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The purpose of this section is to bring together political scientists interested in historical issues and problems drawing from almost every traditional disciplinary subfield.

Website: www.h-net.msu.edu/~apsaph/

2009 - 2010 Officers

Chair:
Sven  Steinmo
European University Institute
Political Science
Via dei Roccentini 9
Badia Fiesolana
San Domenico 50014 Italy
sven.steinmo@eui.eu

Chair-Elect:
Suzanne  Mettler
Cornell University
Government
White Hall 217
Ithaca NY 14853
sbm24@cornell.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:
David B. Robertson
University of Missouri-St Louis
Political Science
8001 Natural Bridge Road
St. Louis, MO 63121-4499
daverobertson@usmsl.edu 

Newsletter Editor:
David B. Robertson
University of Missouri-St Louis
Political Science
8001 Natural Bridge Road
St. Louis, MO 63121-4499
daverobertson@umsl.edu

2010 Program Chairs:
Sheri Berman
Barnard College
Political Science
3009 Broadway
New York NY 10027-6598
sberman@barnard.edu

Desmond  King
Oxford University
Nuffield College
New Street
Oxford OX1 1NF
United Kingdom
desmond.king@politics.ox.ac.uk

Council: 
Richard John, Columbia University
Margaret Keck, Johns Hopkins University
Evan Lieberman, Princeton University
Julie Lynch, Pennsylvania University
Pamela Brandwein, University of Michigan
Victoria Tin-bor Hui, University of Notre Dame
Ken Kersch, Boston College
Kimberly Morgan, George Washington University

Awards

• Previous Award Recipients 

The Mary Parker Follett Award is given for the best article or chapter in politics and history published in 2008 or 2009.   The deadline for nominations March 1, 2010.

Award Committee Chair:
Eileen McDonagh, Northeastern University

Committee Members:
Sheldon Pollack, University of Delaware
Richard Ellis, Willamette University

The J. David Greenstone Award is given for the best book in politics and history published in 2008 or 2009.  Hard copies of books nominated should be sent to each of the committee members by March 1, 2010.

Award Committee Chair: 
Elizabeth Sanders, Cornell University
 
Committee Members:
Kathleen Sullivan, Ohio University
Robert Lieberman, Columbia University

The Walter Dean Burnham Award is given for the best dissertation in the field of Politics and History.  The committee welcomes nominations of outstanding dissertations from Ph.D.s awarded in either 2008 or 2009.  To nominate a dissertation for this award, send an abstract of the dissertation and a supportive letter from the advisor or other faculty member of the dissertation committee to the Gerald Berk, University of Oregon.  The deadline for initial nominations is March 1, 2010. 

The awards committee will subsequently be in touch with advisors for full copies of dissertations selected from among this initial pool of nominations.

Award Committee Chair:
Gerald  Berk, University of Oregon

Award Committee Members:
Christopher Howard, College of William and Mary
Christopher S Allen, University of Georgia