Hello, scholars! We are proud to sponsor several prizes honoring your scholarship in U.S. intellectual history. Please see below for the 2025 awards and note that all submissions are due by 1 March 2025. Should you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you.
S-USIH 2024 Annual Book Award
The Society for U. S. Intellectual History (S-USIH) is pleased to open the call for submissions for its Annual Book Award for the best book in U.S. intellectual history. The book should be a work of original scholarship and should cover some aspect of American intellectual history. Books eligible for the 2024 award must have been published in English in the period between Jan. 1, 2024, and Dec. 31, 2024. Any member of the Society or any publisher may nominate books for the award. The winner, announced in summer 2025, receives a $500.00 prize and recognition at the 2025 conference in Detroit. The winning author must be a member of the Society at the time of this presentation. A copy of the nominated book must be sent to each of the following three committee members no later than 1 March 2025. A separate letter listing each book submitted should be sent to the committee in order to verify arrival. The committee members are:
Heath Carter, 108 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08540
Janine Giordano Drake, 853 Ballantine Hall, 1020 East Kirkwood, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405
Andrew Klumpp, 4340 Ashby Ave, Des Moines, Iowa 50310
S-USIH Leo P. Ribuffo Dissertation Prize
In 2019, the Society for U.S. Intellectual History established the Leo P. Ribuffo Prize for Best Dissertation in U.S. Intellectual History. Ribuffo, a revered scholar and exemplary mentor, reshaped the field during his long and illustrious career at George Washington University. The award seeks to honor his life and career by recognizing the distinguished work of emerging scholars and to advance the highest levels of research, writing, and scholarship. We are pleased to open the call for submissions for dissertations completed and successfully defended in 2024. The winner, announced in summer 2025, receives recognition at the 2025 conference in Boston. Eligible candidates or their mentors should submit a copy of the dissertation as an attached email, saved as a PDF, to all committee members by 1 March 2025:
Tona Hangen, [email protected]
Amy Kittelstrom, [email protected]
Douglas Rossinow, [email protected]
S-USIH Dorothy Ross Prize
The Society for U.S. Intellectual History (S-USIH) is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Dorothy Ross Prize for the best article in U.S. intellectual history by an emerging scholar (defined as a current graduate student or a scholar within 5 years of receiving the PhD). The article must have appeared in an academic journal in the 2024 calendar year and may be submitted by the author, editor, or anyone else. The winner, announced in summer 2025, receives a $500.00 prize and recognition at the 2025 conference in Detroit. Please submit the article (page proofs acceptable, PDF’s strongly recommended), a copy of the table of contents of the issue in which it appeared, and the author’s email address to all committee members by 1 March 2025:
Kathryn Brownell, [email protected]
Dan Hummel, [email protected]
Glory Liu, [email protected]
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