Social Science History Association

Interdisciplinary perspectives on the past

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Conference update from SSHA President Manali Desai

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The Social Science History Association is an interdisciplinary organization that publishes a journal, Social Science History, organizes an annual conference, supports graduate student travel to the conference, and awards book and article prizes.

With scholars from history, economics, sociology, demography, anthropology, and other social sciences, the association brings together scholars in thematic networks where they can explore common questions.

Each network organizes its own call for papers and selects the bulk of the papers to be presented at the annual conference. This open, flexible, and non-hierarchical structure makes these networks particularly welcoming spaces for younger scholars and invigorating tonic for more seasoned academics.

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SSHA 2020 Conference Award Winners

Presidents Book Award

• James Poskett
• Materials of the Mind: Phrenology, Race, and the Global History of Science, 1815-1920
• University of Chicago Press (April 26, 2019)

Allan Sharlin Memorial Book Award

**TBA**

Founders Prize

• Kinga Makovi
• "The Signatures of Social Structure: Petitioning for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in Manchester"
• Social Science History  Volume 43, Issue 3 (Fall 2019), pp. 625-652.

Graduate Student Prize

• Nate Ela
• "Use-Based Welfare: Property Experiments in Chicago, 1895–1935"
• Social Science History  Volume 43, Issue 2 (Summer 2019), pp. 319-344.

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