for the article The Census Place Project: A Method for Geolocating Unstructured Place Names Vol. 87
Distinguished Referee Award: For Explorations in Economic History
Winner: Federico Tadei (University of Barcelona) and Nicolas Ziebarth (Cornell University)
Lindert-Williamson Prize: For an outstanding book in Global, African, Asian, Australian, and/or South American economic history
Winner: Leigh Gardner, London School of Economics for the book: Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822–1980
Gyorgy Ranki Prize: For an outstanding book on the Economic History of Europe
Winner: David Todd, Sciences Po for the book: A Velvet Empire: French Informal Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century
Jonathan Hughes Teaching Prize: For excellence in teaching economic history
Winner: Carol Heim, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Gallman-Parker Prize: For creating, compiling, and sharing data and information with scholars over the course of a career
Winner: Price Fishback, University of Arizona