Graduate Students

Dissertation Session

Six finalists, three in each category, will be chosen to present summaries of their dissertations in the Dissertation Session of the Sixty–Seventh Annual Meeting of the Economic History Association.

Finalists participating in the dissertation will received an award of $250 to defray travel expenses. Awards for the Nevins and Gerschenkron Prize are $1,000 each.

Allan Nevins Prize

The Allan Nevins Prize in American Economic History is awarded annually by the Economic History Association on behalf of Columbia University Press for the best dissertation in U.S. or Canadian economic history completed during the previous year. The 2007 prize will be awarded at the Economic History Association’s annual meeting in September in Austin.

Please send hard copies of such dissertations to:

Professor Carolyn Moehling
Department of Economics
Rutgers University
75 Hamilton Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
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Alexander Gerschenkron Prize

The Alexander Gerschenkron Prize in all other areas of Economic History is awarded annually by the Economic History Association for the best dissertation in non-North American economic history completed during the previous year. The 2007 prize will be awarded at the Economic History Association’s annual meeting in September in Austin.

Please send hard copies of such dissertations to:

Professor Joyce Burnette
Department of Economics
Wabash College
Crawfordsville, IN 47933 USA
Email:

Eligibility: Those who received their Ph.D. between June 1, 2006 and May 31, 2007 are eligible and invited to submit their dissertations. Membership in the Economic History Association is a requirement for participation. Planned attendance at the meeting is a requirement for submitting an application, and presentation of a summary is required for a prize. To be considered for the prize, completed dissertations must be submitted in hard copy, postmarked on or before June 1, 2007. Notices of acceptance or rejection will be sent by July 20, 2007. Dissertations will not be returned unless you send a self-addressed envelope with your submission.