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The Leo Gershoy Award is a book prize awarded by the
American Historical Association The American Historical Association (AHA) is the oldest professional association of historians in the United States and the largest such organization in the world. Founded in 1884, the AHA works to protect academic freedom, develop professional s ...
for the best publication in English dealing with the history of Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Endowed in 1975 by the Gershoy family and first awarded two years later, the prize commemorates Leo Gershoy, professor of French history at
New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...
. It was awarded biennially until 1985, and annually thereafter. The first recipient of the award was
Simon Schama Sir Simon Michael Schama (; born 13 February 1945) is an English historian specialising in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. He is a University Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University. He fir ...
; other distinguished honorees include
Robert Darnton Robert Choate Darnton (born May 10, 1939) is an American cultural historian and academic librarian who specializes in 18th-century France. He was director of the Harvard University Library from 2007 to 2016. Life Darnton was born in New York ...
, John H. Elliott and
Roy Porter Roy Sydney Porter, FBA (31 December 1946 – 3 March 2002) was a British historian known for his work on the history of medicine. He retired in 2001 from the director of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine at University College L ...
. Carla Rahn Phillips of the University of Minnesota has uniquely won the prize on two occasions.


List of prizewinners

Sourced from AHA *2021 — Susan North, ''Sweet & Clean? Bodies and Clothes in Early Modern England'' (Oxford Univ. Press) *2020 — Margaret E. Schotte, ''Sailing School: Navigating Science and Skill, 1550–1800'' (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press) *2019 — Hugh G. Cagle, ''Assembling the Tropics: Science and Medicine in Portugal’s Empire, 1450-1700'' (Cambridge Univ. Press) *2018 —
James Delbourgo James Delbourgo (1972) is a writer and historian of science, collecting and museums. He is the James Westfall Thompson Chair and Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State ...
, ''Collecting the World: Hans Sloane and the Origins of the British Museum'' (Belknap Press). *2017 — Renaud Morieux, ''The Channel: England, France and the Construction of a Maritime Border in the 18th Century'' (Cambridge Univ. Press) *2016 — Alexandra Shepard, ''Accounting for Oneself: Worth, Status, and the Social Order in Early Modern England'' (Oxford Univ. Press) *2015 — John C. Rule and Ben Trotter, ''A World of Paper: Louis XIV, Colbert de Torcy, and the Rise of the Information State'' (McGill-Queens Univ. Press) *2014 — Andy Wood, ''The Memory of the People: Custom and Popular Senses of the Past in Early Modern England'' *2013 — Daniela Bleichmar, ''Visible Empire: Botanical Expeditions and Visual Culture in the Hispanic Enlightenment'' *2012 — Ethan Shagan, ''The Rule of Moderation: Violence, Religion and the Politics of Restraint in Early Modern England '' *2011 —
Alexandra Walsham Alexandra Marie Walsham (born 4 January 1966) is an English-Australian academic historian. She specialises in early modern Britain and in the impact of the Protestant and Catholic reformations. Since 2010, she has been Professor of Modern Histo ...
, ''The Reformation of the Landscape: Religion, Identity, and Memory in Early Modern Britain and Ireland '' *2010 —
Francesca Trivellato Francesca Trivellato (born 1970) is an Italian historian, focusing on cultural, economic and social history in the early modern period. Her publications have covered Italian history, Jewish history and trade and cultural networks. She is currently ...
, ''The Familiarity of Strangers: The Sephardic Diaspora, Livorno, and Cross-Cultural Trade in the Early Modern Period '' *2009 — Stuart B. Schwartz, ''All Can Be Saved: Religious Tolerance and Salvation in the Iberian Atlantic World '' *2008 — Anne Goldgar, ''Tulipmania: Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age '' *2007 — Richard B. Sher, ''The Enlightenment and the Book: Scottish Authors and Their Publishers in 18th-Century Britain, Ireland, and America '' *2006 — Howard G. Brown, ''Ending the French Revolution: Violence, Justice and Repression from the Terror to Napoleon '' *2005 — Pamela H. Smith, ''The Body of the Artisan: Art and Experience in the Scientific Revolution '' *2004 — Ronald B. Schechter, '' Obstinate Hebrews: Representations of Jews in France, 1715-1815 '' *2003 — Joseph Eyitemi Inikori, '' Africans and the Industrial Revolution in England: A Study in International Trade and Economic Development '' *2002 — David A. Bell, '' The Cult of the Nation in France: Inventing Nationalism, 1680-1800 '' *2001 —
