Alexander Gerschenkron Prize

Alexander Gerschenkron Prize

  • The Alexander Gerschenkron Prize is awarded for the best dissertation in the economic history of an area outside of the United States or Canada published during the preceding year.

DEADLINE FOR POSTMARKED ENTRIES: May 15, 2013

Please send submitted dissertations to:

Professor Dan Bogart
Department of Economics
University of California, Irvine
3151 Social Science Plaza
Irvine, CA, 92697-5100
USA

email: dbogart@uci.edu

Eligibility: Those who received their Ph.D. between May 16, 2012 and May 15, 2013 are eligible and invited to submit their dissertation for consideration. All candidates for these prizes must be members of the Economic History Association. Dissertations submitted for consideration must be in English. Submission of a dissertation implies that candidates are prepared to attend the 2013 meetings in Washington DC. Presentation of a dissertation summary is required by all finalists. To be considered for these prizes completed dissertations must be submitted in hard copy on or before May 15, 2013. Notices announcing the selection of finalists will be sent to all candidates by July 24, 2013. Dissertations will only be returned to candidates if a self-addressed envelope is provided at the time of submission.