ISA HIST SECTION AWARDS

For more information about our awards,
​including instructions about how to nominate candidates for the 2026 Awards, please see HERE.

Francesco Guicciardini Prize 2025
​Best Book​ 

Congratulations to Quentin Bruneau, the 2025 recipients of the Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations!

Joseph Fletcher Prize 2025  
​Best Edited Book​ 

Congratulations to the 2025 recipients of the Fletcher Prize: Mlada Bukovansky, Edward Keene, Christian Reus-Smit & Maja Spanu, for their edited book “The Oxford Handbook of History and International Relations"!

Merze tate prize 2025 best article in historical international relations

Congratulations to the 2025 recipient of the Merze Tate Prize for Best Article in Historical International Relations, Alvita Akiboh for “Empire's Embezzlers: Fraud and Scandal in U.S.-Occupied Cuba, 1900-1902”!

Barbara W. Tuchman Prize 2025
Best Paper by a Graduate Student 

Congratulations to Tommy Chai, the 2025 recipient of the Barbara W. Tuchman Prize for Best Paper in Historical International Relations by a Graduate Student, for “Rethinking the Nature of China-Southeast Asia Relations and Order in the Early Modern Period: Beyond Hierarchy and Asymmetry”!​



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DISTInGUISHED SCHOLAR 2025

Congratulations to the 2025 recipient of the Historical International Relations Distinguished Scholar Award, Hendrik Spruyt!

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