American Historical Association Award for Scholarly Distinction

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The American Historical Association Award for Scholarly Distinction is a prestigious lifetime achievement honor recognizing historians for outstanding contributions to historical scholarship.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic award
history award
lifetime achievement award
administeredBy American Historical Association
surface form: "American Historical Association Council"
awardFor outstanding contributions to the profession of history
scholarly distinction in historical research
awardType career achievement
category AHA prizes and awards
country United States of America
surface form: "United States"
eligibleRecipients historians
field history
frequency annual
hasLanguage English
inception 1984
notableRecipient Carlo Ginzburg
Eric Hobsbawm
Gerda Lerner
John Hope Franklin
Natalie Zemon Davis
organizer American Historical Association
presentedAt American Historical Association annual meeting
presentedBy American Historical Association
purpose to honor lifetime achievement in the discipline of history
to recognize outstanding contributions to historical scholarship
recognizes influential historical publications
long-term, distinguished service to the historical profession
scope international
selectionProcess committee nomination and selection
website https://www.historians.org

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Peter Gay awardReceived American Historical Association Award for Scholarly Distinction

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