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SUMMARY:Remaking America: The Social and Political History
  of the Civil War Era\, July 21–27
DESCRIPTION:\n 	Director\n \n 	\n 		Stephanie McCurry\,&nbsp\;
 Professor of History\,&nbsp\;University of Pennsyl
 vania\n 	\n 		Overview\n 	\n 		This seminar focuse
 s on the era of the American Civil War and especia
 lly on the revolutionary transformation of social 
 and political life in that critical period of US h
 istory. Using an array of historical documents as 
 well as lectures\, discussions\, and visits to his
 torical sites\, seminar members will analyze the w
 ay a war of unprecedented scope drove a process of
  state building and slave emancipation that reconf
 igured the nation and remade the terms of politica
 l membership in it. Starting with the Supreme Cour
 t&rsquo\;s decision in the&nbsp\;Dred Scott&nbsp\;
 case in 1857 and ending with the constitutional am
 endments of the postwar period\, we take up the ke
 y events and developments in the Union and the Con
 federacy\, including secession\, the destruction o
 f slavery (on plantations and in the law)\, Africa
 n American enlistment\, and popular politics in th
 e North and South. By focusing throughout on the r
 acial and gender terms of citizenship\, the semina
 r makes clear what changed&mdash\;and what did not
 &mdash\;in American political life\, while conveyi
 ng a sense of the epic drama by which the United S
 tates was remade in the vortex of war.\n 	\n 		\n 
 			Readings\n 		\n 			Readings are sent by the Ins
 titute to seminar participants. Readings may inclu
 de:\n 		\n 			McCurry\, Stephanie.&nbsp\;Confedera
 te Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War 
 South.&nbsp\;Cambridge: Harvard University Press\,
  2010.\n 		\n 			Course Reader\n 	\n 	\n 		\n 			T
 ravel &amp\; Accommodations\n 		\n 			There are se
 veral options for traveling to and from the Univer
 sity of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. For more inf
 ormation visit the&nbsp\;University of Pennsylvani
 a&nbsp\;website.\n 		\n 			The Philadelphia Intern
 ational Airport is located approximately twenty mi
 nutes from the University of Pennsylvania. There a
 re several&nbsp\;options for transportation&nbsp\;
 from the airport to the university.\n 		\n 			Work
 shop participants will be housed at an on-campus d
 ormitory. Participants will have single bedrooms\,
  but share bathrooms and common space. Dormitories
  are air-conditioned. Wireless Internet service is
  provided. Several computer clusters and lounges a
 re available in the complex. Some participants cho
 ose to bring laptops. Participants will be provide
 d with a temporary wireless access codes.\n 		\n 	
 		The university provides pillows\, blankets\, she
 ets\, and towels only. Please note that participan
 ts should plan to bring alarm clocks\, hangers\, i
 rons\, hair dryers\, and shower shoes.\n 	\n 	\n 	
 	\n 			Meals\n 		\n 			Meals will be served in a u
 niversity cafeteria in space shared by other progr
 ams. All on-campus meals will be paid for by the G
 ilder Lehrman Institute of American History.\n 	\n
  	\n 		\n 			Travel Reimbursement\n 		\n 			Each s
 ummer seminar participant will receive reimburseme
 nt of travel expenses up to $400.&nbsp\;Participan
 ts are responsible for making their own travel arr
 angements to and from the seminar.\n 		\n 			Parti
 cipants traveling internationally or from Alaska a
 nd Hawaii receive a $500 stipend in lieu of reimbu
 rsement upon completion of the seminar.&nbsp\;Appl
 icants to seminars should note that supplements wi
 ll not be given in cases where the $400 allowance 
 is insufficient to cover all travel expenses.&nbsp
 \;Our reimbursement policy has changed from previo
 us years.&nbsp\;For more information on our policy
 &nbsp\;click here.\n 	\n 	\n 		\n 			Graduate Cred
 it\n 		\n 			The Gilder Lehrman Institute of Ameri
 can History is proud to announce its agreement wit
 h&nbsp\;Adams State University&nbsp\;to offer thre
 e hours of graduate credit in American history to 
 participating seminar teachers. For more informati
 on click here.\n 	\n 	\n 		\n 			Questions?\n 		\n
  			Email the&nbsp\;Teacher Seminars department&nb
 sp\;or call 646-366-9666.\n 	\n 
CATEGORIES:GL Summer Seminars
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130721T170000
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130721T170000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130727T090000
LOCATION:University of Pennsylvania\n Philadelphia\, PA\n U
 nited States\n 
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