Christopher Marsh (School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen’s University Belfast), Angela McShane (University of Warwick), Andy Watts (The Carnival Band), and their technical team, project musicians, and research assistants have won the The Roy Rosenzweig Prize for creativity in digital history for their 100 Ballads website.

The Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History is sponsored jointly by the AHA and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) at George Mason University (GMU).

The AHA offers annual prizes honouring exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring in the classroom, public history, and other historical projects. Since 1896, the Association has conferred over 1,000 awards. This year’s finalists were selected from a field of nearly 1,300 entries by 140 dedicated prize committee members. The names, publications, and projects of those who received these awards are a catalogue of the best work produced in the historical discipline.

The American Historical Association 2024 prizes will be awarded at the AHA’s 138th annual meeting, which will take place in New York City from January 3–6, 2025.

The 100 ballads website, based on a decade of research, provides the first ever pop chart for songs of the seventeenth century. It presents images and new recordings of the most successful ‘broadside ballads’ of the period, along with a wealth of essays and contextual materials. The website is freely available to all, and the project was generously funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.