Awards
Peter Gay has received numerous awards for his scholarship, including the National Book Award in History and Biography for The Rise of Modern Paganism (1966), the first volume of The Enlightenment; the first Amsterdam Prize for Historical Science from The Hague, 1990; and the Gold Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1992. In addition, he was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1967–68 and in 1978–79, a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin, Germany, and an Overseas Fellow of Churchill College University from 1970 to 1971. In 1988, he was honored by The New York Public Library as a Library Lion. The following year, he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Professor Gay held an ACLS Fellowship in 1959–60. He has also been recognized with several honorary doctorates.
- American Historical Association Award for Scholarly Distinction, 2004
- Jewish Distinction Award
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Civil Rights Awareness Award
- Geschwister-Scholl-Preis (Munich, 1999)
- American Academy of Arts and Letters, Gold Medal, 1992
- Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Award for Historical Science, The A.H. Heineken Prize, 1990
- American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1989
- New York Public Library, Library Lion, 1988
- Guggenheim Fellowship 1978
- Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin Fellowship, 1978
- Guggenheim Fellowship 1967
- National Book Award, 1966
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