Graduate Student Paper Prize

A $500 prize to be awarded biennially for the best article by a graduate student published in the Association’s official journal, Social Science History. The prize, to be awarded at the annual fall meeting of the Social Science History Association, also includes a stipend of up to $250 to cover the recipient’s travel expenses to the conference as well as a one-year subscription to Social Science History.

Past Winners

YearAuthorTitle
2019Nate ElaUse-Based Welfare: Property Experiments in Chicago, 1895–1935.
2017Alexandre WhiteGlobal Risks, Divergent Pandemics: Contrasting Responses to Bubonic Plague and Smallpox in 1901 Cape Town.
2015Francisco J. Beltrán TapiaGoths and Vandals” or “Civilized” Farmers?: Common Lands and Agricultural Productivity in Early-Twentieth-Century Spain.
2014Peter B. OwensThe Collective Dynamics of Genocidal Violence in Cambodia, 1975–1979.


Announcements

SSHA Town Hall, Monday March 25

The SSHA officers invite SSHA members to attend a Zoom town hall on Monday March 25 from 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm EST to discuss and answer questions about the four Executive Committee motions passed on December 20, 2023, and February 8, 2024. The zoom link is here (Meeting ID: 895 1708 6578 | Password: 602250).

These motions concern our association journal, Social Science History, specifically editorial procedure guidelines, journal scope and the editor model. These motions have been posted on the SSHA website.

2024 Annual Conference Submissions Now Open

SSHA is now accepting paper and session submissions for the 2024 Annual Conference. Please visit our submission portal ssha2024.ssha.org to submit a paper or session proposal by March 22, 2024.

Submission Portal


SSHA Call for Papers

50th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association

Toronto, ON, Canada, October 31 - November 3, 2024.

Trust and Distrust of Historical Sources in the Digital Age

SSHA Call for Papers PDF


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