Hans Rosenberg Book Prize
CEHS’s book prize, awarded annually since 2008, is named in honor of Hans Rosenberg, a German refugee historian who, after 1945, taught at the Free University of Berlin (1949-1950), Marburg (1955), and the University of California at Berkeley (1959-1972). He is considered to be one of the leading proponents of “modern” social history (Gesellschaftsgeschichte) in postwar Germany.
To view a list of winners of the Hans Rosenberg Book Prize click here.
Nominating books for the Hans Rosenberg Book Prize
Note: CEHS is not currently accepting nominations for the Hans Rosenberg Book Prize. Nominations for the next prize competition, which will recognize the best book published in 2025, will be accepted starting in late March 2026.
The Hans Rosenberg Book Prize recognizes the best monograph in Central European history published by a North American scholar in a given year (as determined by the its official “imprint year”). “Central European” is understood to include all German-speaking countries as well as territories previously included within the German or Habsburg empires. Note that books that focus on the period after 1945 in Eastern Europe will need to engage with “German” and/or “Austrian” questions to be considered as “Central European” (rather than “Eastern European).
Translations, edited collections, anthologies, memoirs and books that have been previously published are ineligible for consideration for the prize.
Nominations may be made by an author or a publisher. Publishers may submit as many entries as they wish.
Questions about the prize and eligibility may be directed to RosenbergPrize@centraleuropeanhistory.org.