Press Releases

2021

Ten Winners of American History in 100 Documents: An Innovative Curriculum Contest Announced

2021 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipient Announced

The John Winthrop Fellowship with a Focus on Colonial History

Announcing the 2021 Lincoln Prize Finalists

2020

Yale and the Gilder Lehrman Institute Announce 2020 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner

John C. McManus Wins the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize

Rick Atkinson Receives the 2020 George Washington Prize for The British Are Coming

Digital Version of Celebrated Hamilton Education Program to be Offered Free to Schools Nationwide

“Eduham en Casa” Versión en Español del Programa Educacional de Hamilton, Ahora Disponible para Estudiantes y Sus Familias

Announcing Gilder Lehrman Book Breaks: Live Discussions with Eminent Historians on Sunday Afternoons

EduHam At Home: A Digital Version of the Hamilton Education Program Now Available to Students and Their Families Nationwide

2020 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipient Announced

Announcing the 2020 Lincoln Prize Finalists

2019

Yale and the Gilder Lehrman Institute Announce 2019 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner

Andrew Lambert Wins the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History

Author Colin Calloway Wins 2019 George Washington Prize

Washington DC High School Social Studies Teacher Named 2019 National History Teacher of the Year

Digital Version of Celebrated Hamilton Education Program to Be Offered Free to Schools Nationwide

David Blight Awarded the 2019 Lincoln Prize for Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

2018

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Receives Grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation

Rutgers, Harvard Professors Share 20th Annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize 

Cathal Nolan Wins Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History

Announcing the 2018 History Teacher of the Year: Joseph Welch

New Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History

The George Washington Prize