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/

2007 - 2008 Officers

Chair:
Kathleen Thelen
Northwestern University
Political Science
Scott Hall, 601 University Place
Evanston IL 60208
thelen@northwestern.edu

Chair-Elect:
Richard F. Bensel
Cornell University
Government
312 White Hall
Ithaca NY 14853
rfb2@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

2008 Program Chairs:
James Mahoney
Northwestern University
Political Science
Scott Hall
601 University Place
Evanston IL 60208-1006
James-Mahoney@northwestern.edu

Adam  Sheingate
Johns Hopkins University
Political Science
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore MD 21218
adam.sheingate@jhu.edu

Council: 
Daniel Tichenor, (2006-2008), Rutgers University
Dorian Warren, (2006-2008), Columbia University
Adam Sheingate, (2006-2008), Johns Hopkins University
Eric Patashnick, (2006-2008), University of Virginia
Andreas Kalyvas, (2007-2009), New School for Social Research
Joseph Lowndes, (2007-2009), University of Oregon
Ruth Collier, (2007-2009), University of California, Berkeley
Douglas Reed, (2007-2009), Georgetown University

Awards

• Previous Award Recipients 

The Mary Parker Follett Award is given for the best article or chapter in politics and history published in 2006 or 2007.  A decision will be rendered by March 1, 2008. 

Award Committee Chair:
Eric M. Patashnik, University of Virginia

Committee Members:
Jason Wittenberg, University of California, Berkeley
Julie Novkov, University of Albany, SUNY

The award is the J. David Greenstone Award is given for the best book in politics and history published in 2006 or 2007.  Hard copies of books nominated should be sent to each of the committee members by March 1, 2008.

Award Committee Chair:
David Vogel, University of California, Berkeley
University of California at Berkeley
Haas School of Business
2220 Piedmont Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94720-1900
vogel@haas.berkeley.edu
 
Committee Members:
Evan Lieberman
Department of Politics
Corwin Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey 08544
esl@princeton.edu

Marie Gottschalk
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Political Science
237 Stiteler Hall
Phone 898-7650
mgottsch@sas.upenn.edu


A new award, for the Best Dissertation in the Field of Politics and History will be presented for the first time at the 2008 APSA convention.  The committee welcomes nominations of outstanding dissertations from Ph.D.s awarded in either 2006 or 2007.  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 section's Secretary/Treasurer, David Robertson at daverobertson@umsl.edu.  The deadline for initial nominations is March 1, 2008.  The awards committee Theda Skocpol (chair), Harvard University, Paul Frymer, University of California, Santa Cruz and Sheri Berman, Barnard College will subsequently be in touch with advisors for full copies of dissertations selected from among this initial pool of nominations.

Nominations should be sent to:
David Robertson, (Secretary/Treasurer)
University of Missouri, St. Louis
Department of Political Science
One University Boulevard
347 SSB
St. Louis, MO  63121-4400