This annual award of $1,000 and a plaque is to recognize the author of the best book on an accounting historical topic published in the current or previous two years, i.e., 2019 through 2021. The winning publication will be based upon the selection of an awards committee established by the leadership of the Academy of Accounting Historians.

Award: Plaque and $1,000

Send nominations to: Academy Executive Committee at Yvette.Lazdowski@unh.edu by Friday, February 28, 2025.

Congratulations to the 2025 Recipients!

Guo Daoyang, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, General History of Chinese Accounting, China Financial and Economic Publishing House, July 2023

Past recipients of the Award:

2024: Stefano Coronella, (University di Pisa), Massimo Sargiacomo, (University G.d' Annunzio, Pescara)
2023: C. Richard Baker (Adelphi University), and Martin Persson (University of of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) 
2022: James W. Davis (University of Mississippi), Dale L. Flesher (University of Mississippi) and Annette B. Pridgen (Jackson State University)
2021: Alan Sangster (University of Aberdeen)
2020: Kelly Kilcrease and Yvette Lazdowski (University of New Hampshire - Manchester)
2019: Kelly L. Williams (Middle Tennessee State University) and Howard Lawrence (University of Mississippi)
2018: Gary Giroux (Emeritus, Texas A&M University)
2017: Martin Persson (Western University)
2016: Gary Spraakman (York University)
2015: Warwick Funnell (University of Kent) and Jeff Robertson (Massey University)
2014: Trevor Boyns (Cardiff University) and John Richard Edwards (Cardiff University)