#  Erik Baker awarded the Merle Curti Intellectual History Award by the Organization of American Historians 

 





March 27, 2026

 

 

The History of Science Department extends its warmest congratulations to Erik Baker, Lecturer in History of Science, on being awarded the [Merle Curti Intellectual History Award](https://www.oah.org/awards/award-winners/?y=2026) by the Organization of American Historians for his book *Make Your Own Job: How the Entrepreneurial Ethic Exhausted America*. The Merle Curti Intellectual History Award [recognizes "the best book in American intellectual history."](https://www.oah.org/awards/book-awards-and-prizes/merle-curti-intellectual-history-award/)



 

 

 

  [### Madeleine Baker

 ](/people/madeleine-baker) [m\_baker@g.harvard.edu](mailto:m_baker@g.harvard.edu)College Fellow

 

 

 Research Interests: 20th century US history; history of the social sciences; history of labor and management Madeleine Baker is College Fellow in the History of Science Department and the director of the senior thesis program for the History & Science... 

 

 

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