Professor Marc Hertzman received a major prize and two honorable mentions for his book After Palmares: Diaspora, Inheritance, and the Afterlives of Zumbi (2024 Duke University Press) which explores the history and afterlives of one of the largest and longest-lasting maroon societies.
He was awarded the James A. Rawley Prize in Atlantic History by the American Historical Association which recognizes outstanding historical writing that explores aspects of integration of Atlantic worlds before the 20th century.
He also received an honorable mention for the Warren Dean Memorial Prize by the Conference on Latin American History for the best book on the history of Brazil and an honorable mention for the Murdoe J. Macleod Book Prize by the Latin American and Caribbean Section of the Conference on Southern History for the best book in Latin America, the Atlantic World, the Borderlands, and the Caribbean.
Earlier this year, he also received an honorable mention for the 2025 Latin American Studies Association Brazil Section Book Prize.