A book by our colleague Prof. Katrin Kogman-Appel of the Arts Department, Illuminated Haggadot from Medieval Spain: Biblical Imagery and the Passover Holiday was selected as the  best book on Spanish history before 1516  by the American Historical Association. She will receive it bi-annual Premio del Rey prize  at the AHA annual meetings in New York City, January 2–5, 2009 at the New York Hilton.

To read about the prize, consult the AHA's web site at http://www.historians.org/prizes/index.cfm.

Information about the Annual Meeting is available on web site at http://www.historians.org/annual/2009/index.cfm

Congratulations!