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\nApplications for the 2026 Early Career Article Prize closed on 15 December 2025. Judging began in early 2026.<\/p>\n
The Shortlist<\/a> for the 2026 prize was published on 19 May 2026, with the final two winners to be announced in July.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To be eligible for consideration for the prize:<\/p>\n On 2 July 2025, the Society announced the following two winners of this year\u2019s Early Career Article Prize:<\/p>\n Our congratulations to William and Michaela, and to the six other authors shortlisted in 2025<\/a>. For more on the winning titles, please see below.<\/p>\n Judges\u2019 citation for William Ross Jones\u2019s article:<\/strong><\/p>\n William Jones\u2019 work on everyday life in the concentration camps concerns the issue of sexual violence and consent (or the lack thereof) between adult male prisoners and boys. The article uses survivor narratives to investigate a complex history of trauma and highlights power structures within the prisoner population itself. Despite the extensive historiography of the Holocaust, Jones has found something new and important to say.<\/p>\n The judges were impressed by Jones\u2019 ability to create a highly nuanced history of daily life in the concentration camps. This is a groundbreaking and sensitive study of sexual violence against boys during the Holocaust. It balances theoretical nuance with survivor testimony, offering a new conceptual framework (\u201cexploitative sexual relationships\u201d) that is both meaningful and analytically sharp.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Dr Helen Paul, chair, Early Career Article Prize, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n Judges\u2019 citation for Michaela Kalcher\u2019s article:<\/strong><\/p>\n Michaela Kalcher\u2019s article considers how trauma shaped an individual\u2019s recollection of the bloody events of the French Revolution. Kalcher contributes to the emerging literature of the history of the self and the emotions. She focuses on one primary source, the diary of a little-known man who was a bystander to great events. By reading this apparently unpromising material against the grain, Kalcher was able to show how the diarist\u2019s lack of obvious emotion was itself a product of trauma.<\/p>\n The judges felt that Kalcher brought an exciting and novel approach to a previously under-utilised source. The article is a beautifully written, psychologically rich analysis of trauma, identity, and diary writing during the French Revolution. It combines microhistory with theoretical depth and offers a compelling model for reading emotion and selfhood in historical texts. The panel felt that Kalcher\u2019s article would become a key part of the historiography of the French Revolution as it was so thought provoking and cleverly constructed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Dr Helen Paul, chair, Early Career Article Prize, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n General enquiries about Society\u2019s Prizes should be sent to:\u00a0administration@royalhistsoc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n IMAGE: ‘Specimens of Penmanship after Jan van de Velde and other Calligraphy Books, Conrad Baumann’, c. 1620, Metropolitan Museum of Art Collections, public domain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The RHS Early Career Article Prize is awarded for an essay or article based on original historical research, by a doctoral candidate or an early career historian within three years of being awarded a doctorate, published in a journal or an edited collection of essays. 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<\/a>\nShortlist of the 2026 Early Career Article Prize<\/a>: the eight titles on this year\u2019s shortlist were announced on 19 May 2026.<\/h4>\n
\nEligibility for the RHS Early Career Article Prize<\/span><\/h3>\n
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\nWinners of the RHS Early Career Prize, 2025<\/span><\/h3>\n
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