2025 Awards Cycle

Submissions for our 2025 awards cycle are now closed. Winners will be announced Fall 2025. 

If you would like to be added to the UHA contact list, please email your request to dsheinin@urbanhistory.org. 

UHA awards: 

• Kenneth Jackson Award for Best Book in North American Urban History (excluding Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean) published in 2024 ($1,000 prize)
• Best Book in Urban History (excl. the U.S., Canada, and Europe) published in 2024 ($1,000 prize) 
• Joe William Trotter, Jr. Book Prize for best first book in urban history published in 2024 ($500 prize)
• Lynn Hollen Lees Book Prize for best book in European urban history published in 2024 ($500 prize) 
• Lizabeth Cohen Prize for the Best Book on Cities and Political Power published in 2024 ($500 prize) 
• Arnold Hirsch Award for Best Article in a Scholarly Journal published in 2024 ($500 prize)
• Michael Katz Award for Best Dissertation in Urban History completed in 2024 ($500 prize)