The Organization of American Historians has announced its 2026 award winners. Among them are Saul Cornell (Fordham University) and Mary Ziegler (University of California, Davis). In the "Excellence in Service" category, they both won the Award for Contributions to Public Policy. The award "recognizes a scholar of any discipline who has made a significant contribution to U.S. public policy through historical research, of any length, published or unpublished." The award also "recognize[s] the historical profession’s contributions to and ongoing obligations in helping to create public policy that is more firmly grounded in sound history."
-- Karen Tani
