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We are happy to welcome nineteen new fellows--scholars, independent writers, journalists, and public historians—who have been elected by the current membership in recognition of the literary merit of their presentation of history:

●The third annual Tony Horwitz Prize honoring distinguished work in American history of wide appeal and enduring public significance is awarded to Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University.

The word preeminent should be used sparingly, but it should not be spared in honoring Eric Foner. No historian has done more over the past fifty years to shape our understanding of the era of the Civil War.

We are happy to welcome nineteen new fellows--scholars, independent writers, journalists, public historians, and novelists—who have been elected by the current membership in recognition of the literary merit of their presentation of history::

We are delighted to welcome the following scholars, independent writers, journalists, and public historians as newly elected Fellows of the Society of American Historians:

Jonathan Alter
Kurt Andersen
Emily Bernard
Daina Ramey Berry
Vincent Brown
Crystal Feimster
David Grann
David Gutierrez
Madeline Hsu
Ibram X. Kendi
Malinda Maynor Lowery
Megan Kate Nelson
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Claire Potter
Claudio Saunt
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Elizabeth Varon
Kevin Young