FPRI News

June 15, 2009

Hay Elected to Royal Historical Society

FPRI is proud to report that its Senior Fellow William Anthony Hay, an associate professor of history at Mississippi State University, has been elected to Britain's Royal Historical Society. Hay is the author of The Whig Revival, 1808–1830 (2005).

May 5, 2009

McDougall to Receive Athenaeum Literary Award

Walter McDougall, co-chair of FPRI’s History Institute for Teachers, will receive the Athenaeum's Literary Award for his book Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era, 1829-1877 (HarperCollins, 2008).

The program will take place on May 6 at 5:30 at the Athenaeum building, which itself is a National Historic Landmark in Philadelphia. For information and reservations, call Susan Gallo at the Athenaeum at 215 925-2688.

The Athenaeum is a special collections library founded in 1814 to collect materials connected with the history and antiquities of America.