Andrew Delbanco, the Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University, a distinguished historical writer, a friend of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, and a past Teacher Seminar lead scholar, has released his latest book, The War before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War.

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for Spring 2019 courses is now open for the Master of Arts in American History through online courses for K–12 teachers affiliated with the Gilder Lehrman Institute.

One of the featured writers in the Fall 2018 issue of History Now is Jane Hong, an assistant professor of history at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Her first book, Opening the Gates to Asia: A Transpacific History of How America Repealed Asian Exclusion, will be published in Fall 2019 by the University of North Carolina Press.

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History offers rigorous Teacher Seminars for K–12 educators. Held at colleges and historic sites across the US and abroad, the weeklong workshops include daily programs with leading American historians, visits to local historic sites, and hands-on work with primary sources.

New-York Historical Society and Morgan Library Exhibitions Display Gilder Lehrman Collection Documents  Opening on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 

Laura LaChappelle  Georgia History Teacher of the Year