Simon P. Newman (Solmsen Fellow, 2019-2020; Honorary Fellow, 2020-2024) was awarded the 2024 American Council of Learned Societies Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards. Newman’s book Freedom Seekers: Escaping from Slavery in Restoration London (University of London Press, 2022) won the prize in the history category. The prize is supported by Arcadia, these prizes recognize and reward the authors and publishers of exceptional, innovative, and open access humanities books published from 2017 to 2022. For more information click here.