Hourglass Award
- Alfred R. Roberts Memorial
Research Award - Barbara D. Merino Award
for Excellence in Accounting History Publication - Best Paper Award
- Hourglass Award
- Innovation in Accounting
History Education Award - Life Membership Award
- Margit F. and Hanns Martin
Schoenfeld Scholarship - Thomas J. Burns Biographical
Research Award - Vangermeersch Manuscript Award
The Hourglass Award of the Academy of Accounting Historians is presented annually to an individual who has made a demonstrable and significant contribution to knowledge through research and publication in accounting history. The judging panel will echo the tradition of openness and flexibility associated with the Award and will emphasize the importance of contribution as the fundamental criterion. To that end there is no restriction as to who may make a nomination, the country in which the nominee is resident, or the paradigms and methodologies employed in the nominee’s work. Nominators are asked to supply a 200 word (maximum) statement summarizing the reasons why the nominee should be considered, full contact details of the nominator and nominee and a list of relevant contributions and any other relevant documentation supplied by the nominee who has agreed to be nominated.
Send nominations to: Academy Executive Committee at Yvette.Lazdowski@unh.edu.
Congratulations to the 2023 Recipient!
Gary Spraakman, York University
As the sands of time pass through the funnel, when you flip the hourglass over the past becomes the future.
Each year the Academy of Accounting Historians section presents the Hourglass Award to an individual who has made a demonstrable and significant contribution to knowledge through research and publication in accounting history.
Past recipients of the Award:
1973 Stephen A. Zeff, Rice University
1974 Michael Chatfield, Southern Oregon State College
1975 Hanns-Martin Schoenfeld, University of Illinois
1976 Osamu Kojima, Kwansei Gakuin University
1976 Basil S. Yamey, London School of Economics
1977 Antonie van Seventer, San Francisco State University
1978 David A. R. Forrester, Strathclyde University
1979 Murray Wells, University of Sydney
1980 Barbara D. Merino, University of North Texas
1980 Gary J. Previts, Case Western Reserve University
1981 H. Thomas Johnson, Portland State University
1982 Williard E. Stone, University of Florida
1983 Richard P. Brief, New York University
1984 Esteban Hernandez Esteve, Bank of Spain
1985 Edgar Jones
1986 Leonard P. Spacek, The Ohio State University
1987 M. Ernest Stevelinck
1988 Peter L. McMickle, University of Memphis
1988 Richard G. Vangermeersch, University of Rhode Island
1989 Greg Whittred, University of Auckland
1990 Anne Loft, Copenhagen Business School
1991 Philip D. Bougen, University of New Mexico
1992 Basil Yamey, London School of Economics
1993 James Don Edwards, University of Georgia
1994 John Richard Edwards, Cardiff Business School
1995 Esteban Hernandez Esteve, Bank of Spain
1996 Michael Chatfield, Southern Oregon State College
1996 Richard C. Vangermeersch, University of Rhode Island
1997 Edward N. Coffman, Virginia Commonwealth University
1998 Robert H. Parker, University of Exeter, UK
1999 Richard K. Fleischman, John Carroll University
2000 Yannick Lemarchand, Universite de Nantes
2001 Stephen A. Zeff, Rice University
2002 Dale A. Buckmaster, University of Delaware
2003 Richard V. Mattessich, University of British Columbia
2004 Lee D. Parker, University of Adelaide
2005 Stephen P. Walker, University of Edinburgh
2006 Warwick N. Funnell, University of Wollongong
2007 Salvador Carmona, University Carlos III de Madrid
2008 Geofrey H. Burrows, University of Melbourne
2009 Mahmoud A. Ezzamel, Cardiff University
2010 Thomas N. Tyson, St. John Fisher College
2011 Oktay Guvemli, Marmara University
2012 Alan J. Richardson, University of Windsor
2013 David A. McCollum-Oldroyd, Durham University
2014 Dale L. Flesher, University of Mississippi
2015 Alan Sangster, Griffith University
2016 Massimo Sargiacomo, University g.d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara
2017 Royce Kurtz, University of Mississippi
2018 Hiroshi Okano, Osaka City University
2019 Richard (Rico) Mattessich, University of British Columbia
2020 Garry D. Carnegie, RMIT University
2021 Greg Waymire, Emory University
2022 C. Richard Baker, Adelphi University
The First 40 Years of the Academy of Accounting Historians
Trace the evolution of The Academy of Accounting Historians in a three part series of papers from its founding in 1973 through the 40th Anniversary in 2013. The primary purpose of this series is to provide information about The Academy of Accounting Historians, the people who have contributed to its establishment and success, and to assist in planning our future role. All three papers were published in The Accounting Historians Journal and can be viewed by clicking the button below.
Accounting Historians Journal
First volume was published in 1974. We publish twice a year. Older volumes are available online at AAA Digital Library
Overview of acceptable submissions:
- History of profession
- Biography
- History of accounting change
- Entity case studies: industries, companies, governmental or NFP entities
- Development of accounting theory
- Critical examinations of new or old research
- Does not have to be old to be a part of our history
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Accounting Historians Notebook
Submissions and any other Notebook editorial matters may be sent to: Yvette.Lazdowski@unh.edu
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