Allan Nevins Prize

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The Allan Nevins Prize is awarded annually for the best-written doctoral dissertation on an American subject. The Nevins Prize's winning book is published by one of the distinguished houses which support the prize: Basic Books, Cambridge University Press, Columbia University Press, Free Press, Harvard University Press, Henry Holt, Hill and Wang, History Book Club, Houghton Mifflin, Knopf, Norton, University of North Carolina Press, Oxford University Press, Random House, Simon and Schuster, and Yale University Press. The prize is named in honor of the society's founder and first president.

The 48th Annual Allan Nevins Prize, 2008

Purpose: To honor dissertations for literary distinction and for making a significant contribution to historical knowledge.

Prize: A certificate, 1,000 dollars, publication, and consideration for adoption by the History Book Club. A certificate will be presented to the dissertation sponsor. The prize will be awarded at the annual meeting of the society in May 2008.

Eligibility: The society defines history broadly and welcomes manuscripts on American arts, literature, and science, as well as biographical studies of Americans in any walk of life. Defense of the dissertation, or receipt of the Ph.D. degree, must be in the previous calendar year, 2007. Dissertations already submitted for publication are not eligible.

Submission: Dissertations should be submitted by the chair of the department awarding the degree or by the dissertation sponsor. The dissertation should be bound and, preferably, printed on both sides. The nomination letter should include the address to which the dissertation should be returned by the society. The nomination letter need state these facts and no others. No department may be represented by more than two dissertations.

Deadline: January 31, 2008. Please send to:

Professor Mark C. Carnes
Department of History
Barnard College / Columbia University
3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10027-6598

Inquiries to the Society: amhistsociety@columbia.edu or 212-854-5943.