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  "path": "/2026/04/oah-award-for-contributions-to-public.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T13:30:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com",
  "tags": [
    "2026 award winners",
    "Award for Contributions to Public Policy"
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  "textContent": "The **Organization of American Historians** has announced its 2026 award winners. Among them are **Saul Cornell**(Fordham University) and **Mary Ziegler**(University of California, Davis). In the \"Excellence in Service\" category, they both won the **Award for Contributions to Public Policy**. The award \"recognizes a scholar of any discipline who has made a significant contribution to U.S. public policy through historical research, of any length, published or unpublished.\" The award also \"recognize[s] the historical profession’s contributions to and ongoing obligations in helping to create public policy that is more firmly grounded in sound history.\"\n\n-- Karen Tani",
  "title": "OAH Award for Contributions to Public Policy to Cornell, Ziegler",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-07T13:30:00.111Z"
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