Research prizes

We award two research prizes: the Franz Steiner Preis fuer Transatlantische Geschichte (“Franz Steiner Prize in Transatlantic History”) together with the German Historical Institute Washington D.C., and the Martin Behaim Preis jointly with the Gesellschaft fuer Globalgeschichte e.V. (“Society for Global History”). Why don’t you apply? 

In addition, the best article in our journal Archiv fuer Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie is chosen every two years.

Jointly with the German Historical Institute in Washington D.C., we award the Franz Steiner Preis fuer Transatlantische Geschichte (“Franz Steiner Prize in Transatlantic History”) for an outstanding scholarly book manuscript in the field of transatlantic relations or North American Studies from the early modern period to the present. The award includes prize money of € 2,500.

Unpublished works in German or English will be considered for selection. The works must be recent. Master’s or Diploma theses are excluded from the awards process. The winning paper will be published in the series Transatlantische historische Studien. The selection committee consists of German and American scholars.

Please send your manuscript and a one-page abstract, as well as a letter of recommendation and your C.V. to:

German Historical Institute Washington  D.C. 
– Franz Steiner Preis – 
1607 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 
Washington D.C. 20009 
USA 

Questions can be directed to the Deputy Director at the GHI, PD Dr. Axel Jansen:
a.jansen@ghi-dc.org

Find out more on the series’ homepage:

• Transatlantische historische Studien

Together with the Gesellschaft fuer Globalgeschichte e.V. (“Society for Global History”), we award the annual Martin Behaim Prize, worth 4,000 euros, which is granted for the publication of a doctoral thesis in our series Beiträge zur Globalgeschichte. Half of the prize money is provided by the GÜSG as a direct subsidy towards printing costs, and the other half by the publisher as a discount on publication costs. The award ceremony takes place at the conference of the Society for Global History. The prize is awarded for outstanding work in the field of global history. Applicants with relevant dissertation topics may also come from disciplines neighbouring history (ethnology, theology, sociology and political science). 

Exceptionally good dissertations that are no more than two years old and have not yet been published may be submitted.

Please send your application to:

Prof. Dr. Mark Häberlein
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften
LS für Neuere Geschichte
Fischstr. 5–7 
96047 Bamberg
GERMANY
mark.haeberlein@uni-bamberg.de

• Beitraege zur Globalgeschichte

Together with the Internationale Vereinigung fuer Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie (“International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy”) the Franz Steiner Verlag awards the ARSP Prize for the best article in the journal Archiv fuer Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie (“Archive for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy”).

The prize of € 500 is awarded every two years at the IVR World Congress. The winner is chosen by a jury consisting of the ARSP editorial board and the IVR committee. It is not possible to apply for the award.

Find out more on the journals’ homepage:

• Archiv fuer Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie