Social Science History Association
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the past
Reminder: SSHA 2021 Submission Deadline
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.
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.
Announcements
Reminder: SSHA 2021 Submission Deadline
SSHA President Manali Desai provides an update on the 2021 annual conference planning and reminds everyone that the extended submission deadline for SSHA 2021 is fast approaching—April 16.
Reminder: SSHA 2021 Submission Deadline
2021 Annual Conference submissions deadline extended
The submission deadline for the 2021 SSHA Annual Conference has been extended to April 16th, 2021. Please visit our submission portal (linked below) to submit a paper or session proposal by April 16th, 2021.
2021 SSHA Program Submissions
Richard Sutch Student Travel Awards
The Richard Sutch Student Travel Awards application is now available for the 2021 SSHA annual conference. The deadline for applying is April 30, 2021. To apply, please complete the application form at the following link:
Richard Sutch Student Travel Awards
Allan Sharlin Memorial Book Award
Submissions for the Allan Sharlin Memorial Book Award are now open. Books published in 2019 and 2020 are eligible for consideration. Submissions with a postmark of April 30th (or earlier) will be accepted.
For further information on nominating a book, please visit:
Allan Sharlin Memorial Book Award
SSHA Call for Papers
47th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association
Philadelphia, PA, November 11-14, 2021
Submission Deadline (extended): April 16, 2021
“Crisis, Conjunctures, Turning Points: Theory and Method in Turbulent Times”