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The 2022 Prize Winners

●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.

2022 Executive Officers and New Board Members

We are pleased to announce that on Monday evening, May 16, after the announcement of our 2022 prizes, Annette Gordon-Reed takes office as the Society's president, succeeding Andrew Delbanco, and Philip Deloria assumes office as vice president.

2022 Newly Elected Fellows of the Society of American Historians

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::

Our 2022 prizes will be announced Monday afternoon, May 16

Watch this space for news on our three prizewinners and our newly elected members!

2021 Newly Elected Fellows of the Society of American Historians

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

2021 Newly Elected Officers and Board Members

The Society is delighted to announce that Andrew Delbanco has been elected president of the Society, succeeding Megan Marshall; Annette Gordon-Reed is our new Vice President. They will assume office in May after the announcement of our 2021 prizes.

2021 Prize Winners Announced

The Society of American Historians is delighted to announce our 2021 prize winners.

To hear brief remarks from each winner please visit the Society's SoundCloud page.

●The second annual Tony Horwitz Prize honoring distinguished work in American history of wide appeal and enduring public significance is awarded to Lonnie G. Bunch III.

2020 PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The Society of American Historians is delighted to announce three prizes honoring historical writing of exceptional literary merit.

NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS

April 30, 2020--We are delighted to announce that Megan Marshall has been elected president of the Society, succeeding Alice Kessler-Harris; Andrew Delbanco is our new vice president. They will assume office in June after the announcement of our 2020 prizes.

NEWLY ELECTED FELLOWS OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS

April 30, 2020--We are delighted to welcome the following scholars, independent writers, journalists, and public historians as newly elected Fellows of the Society of American Historians:

Carol Anderson
Lewis Bateman
Gordon Chang
Ariela Gross
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Saidiya Hartman
John Judis
Ira Katznelson
Ari Kelman
Kevin Kruse
Mae Ngai
Valerie Paley
Kimberly Phillips-Fein
Susan Quinn
Barbara Ransby
David Roediger
Richard Rothstein
Richard Norton Smith
Brent Staples

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