The Peter Cashin Prize

The Peter Cashin Prize is awarded annually to the best piece of scholarly work on the history and/or political economy of Newfoundland published in the preceding calendar year.

The work must be original, and can take the form of an article or book (monograph). Ideally, the work should appeal to a broad audience. Interdisciplinarity would be considered an advantage.

Recipients of The Peter Cashin Prize receive a framed certificate and an award of $700.

Please send nominations to smuscat@mun.ca by March 14, 2025.

Nomination process

You can nominate yourself or others for this award.

Nominations should consist of a statement of no more than 600 words that outlines:

How the work contributes to an understanding of the history and/or political economy of Newfoundland
Its originality

If relevant, nominations should also address the work's:

Appeal to a broad audience
Its interdisciplinarity

Nominations and a hard copy (or PDF) of the work being nominated should be sent to Savanna Muscat (smuscat@mun.ca), Office of the Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Memorial University, 230 Elizabeth Avenue, St. John's, NL, A1C 5S7.

Adjudication process

Nominations will be judged by a three-member committee consisting of representatives of the Departments of History and Political Science and a member nominated by the Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Past Recipients

The prize was established in memory of famed Newfoundland politician and veteran Peter Cashin (1890-1977). Below is a list of previous winners of the award

Past Recipients

2024 Recipient

2022 Recipient

2021 Recipient

2020 Recipient

2019 Recipient:

2018 Recipient:

2016 Recipient

2015 Recipient