The section presents the Ibn Khaldun Distinguished Career Award every year in order to recognize a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the subfield of comparative-historical sociology. This is one of the most celebrated awards given by the section, and it is presented only to scholars of the utmost distinction.
2025
George Steinmetz, University of Michigan Ann-Arbor
2024
Theda Skocpol, Harvard University
2023
Jack Goldstone, George Mason University
2022
Evelyn Nakano Glenn, UC Berkeley
2021
Orlando Patterson, Harvard University
2020
Co Winners:
Viviana Zelizer, Princeton University
William Sewell Jr., University of Chicago