Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize
Since 1997 the Friends of the German Historical Institute have awarded the Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize for the best doctoral dissertation on a topic in German history written at a North American university. Dissertations on all periods of German history, on German-American relations, on the history of Germans in North America, and on Germany's global engagements or diaspora of Germans are eligible.
Each year's winner is invited to present his/her research in May at the annual symposium of the Friends of the German Historical Institute. The prizewinner also receives an award of $2,000 and reimbursement for travel to the annual symposium held in Washington D.C.
Candidates are nominated by their dissertation advisers. Dissertations must have been completed, defended, and authenticated between January 1 and December 31. The prize committee will accept nominations through February 15 of the following year.
To nominate a candidate, dissertation advisers should email the following items to FritzSternDissertationPrize@case.edu
- Letter of nomination
- Abstract (1-3 pages) of the dissertation
- Digital version of the dissertation in "Reduced Size PDF" format
Past Recipients
2022
Tamar Menashe
2021
Richard Calis
2020
Emma L. Thomas
2019
Michelle Kahn
2018
Adam Bisno
2017
Bradley J. Nichols
2016
Katharina Matro
2015
Sarah Panzer
2014
Chase Richards
Ned Richardson-Little
2013
Ricky W. Law
2012
Adam T. Rosenbaum
Sarah Thomsen Vierra
2011
Brendan Karch
Eric Steinhart
2010
Yair Mintzker
Alice Weinreb
2009
Alison Clark Efford
Michael Meng
2008
Marti Lybeck
2007
Monica Black & Winson Chu
2006
Lars Maischak
2005
Eli Rubin
Jesse A. Spohnholz
2004
Christopher Fischer & Erik Jensen
2003
Chad Carl Bryant
Jeffrey T. Zalar
2002
Julia Roos
Rebecca Wittmann
2001
Eva Giloi Bremner
Jonathan Zatlin
2000
Frank P. Biess
H. Glenn Penny III
1999
Ian McNeely
Andrew Zimmerman
1998
Michelle Mouton
Timothy R. Vogt
1997
Paul Lerner
Sandra Chaney