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Mia Bay and Mae Ngai win the Bancroft Prize

John Fea   |  March 17, 2022

It is American history’s most prestigious award. Here is Jennifer Schuesller at The New York Times: An innovative study of Black Americans’ struggle against discrimination in transportation and a sweeping examination of Chinese migration to goldfields across the Anglophone world...

One of the most decorated American historians of this generation wins another award

John Fea   |  February 27, 2022

Early American historian Alan Taylor has won the New-York Historical Society’s 2022 Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize for American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850. Here is Jennifer Schuessler at The New York Times: The book,...

Messiah University’s Digital Harrisburg Initiative wins the Leadership in History Award from the American Association for State and Local History

John Fea   |  July 12, 2021

I occasionally write about Messiah’s Digital Harrisburg Initiative (DHI). My colleague David Pettegrew and his team do an amazing job of serving our local community through public and digital history. I am thrilled to see that the American Association for...

Nine Springsteen lyrics that won him the Woody Guthrie Prize

John Fea   |  May 6, 2021

Bruce Springsteen will be awarded the Woody Guthrie Prize on May 13, 2021. Here is NJ.Com: Bruce Springsteen can add another award to his many accolades as a singer, songwriter and artist. But it won’t be another Grammy, Tony or Oscar. The Woody Guthrie Center will present...

Our own Annie Thorn wins the Ernest L. Boyer Teacher Scholarship Award!

John Fea   |  April 16, 2021

Every year Messiah University awards The Ernest L. Boyer Teacher Scholarship Award. The Boyer Award seeks to recognize an exemplary teacher certification student who has an outstanding record of service and academic achievement; who possesses exemplary personal characteristics and promise;...

2021 Guggenheim Fellowship winners announced

John Fea   |  April 9, 2021

Several American historians won fellowships this year: Cindy Hahamovitch, B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor of History, University of Georgia Kevin J. Mumford, Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University Heather Ann Thompson, Collegiate...

The American Historical Society announces its 2020 awards

John Fea   |  November 10, 2020

Here are a few that might be of interest to readers of The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Award for Scholarly Distinction: David Levering Lewis, New York University. Eugene Asher Distinguished Teaching Award: Robert D. Johnson, University of Illinois at...

2020 Pulitzer Prize-Winners

John Fea   |  May 5, 2020

Last night we called attention to the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in history.  The award went to W. Caleb McDaniel for his book  Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America. You can read the winners...

Winners of the Bancroft Prize Announced

John Fea   |  March 18, 2020

Here is the press release: Columbia University Libraries is pleased to award the 2020 Bancroft Prizes in American History and Diplomacy to two acclaimed works: Saving America’s Cities: Ed Logue and the Struggle to Renew Urban America in the Suburban Age by...

The American Historical Association Announces 2019 Prize Winners

John Fea   |  October 8, 2019

Here are a few of the winners: The Albert J. Beveridge Award on the history of the United States, Latin America, or Canada, from 1492 to the present Nan Enstad (Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison) for Cigarettes, Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism (Univ. of...

David Blight Wins the Pulitzer Prize for History

John Fea   |  April 15, 2019

The Pulitzer Prize for History was just awarded to David Blight, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.  Blight’s book was chosen by a committee made up of historians Annette Gordon-Reed, Markus Rediker, and Tiya Miles.  Learn more here....

David Blight and Lisa Brooks Win the Bancroft Prize

John Fea   |  March 7, 2019

Blights wins for Frederick Douglass, Prophet of Freedom. Brooks wins for Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s War. Congratulations! Here is a taste of an article on the winners at The New York Times: A mammoth biography of Frederick Douglass...

The Organization of American Historians Announce It’s 2018 Award Winners

John Fea   |  April 14, 2018

Here are a few of the winners that caught our eye: Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award for an individual or individuals whose contributions have significantly enriched our understanding and appreciation of American history. Linda K. Kerber, Emerita, University of Iowa Friend...

Frances Fitzgerald Wins National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction

John Fea   |  March 31, 2018

The book is The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America.  We had the privilege of interviewing Fitzgerald in Episode 30 of The Way of Improvement Leads Home Podcast!  Listen here. Learn more about the National Book Critics Circle Award here....

The 2018 George Washington Book Prize Finalists Announced

John Fea   |  February 24, 2018

The 2018 George Washington Prize finalists are: ● S. Max Edelson, The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America before Independence (Harvard University Press) ● Kevin J. Hayes, George Washington: A Life in Books (Oxford University Press) ● Eric...

American Historical Association Announces 2017 Prize Winners

John Fea   |  October 11, 2017

You can see the list of winners here. Here are some of the winners that might be of interest to the readers of The Way of Improvement Leads Home: The Albert J. Beveridge Award on the history of the United States, Latin...

The Finalists for the 2017 National Book Awards

John Fea   |  October 5, 2017

A couple of weeks ago we did a post on the long list.  Yesterday the finalists for the National Book Award was released.  Good to see that the short list for nonfiction is dominated by history. Erica Armstrong Dunbar: Never Caught:...

The National Book Award Longlist

John Fea   |  September 15, 2017

The following ten books will be considered for the National Book Award: Erica Armstrong Dunbar, “Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge”37 ink / Atria / Simon & Schuster Frances FitzGerald, “The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape...

Nathaniel Philbrick Wins the 2017 George Washington Book Prize

John Fea   |  April 27, 2017

Here is a taste of the press release from Washington College, one of the sponsors of the award. Author Nathaniel Philbrick has won the coveted George Washington Prize, including an award of $50,000, for his book, Valiant Ambition: George Washington,...

Congratulations to the 2017 OAH Award Winners

John Fea   |  April 8, 2017

Here they are: John D’Emilio LGBTQ History Dissertation Award for the best Ph.D. dissertation in U.S. LGBTQ history. Ian Michael Baldwin, University of Redlands Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award for an individual or individuals whose contributions have significantly enriched our understanding...

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