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Call for Nominations: 2018 S-USIH Book Prize

2018 S-USIH Book Prize for Best Book in US Intellectual History

The Society for U. S. Intellectual History (S-USIH) is pleased to announce 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 2018 award must be published in English in the period between Jan. 1, 2017, and Dec. 31, 2017. Any member of the Society or any publisher may nominate books for the award. The winner will be announced in Spring 2017, receive a $250.00 prize, and be acknowledged at the 2018 annual conference of the Society. 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 Feb. 1, 2018. A separate letter listing each entry should be sent to the committee so they can verify arrival of all entries.

2018 Book Award Committee:

Anne Kornhauser, chair                Ajay K. Mehrotra                 Drew Maciag

417 Riverside Dr. Apt. 5C                 2669 Orrington Ave.             1077 East Ave. Apt 5B

New York, NY 10025                       Evanston, IL 60201             Rochester, NY 14607

We expect to announce the winner in April 2018.

For further information and inquiries contact:

Kevin M. Schultz
President, S-USIH
Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago
[email protected]