Erikson Wins Gaddis Smith International Book Prize

Department News
Faculty Awards and Recognition
September 30, 2016

Professor Emily Erikson has received the Gaddis Smith International Book Prize from the Yale MacMillan Center. The prize honors the best first book from a member of the Yale ladder faculty. Erikson received the award for her book “Between Monopoly and Free Trade: The English East India Company, 1600-1757. Erikson utilizes both archival research and network analysis in order to demonstrate how innovative practices emerged within the context of a monopoly. Congratulations Emily!