The Economic History Society awards a prize of £1,000, on a biennial basis, for an outstanding book in Economic and/or Social History.

The winner of the Outstanding Book Prize will be announced at the annual conference.

Eligibility

Nominations are normally restricted to books published by authors who are more than 10 years beyond the award of their PhD, or who have previously published a monograph and are therefore no longer eligible for the First Monograph Prize. Current Officers of the Society (President, Secretary and Treasurer) cannot be nominated. The authors of the nominated book do not need to be current members of the Society.

Only monographs published in English and published during 2025 and 2026 will be eligible for the 2027 prize.

Books published by 31 December 2026 will be eligible for consideration, however, the nomination must be made by the 30 September deadline and copies of the books must be reach the judges by 31 December 2026. The book’s date of publication, not the date of copyright, will define eligibility. If a book is a translation of a book previously published in another language, it will be eligible based on its date of publication in English.

Nomination Procedure

Nominations may be made by any member of the Economic History Society, including the author. To nominate a book:

1. The details of the book and a copy of the author’s full CV should be submitted via application form below
2. A physical copy of the book should be sent to each member of the judging Committee. Electronic editions of books can only be submitted if no print edition exists, and access should be provided to each member of the Committee directly. The books cannot be returned to the author.

Deadline – 30 September 2026

Books should please be mailed to:

Professor Emma Griffin 
C/O Professor David Milne,
School of History
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
University of East Anglia
Norwich, England
NR4 7TJ

Professor Paolo Di Martino
Scuola di Economia e Management
Corso Unione Sovietica, 218 Bis – 10134
Torino, Italy

Professor Jean-Laurent Rosenthal
228-77  H&SS
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
(if possible, dispatch copies to Professor Rosenthal from US warehouses)

The Economic History Society invites nominations for a prize for the outstanding teaching of economic history to secondary school students at Key stage 3 and 4. One prize, of £500, will be awarded biennially.

The prize is intended to recognize the range of contributions that teachers can make to engaging school students with different aspects of economic history. The judges will take a broad view of the range of contributions that schoolteachers may have made. Nominees may, for instance, have:

• Developed innovative approaches to teaching economic history;
• Contributed to sustaining or extending teaching in economic history;
• Achieved distinctive success in engaging their students with economic history.

Nominations

Nominations should be made by the Head of History or Head Teacher. Nominations should include:

1. A statement describing the schoolteacher’s contribution (max. 500 words).
2. A supporting statement from their Head of History/Head Teacher (max 200 words).
3. Additional classroom material or feedback may be appended to the nomination.

Eligibility

Nominees must be currently employed as School Teachers.

Submissions for the 2026 round have now closed.

The T.S. Ashton Prize, established with funds donated by the late Professor T.S. Ashton (1889-1968), will be awarded annually, at the Annual Conference, to the author of the best article accepted for publication in the Economic History Review in the previous calendar year, who satisfies one of the following conditions at time of submission:

• The author is within five years of receipt of her/his PhD;
  OR
• The author normally has no previous publication in the field of economic and/or social history, or a closely related field.

The prize is currently £750.

This is an annual prize of £1,000 for the best doctoral dissertation in Economic and/or Social History.

All dissertations must be written in English and must have been awarded during the calendar year preceding the prize. For example, to be eligible for the 2027 prize (which will be presented at the 2027 annual conference) the thesis must have been awarded during 2026.

Eligible candidates should nominate their work by uploading two PDF files.

The first file should contain:

• Your contact details
• A full abstract of your dissertation containing a link to their thesis
• A letter of endorsement, either from your supervisor, external examiner or a member of your committee

The second file should contain:

• A PDF copy of your thesis

Nominations must be received by the deadline and made using the form below. Nominations by email cannot be accepted.

If the Prize Committee deems that the dissertation merits serious consideration, a copy of the thesis may be requested. Please note that we will be unable to return these. We are unable to offer feedback on individual theses, or the judging process.

The winner of the Thirsk-Feinstein Prize will be announced each year at the annual conference.

Deadline: 5pm, 31 December 2026

The Economic History Society awards a prize of £1,000, on a biennial basis, for the best first monograph in Economic and/or Social History. Eligibility for the prize is normally restricted to books published within 10 years of the author having been awarded a PhD, although allowances can be made for authors who have had a career break (e.g. for parental leave).

Only monographs published in English and published during 2026 and 2027 will be eligible for the 2028 prize.

A copy of the author’s full CV, which should include a current email address, and three copies of the book under consideration must be submitted with the application.  The books cannot be returned to the author.

The winner of the First Monograph Prize will be announced at the annual conference.

Nominations should be sent to the Administrators. The deadline for applications is: 30 September 2027.  Books published by 31 December 2027 will be eligible for consideration, however, the nomination must be received by the 30 September deadline.

Books should please be mailed to:

Dr Alice Whiteoak
Administrator
Economic History Society
c/o Department of History, Larkin Building
Faculty of Arts, Cultures and Education
University of Hull
Hull   HU6 7RX
UK