Jonathan Israel Jonathan Irvine Israel (born 26 January 1946) is a British writer and academic specialising in Dutch history, the Age of Enlightenment and European Jews. Israel was appointed as Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the School of Historical Studies a ...
, '' The Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity, 1650-1750'' *2000 — Ruth Mackay, ''The Limits of Royal Authority: Resistance and Obedience in 17th-Century Castile'' *1999 —
Adrian Johns Vice Admiral Sir Adrian James Johns, (born 1 September 1951) is a former senior officer in the Royal Navy, serving as Second Sea Lord between 2005 and 2008. He was the Governor of Gibraltar between 2009 and 2013. Early life and education Joh ...
, ''The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making '' *1998 — Carla Rahn Phillips and William D. Phillips, ''Spain's Golden Fleece: Wool Production and the Wool Trade from the Middle Ages to the 19th Century'' *1997 —
Timothy Tackett Timothy Tackett (born 1945) is an American historian specializing in the French Revolution and professor emeritus at the University of California, Irvine. His 1996 book about the members of the National Constituent Assembly of 1789 won the Leo ...
, ''Becoming a Revolutionary: The Deputies of the French National Assembly and the Emergence of a Revolutionary Culture, 1789-90'' *1996 — Isabel Hull, '' Sexuality, State, and Civil Society in Germany, 1700-1815'' *1995 — J. Russell Major, '' From Renaissance Monarchy to Absolute Monarchy: French Kings, Nobles, and Estates '' *1994 — Isser Woloch, ''The New Regime: Transformations of the French Civic Order, 1789-1820s '' *1993 — Jonathan Dewald, '' Aristocratic Experience and the Origins of Modern Culture: France, 1570-1715'' *1992 — Joseph M. Levine, ''The Battle of the Books: History and Literature in the Augustan Age '' *1991 — Helen Nader, '' Liberty in Absolutist Spain: The Habsburg Sale of Towns, 1516-1700'' *1990 — Richard Herr, ''Rural Change and Royal Finances in Spain at the End of the Old Regime '' *1989 —
Nancy Nichols Barker Nancy Nichols Barker (1925 – 1994) was a professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. Early life Barker was born on December 26, 1925, in Mt. Vernon, New York. She received a bachelor's degree at Vassar College in 1946 and master ...
, ''Brother to the Sun King: Philippe, Duke of Orléans '' *1988 —
Roy Porter Roy Sydney Porter, FBA (31 December 1946 – 3 March 2002) was a British historian known for his work on the history of medicine. He retired in 2001 from the director of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine at University College L ...
, ''Mind-Forg'd Manacles: A History of Madness in England from the Restoration to the Regency '' *1987 — Carla Rahn Phillips, ''Six Galleons for the King of Spain: Imperial Defense in the Early 17th Century'' *1986 — John M. Beattie, '' Crime and the Courts in England, 1660-1800'' *1985 — J.H. Elliott, '' Richelieu and Olivares'' *1983 —
Marianne Elliott Marianne Phoebe Elliott (born 27 December 1966) is a British theatre director and producer who works on the West End and Broadway. She has received numerous accolades including three Laurence Olivier Awards and four Tony Awards. Initially ...
, '' Partners in Revolution: The United Irishmen and France '' *1981 —
Richard S. Westfall S. Westfall (April 22, 1924 – August 21, 1996) was an American academic, biographer and historian of science. He is best known for his biography of Isaac Newton and his work on the scientific revolution of the 17th century. Life Born in Fo ...
, '' Never At Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton '' *1979 —
Robert Darnton Robert Choate Darnton (born May 10, 1939) is an American cultural historian and academic librarian who specializes in 18th-century France. He was director of the Harvard University Library from 2007 to 2016. Life Darnton was born in New York ...
, ''The Business of Enlightenment: A Publishing History of the'' Encyclopédie, ''1775-1800'' *1977 —
Simon Schama Sir Simon Michael Schama (; born 13 February 1945) is an English historian specialising in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history. He is a University Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University. He fir ...
, ''Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the Netherlands, 1780-1813''


See also

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List of history awards This list of history awards covers notable awards given to persons, a group of persons, or institutions, for their contribution to the study of history. It is organized by region. The entries name the prize and sponsoring organization, give notes ...


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AHA Gershoy Award description
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