Summer Seminars for Teachers
Seminar Offerings
The Gilder Lehrman Summer Seminars are designed to support and enhance participants' commitment to high-quality history teaching. Public, parochial, and independent school teachers as well as National Park Service rangers are eligible. These week-long seminars, offered at colleges and universities nationwide and in the United Kingdom, provide intellectual stimulation and a collaborative context for developing practical resources and strategies to take back to the classroom.
Participants will have the opportunity to receive three hours of
graduate credit in American history. They will also receive books,
room and board, and a stipend to offset travel costs to the host institution.
Questions? E-mail seminars@gilderlehrman.org
or call 646-366-9666.
Print the seminar list by topic.
Early America (Beginnings to 1750)
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Everyday Life in Early America
- Location: Yale University
- John Demos
- July 22-28, 2012
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Revolution and the New Nation
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New Perspectives on America's Early Wars
- Location: University of Colorado, Boulder
- Fred Anderson
- Andrew Cayton
- June 24-30, 2012
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Native American History
- Location: Dartmouth College
- Colin G. Calloway
- July 8-14, 2012
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The American Revolution
- Location: University of California, Los Angeles
- Gary B. Nash
- July 8-14, 2012
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John and Abigail Adams
- Location: Amherst College
- Joseph Ellis
- July 22-28, 2012
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The Age of Jefferson
- Location: University of Virginia and Monticello
- Frank Cogliano
- Peter S. Onuf
- June 24-30, 2012
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The Era of George Washington
- Location: George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens
- Gordon S. Wood
- July 8-14, 2012
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North American Slavery in Comparative Perspective
- Location: University of Maryland
- Ira Berlin
- July 15-21, 2012
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The Founding Era (K-8 Teachers Only)
- Location: James Madison's Montpelier
- Andrew W. Robertson
- July 29-August 4, 2012
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Civil War and Reconstruction
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The American Civil War: Origins and Consequences
- Location: University of Virginia
- Gary W. Gallagher
- June 24-30, 2012
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The South in American History
- Location: University of Richmond
- Edward L. Ayers
- June 26-July 3, 2012
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The American Civil War through Material Culture (K-8 Teachers Only)
- Location: Gettysburg College
- Peter S. Carmichael
- July 8-14, 2012
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Literature, History, and Culture of the Civil War Era
- Location: Columbia University
- Andrew Delbanco
- July 15-21, 2012
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Jim Crow and the Fight for American Citizenship
- Location: Yale University
- Jonathan Scott Holloway
- June 24-30, 2012
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The World of Abraham Lincoln
- Location: Gettysburg College
- Allen C. Guelzo
- July 1-7, 2012
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Lincoln and Emancipation
- Location: Columbia University
- Matthew Pinsker
- James Oakes
- July 15-21, 2012
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Gender, Race, and Nation in Civil War America
- Location: University of Pennsylvania
- Stephanie McCurry
- July 22-28, 2012
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The Emergence of Modern America
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Race and Ethnicity in the Modern South
- Location: University of Mississippi
- Ted Ownby
- June 17-23, 2012
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The Gilded Age and Its Modern Parallels
- Location: Stanford University
- Richard White
- July 15-21, 2012
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The American Environment in Historical Perspective
- Location: University of Colorado, Boulder
- Patricia Nelson Limerick
- July 22-28, 2012
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The Great Depression and World War II
- Location: Stanford University
- David M. Kennedy
- June 24-30, 2012
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American Indians and the American Southwest
- Location: Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
- Elliott West
- July 15-21, 2012
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Economic and Financial Crises in American History
- Location: New York University
- Richard Sylla
- July 29-August 4, 2012
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America 1945 - Present
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The Sixties in Historical Perspective
- Location: Georgetown University
- Michael Kazin
- Michael W. Flamm
- June 24-30, 2012
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9/11 and American Memory
- National September 11 Memorial & Museum
- David W. Blight
- July 8-14, 2012
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The Civil Rights Movement
- Location: Clare College, Cambridge University, UK
- Anthony J. Badger
- July 15-21, 2012
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Presidential Politics, Civil Rights, and the Road to Brown
- Location: University of Kansas
- Shawn Leigh Alexander
- July 22-July 28, 2012
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Ronald Reagan and the Global Cold War
- Location: University of California, Santa Barbara
- Odd Arne Westad
- July 1-7, 2012
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New Orleans Jazz and the American Public Sphere
- Location: Tulane University
- Matt Sakakeeny
- July 8-14, 2012
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Constitution 3.0: Freedom and Technological Change
- Location: George Washington University
- Jeffrey Rosen
- July 15-21, 2012
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The Role of the Supreme Court in American History
- Location: Stanford University
- Larry D. Kramer
- July 22-28, 2012
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Across the Eras
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American Women from the Colonial Era to the Modern Era
- Location: Columbia University
- Carol Berkin
- June 24-30, 2012
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Rhetoric and American Democracy
- Location: Harvard University
- James Engell
- July 22-28, 2012
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History of American Foreign Policy since 1898
- Location: University of Texas at Austin
- Jeremi Suri
- July 29-August 4, 2012
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Immigration and American Life
- Location: University of California, Irvine
- Vicki Ruiz
- Ana E. Rosas
- July 15-21, 2012
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Teaching American History with Images
- Location: Chapman University
- Jennifer Keene
- July 29-August 4, 2012
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Using Primary Documents in the Digital Age
A Commuter Seminar - Location: New-York Historical Society
- Steven Mintz
- Sandra Trenholm
- July 29-August 4, 2012
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NEH Summer Institute for School Teachers: Empire City: New York from 1877-2001
- Location: University of New York and Columbia University
- Kenneth T. Jackson and Karen Markoe
- June 24-30 or July 8-14, 2012
- Separate Application Required
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