The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era is calling for submissions for its biennial Vincent DeSantis Book Prize. The DeSantis Book Prize is awarded in odd-numbered years for the best book treating any aspect of United States history in the period 1865 to 1920. It must be the author’s first book. The prize is given in honor of Vincent P. DeSantis, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Notre Dame, a distinguished historian of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.
2025 Prize and Grant Winners
The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era is pleased to announce our 2025 prize and grant winners, including the Vincent P. DeSantis Prize and the H. Wayne Morgan Prize.
SHGAPE Research Grant Winner Virtual Presentation
The SHGAPE Events Committee invites you to hear the winner of SHGAPE’s inaugural (2022) research grant award, Dr. John R. Legg, who will present a virtual talk on “Little Six and Medicine Bottle: a Reexamination of Dakota Mobility and US Army Retribution After the US-Dakota War.”
2024 Prize and Grant Winners
The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era is pleased to announce our 2024 prize and grant winners, recently celebrated at our annual SHGAPE luncheon at OAH.