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SUMMARY:The Civil War through American Art\, July 21-26 (C
 ommuter Seminar)
DESCRIPTION:\n 	Directors\n \n 	Harold Holzer\, Senior Vice Pr
 esident of External Affairs\, The Metropolitan Mus
 eum of Art\n \n 	Matthew Pinsker\, Associate Profe
 ssor of History\, Pohanka Chair in American Civil 
 War History\, Dickinson College\n \n 	Overview\n \
 n 	Historians Harold Holzer (Metropolitan Museum o
 f Art) and Matthew Pinsker (Dickinson College) wil
 l explore selected issues from the Civil War era t
 hrough the lens of American art. Topics will inclu
 de slavery\, emancipation and race\, the human cos
 ts of war\, Abraham Lincoln and wartime politics\,
  and recurring battles over the war&rsquo\;s legac
 y.&nbsp\; Visual media will include nineteenth-cen
 tury painting\, photography\, popular prints (incl
 uding caricature)\, post-war sculpture\, and moder
 n film.&nbsp\; Participants will benefit from dail
 y exposure to the immense resources of The Metropo
 litan Museum of Art and from the expertise of the 
 museum&rsquo\;s curators and educational staff.&nb
 sp\; The week will feature special engagement with
  the museum&rsquo\;s American Wing as well as two 
 notable special exhibitions:&nbsp\; &ldquo\;The Ci
 vil War and American Art&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Photo
 graphy and the American Civil War.&rdquo\;\n \n 	&
 nbsp\;\n \n 	\n 		Readings\n 	\n 		Readings are se
 nt by the Institute to seminar participants. Readi
 ngs may include:\n 	Harold Holzer\, Emancipating L
 Incoln: The Proclamation in Text\, Context\, and M
 emory (Harvard\, 2012)&nbsp\;&nbsp\;\n 	\n 		Louis
  Masur\, The Civil War:&nbsp\; A Concise History (
 Oxford\, 2011)&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;\n \n \n 	\n 
 		\n 			Graduate Credit\n 		\n 			The Gilder Lehrm
 an Institute of American History is proud to annou
 nce its agreement with&nbsp\;Adams State Universit
 y&nbsp\;to offer three hours of graduate credit in
  American history to participating seminar teacher
 s. For more information\, please&nbsp\;click here.
 \n 	\n 	\n 		\n 			Questions?\n 		\n 			Email the&
 nbsp\;Teacher Seminars department&nbsp\;or call 64
 6-366-9666.\n 	\n 
CATEGORIES:GL Summer Seminars
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
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LOCATION:The Metropolitan Museum of Art\n New York\, NY\n U
 nited States\n 
URL:http://www.gilderlehrman.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=438
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