Ralph Waldo Emerson Award

Given by Phi Beta Kappa Society

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The Ralph Waldo Emerson Award is offered for scholarly studies that contribute significantly to interpretations of the intellectual and cultural condition of humanity. Established in 1960, this award

mostra'n més may recognize work in the fields of history, philosophy and religion. These fields are conceived in sufficiently broad terms to permit the inclusion of appropriate work in related fields such as anthropology and the social sciences. Biographies of public figures may be eligible if their primary critical emphasis is on the intellectual and cultural condition of humanity
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Tots, Winner (66), Shortlist (23)
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Tots, 2023 (5), 2022 (5), 2021 (5), 2020 (5), 2019 (5), 2018 (1), 2017 (2), 2016 (1), 2015 (1), 2014 (1), 2013 (1), 2012 (1), 2011 (1), 2010 (1), 2009 (1), 2008 (1), 2007 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (2), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (2), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1981 (1), 1980 (1), 1979 (1), 1978 (1), 1977 (1), 1976 (1), 1975 (1), 1974 (1), 1973 (1), 1972 (1), 1971 (1), 1970 (1), 1969 (1), 1968 (1), 1967 (1), 1966 (1), 1965 (1), 1964 (1), 1963 (1), 1962 (1), 1961 (1), 1960 (1)

Winner 66

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Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took On a World at War de Deborah Cohen2023
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake de Tiya Miles2022
South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War de Alice L Baumgartner2021
Policing the Open Road: How Cars Transformed American Freedom de Sarah A. Seo2020
The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America de Sarah E. Igo2019
Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919 de Mike Wallace2018
From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America de Elizabeth Kai Hinton2017
The Murder of William of Norwich: The Origins of the Blood Libel in Medieval Europe de E.M. Rose2016
The Parthenon Enigma de Joan Breton Connelly2015
Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition de David Nirenberg2014
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis de Timothy Egan2013
Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse de Jay Rubenstein2012
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin de Timothy Snyder2011
Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy de Susan M. Reverby2010
The Book of Calamities: Five Questions About Suffering and Its Meaning de Peter Trachtenberg2009
Muhammad's Grave: Death Rites and the Making of Islamic Society de Leor Halevi2008
Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World de David Brion Davis2007
American Curiosity de Susan Scott Parrish2006
Absolute Destruction de Isabel V. Hull2005
The End of the Soul de Jennifer Michael Hecht2004
The Eye of the Lynx de David Freedberg2003
Ermengard of Narbonne and the World of the Troubadours de Fredric L. Cheyette2002
Van Gogh and Gauguin de Debora Silverman2001
The Holocaust in American Life de Peter Novick2000
A History of Madness in Sixteenth-Century Germany de H. C. Erik Midelfort1999
The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity de Jill Lepore1998
Spinoza, Liberalism, and the Question of Jewish Identity de Steven B. Smith1997
Codex Telleriano-Remensis de Eloise Quinones Keber1996
The Resurrection of the Body in Western Christianity, 200-1336 de Caroline Walker Bynum1995
W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race de David Levering Lewis1994
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers: The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States de Theda Skocpol1993
The Radicalism of the American Revolution de Gordon S. Wood1992
In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought de Carl N. Degler1991
America's Rome, Volume 1: Classical Rome de William L. Vance1990
America's Rome, Volume 2: Catholic and Contemporary Rome de William L. Vance1990
The Body and Society de Peter Brown1989
The Fall of the House of Labor: The Workplace, the State, and American Labor Activism, 1865-1925 de David Montgomery1988
Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 de Alfred W. Crosby1987
The World of Thought in Ancient China de Benjamin I. Schwartz1986
The Crucible of Race: Black-White Relations in the American South since Emancipation de Joel Williamson1985
A Rage for Order: Black-White Relations in the American South since Emancipation (Galaxy Books) de Joel Williamson1985
Against the Apocalypse: Responses to Catastrophe in Modern Jewish Culture de David G. Roskies1984
The War Within: From Victorian to Modernist Thought in the South, 1919-1945 de Daniel Joseph Singal1983
Philosophical Explanations de Robert Nozick1982
White Supremacy: A Comparative Study of American and South African History de George M. Fredrickson1981
Utopian Thought in the Western World de Frank E. Manuel1980
The printing press as an agent of change de Elizabeth L. Eisenstein1979
The Rise of American Philosophy: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1860-1930 de Bruce Kuklick1978
Peasants into Frenchmen: The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914 de Eugen Weber1977
The Great War and Modern Memory de Paul Fussell1976
The Venture of Islam, Volume 1: The Classical Age of Islam de Marshall G. S. Hodgson1975
Venice: A Maritime Republic de Frederic Chapin Lane1974
Reflections on the Causes of Human Misery and Upon Certain Proposals to Eliminate Them de Barrington Moore1973
A Theory of Justice de John Rawls1972
American convictions; cycles of public thought, 1600-1850 de Charles A. Barker1971
Love and Will de Rollo May1970
Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider de Peter Gay1969
White over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812 de Winthrop D. Jordan1968
Children of Crisis: A Study of Courage and Fear de Robert Coles1967
The Career of Philosophy, Vol. 2: From the German Enlightenment to the Age of Darwin de John Herman Randall1966
O Strange New World de Howard Mumford Jones1965
Race: The History of an Idea in America de Thomas F. Gossett1964
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life de Richard Hofstadter1963
Freedom in the Ancient World de Herbert Joseph Muller1962
Mysticism and Philosophy de W. T. Stace1961
Philosophy and the Modern World de Albert William Levi1960

Shortlist 23

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Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America de Dan Flores2023
The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family de Kerri K. Greenidge2023
Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance de Joseph Luzzi2023
Come Back in September: A Literary Education on West Sixty-Seventh Street, Manhattan de Darryl Pinckney2023
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake de Tiya Miles2022
Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance de Mia Bay2022
The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World de Linda Colley2022
Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America de Nicole Eustace2022
Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness de Elizabeth D. Samet2022
South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War de Alice L Baumgartner2021
Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War de Vincent Brown2021
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own de Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.2021
The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States de Walter Johnson2021
Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory de Claudio Saunt2021
The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America de Nicholas Buccola2020
America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States de Erika Lee2020
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia de Christina Thompson2020
Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs de Camilla Townsend2020
The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind de Justin Driver2019
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War de Joanne B. Freeman2019
When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History de Matthew Restall2019
Action versus Contemplation: Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters de Jennifer Summit2019
Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War de Viet Thanh Nguyen2017

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