Paul Kosmin Wins American Historical Association Award

Faculty Associate Paul Kosmin, Philip J. King Professor of Ancient History at Harvard University, has been awarded the American Historical Association 2025 Prize in History Prior to CE 1000. His book, The Ancient Shore (Harvard University Press), was awarded the prize for the best book in English in any field of history prior to CE 1000. Founded in 1985 and initially named after James Henry Breasted—a trailblazer in ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern history and the Association’s president in 1928—the prize was endowed by longtime Association member Joseph O. Losos. The name of the prize was changed in 2024.