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 16, 2026.
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, 糖心视频 University, 230 Elizabeth Avenue, St. John's, NL, A1C 5S7.
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
2025 Recipient
Jeff Webb
2024 Recipient
Tom Gordon (Ethnomusicology)
2022 Recipient
Andrea Procter (Archaeology), Candace Cochrane, Nunatsiavut Creative Group
2021 Recipient
Beverley Diamond | Ethnomusicology program
2020 Recipient
Andrea Procter | Archeology
2019 Recipient:
Raymond B. Blake and Melvin Baker
2018 Recipient:
Anne Budgell
2016 Recipient
Jeff Webb | History
2015 Recipient
John Nick Jeddore