The Harriman Institute congratulates four of our community members—Bradley Gorski, Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, Hilde Hoogenboom, and Frank Sysyn—on receiving 2026 ASEEES prizes for their superlative scholarly contributions and service to the field.

Bradley A. Gorski won the University of Southern California Book Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies for Cultural Capitalism: Literature and the Market after Socialism (Northern Illinois University Press). The prize recognizes an outstanding monograph in literary and cultural studies concerning Russia, Eastern Europe, or Eurasia. The book was supported by a Harriman First Book Subvention and is one of the latest entries in the Studies of the Harriman Institute series.

Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky won the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Article Prize for “The Misadventures of a Dagestani Merchant: Empire and Muslim Mobility in Central Asia,” published in Slavic Review. The prize recognizes an outstanding social science research article by a junior scholar, published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Hilde Hoogenboom was a co-winner of the Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize for Noble Sentiments and the Rise of Russian Novels: A European Literary History (University of Toronto Press). The prize honors the most important contribution to Russian, Eurasian, and East European studies across the humanities and social sciences.

Frank E. Sysyn, a member of the Harriman Institute’s Ukrainian Studies Program Advisory Board, received the Distinguished Contributions to Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Award. The award honors members of the profession whose scholarship, mentorship, leadership, or service has made a major contribution to the field.

Both Bradley Gorski and Hilde Hoogenboom spoke about their award-winning books at the Harriman Institute.

Congratulations to all four honorees!