Francesco Guicciardini Prize (ISA HIST Section Book Prize)

15 July 2013, 1051 EDT

Francesco Guicciardini (1483-1540) was an Italian historian and statesman who served in the Florentine and papal diplomatic services and was the author, among other works, of the landmark History of Italy (Storia d’Italia), a foundational work on statecraft and grand strategy which combined careful historical research with general theorizing about the ethics and practices of international behavior. The Francesco Guicciardini Prize is given annually and recognizes the best book copyrighted in the previous two calendar years on subjects related to historical international relations.

General Information

Recipients must meet the Following Criteria

Recipients must be a current member of ISA.
The recipient may be at any stage of their career and from any country.
Self-nominations are welcome.
Members of the award committee are ineligible for the award.
Edited books are not eligible for this award.

Prize

The recipient will receive a $250 (USD) cash prize and a plaque.
The recipient will be announced at the HIST Section Business Meeting at the ISA Annual Convention and will be recognized at the HIST Section reception.

Selection Process

The recipient is selected by a three-person committee appointed by the HIST section officers; committee members serve for two years.
The recipient will be announced at the HIST Section Business Meeting at the ISA Annual Convention and will be recognized at the HIST Section reception.
Nominated books should conduct careful historical analysis that produces significant insights into ongoing concerns in international studies.

Apply or Nominate for the Award

* When nominating an author, please submit a copy of the book to each member of the Award Committee.
* The nominations deadline is August 15. Please send nominations to the award chair, George Lawson.

CONTACT

George Lawson | Chair
April 2013 – March 2015
International Relations Department
London School of Economics
Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE

Benjamin de Carvalho | Member
April 2013 – March 2015
Senior Research Fellow
NUPI Pb 8159 Dep 0033
Oslo Norway

Andrea Paras | Member
April 2013 – March 2015
Department of Political Science University of Guelph
5th floor, MacKinnon Building
Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1

Dan Nexon

Daniel H. Nexon is a Professor at Georgetown University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service. His academic work focuses on international-relations theory, power politics, empires and hegemony, and international order. He has also written on the relationship between popular culture and world politics.

He has held fellowships at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation and at the Ohio State University's Mershon Center for International Studies. During 2009-2010 he worked in the U.S. Department of Defense as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow. He was the lead editor of International Studies Quarterly from 2014-2018.

He is the author of The Struggle for Power in Early Modern Europe: Religious Conflict, Dynastic Empires, and International Change (Princeton University Press, 2009), which won the International Security Studies Section (ISSS) Best Book Award for 2010, and co-author of Exit from Hegemony: The Unraveling of the American Global Order (Oxford University Press, 2020). His articles have appeared in a lot of places. He is the founder of the The Duck of Minerva, and also blogs at Lawyers, Guns and Money.