Lydia Walker, Assistant Professor, Myers Chair in Global Military History, and Mershon Center affiliate, has been selected as one of five finalists in the History category for the 2026 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award. Eligible historical works include examinations of all eras, geographical regions, peoples, and/or cultural developments through any theoretical lens. Supported by Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin's Arcadia Fund, these prizes recognize and reward the authors and publishers of exceptional, innovative, and open humanities and social science books published from 2019 to 2024.