Awards

Each year, the ASEH awards the following four prizes for outstanding published work in the field of environmental history:

• George Perkins Marsh Prize for Best Book in Environmental History
• Leopold-Hidy Prize for Best Article in Environmental History (with Forest History Society)
• Alice Hamilton Prize or Best Article Outside Environmental History
• Rachel Carson Prize for Best Dissertation in Environmental History

This year ASEH's prize committees will evaluate submissions (published books and articles and completed dissertations) that appear between November 1, 2009 and October 31, 2010.

Lisa Mighetto

ASEH, UW Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Program

University of Washington

1900 Commerce Street

Tacoma, WA  98402

The ASEH also presents Distinguished Scholar and Distinguished Service awards. The Distinguished Scholar Award is given every two years to an individual who has contributed significantly to environmental history scholarship; membership in ASEH is not required. The Distinguished Service Award is given every year to an individual who has contributed significantly to the development of ASEH as an organizaiton; membership in ASEH is required. Anyone can nominate candidates for these awards, and ASEH's executive committee selects the recipients. Click here for a list of past recipients. Please send suggestions, along with a brief explanation, to director@aseh.net