The Central European History Society is pleased to announce the winner of its annual Hans Rosenberg Book Prize, which recognizes the best book on Central European History by a North American scholar. The 2025 prize is awarded to James Brophy (University of Delaware) for his monograph, Print Markets and Political Dissent: Publishers in Central Europe, 1800-1870, published by Oxford University Press in 2024. Congratulations Dr. Brophy!

The prize will formally be conferred at the Society’s annual business meeting, to be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 10, 2026, in the Boulevard B Room of the Hilton Chicago Hotel. Following its presentation at this meeting, the prize committee’s laudatio will be published on the CEHS website.