Gilder Lehrman graduate courses led by eminent historians have been running since Summer 2014. Select courses are now available online as Self-Paced Courses with professional development credits. In Conjunction with Pace University 2018-2019 Fall 2018 Women in the American Revolution, Prof. Carol Berkin, Baruch College The American Civil War, Prof. Allen Guelzo, Princeton University World War II, Prof. Michael Neiberg, US Army War College Race and Rights in American History, Prof. Lucas Morel, Washington and Lee University Spring 2019 The American Revolution, Prof. Denver Brunsman, George Washington University The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass, Prof. David Blight, Yale University The Kennedy Era, Prof. Barbara Perry, University of Virginia The Vietnam War, Prof. Fredrik Logevall, Harvard University Summer 2019 American Indian History, Prof. Ned Blackhawk, Yale University Democracy in the Early Republic, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College Social Change in the Civil War Era, Prof. Catherine Clinton, UT San Antonio Slavery and the Americas, Prof. Jim Walvin, University of New York 2019-2020 Fall 2019 Lives of the Enslaved, Prof. Daina Ramey Berry, UT Austin The History of American Protest, Prof. John Stauffer, Harvard University The Civil War Rank and File, Prof. Robert Bonner, Dartmouth College Conflict and Reform: The United States, 1877–1920, Prof. Michael Kazin, Georgetown University Spring 2020 American Immigration History, Prof. Madeline Hsu, UT Austin Women in the American Revolution, Prof. Carol Berkin, Baruch College Origins of the Civil War, Prof. James Oaks, CUNY Graduate Center The American West, Prof. Elliott West, University of Arkansas Historiography, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College Summer 2020 Black Women's History, Prof. Kellie Carter Jackson, Wellesley College The American Revolution, Prof. Denver Brunsman, George Washington University The Kennedy Era, Prof. Barbara Perry, University of Virginia World War I, Prof. Michael Neiberg, US Army War College World War II, Prof. Michael Neiberg, US Army War College Historiography, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College 2020-2021 Fall 2020 American Indian History, Prof. Ned Blackhawk, Yale University The American Enlightenment, Prof. Caroline Winterer, Stanford University The Fight For Women's Rights: 1820 to 1920, Prof. Catherine Clinton, UT San Antonio The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., Prof. Peniel Joseph, UT Austin Historiography, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College Spring 2021 Lives of the Enslaved, Prof. Daina Ramey Berry, UT Austin Democracy in the Early Republic, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College The Presidents vs. the Press, Harold Holzer, Hunter College The Vietnam War, Prof. Fredrik Logevall, Harvard University Historiography, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College Summer 2021 Legacies of the Age of Revolutions, Prof. Nora Slonimsky, Iona College The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass, Prof. David Blight, Yale University Black Women’s History, Prof. Kellie Carter Jackson, Wellesley College The History of American Protest, Prof. John Stauffer, Harvard University Conflict and Reform: The United States, 1877–1920, Prof. Michael Kazin, Georgetown University The Great Depression and New Deal, Prof. Eric Rauchway, University of California, Davis Historiography and Historical Methods, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College 2021-2022 Fall 2021 American Immigration History, Prof. Madeline Hsu, University of Texas at Austin The American Civil War, Prof. Allen Guelzo, Princeton University Capitalism in American History, Prof. David Sicilia, University of Maryland The 1960s in Historical Perspective, Prof. Michael Flamm, Ohio Wesleyan University, and Prof. Michael Kazin, Georgetown University Spring 2022 American Colonies: A Continental History, Prof. Alan Taylor, University of Virginia The History of Childhood in America, Prof. Steven Mintz, University of Texas at Austin Social Change in the Civil War Era, Prof. Catherine Clinton, University of Texas at San Antonio Chinese in the United States, Prof. Madeline Hsu, University of Texas at Austin Making Modern America: Business and Politics in the 20th Century, Prof. Margaret O’Mara, University of Washington Summer 2022 The Lives of the Enslaved, Prof. Daina Ramey Berry, University of Texas at Austin The American Revolution, Prof. Denver Brunsman, George Washington University The American West, Prof. Elliott West, University of Arkansas World War I, Prof. Michael Neiberg, US Army War College World War II, Prof. Michael Neiberg, US Army War College In Conjunction with Adams State University 2014-2015 Fall 2014 How Writers Helped End Slavery, Prof. James Basker, Barnard College The American Civil War, Prof. Allen Guelzo, Gettysburg College Spring 2015 The South in American History, Prof. Ed Ayers, University of Richmond The Global Cold War, Prof. Jeremy Suri, University of Texas at Austin Summer 2015 Emancipation, Prof. Jim Oakes, CUNY Graduate Center The Kennedy Presidency, Prof. Barbara Perry, University of Virginia 2015-2016 Fall 2015 Colonial North America, Prof. John Fea, Messiah College The Age of Jefferson, Prof. Peter Onuf, University of Virginia The World at War, Prof. Michael Neiberg, US Army War College Spring 2016 African American History since Emancipation, Prof. Peniel Joseph, University of Texas at Austin Women & Gender in 19th-Century America, Prof. Stephanie McCurry, Columbia University The Supreme Court and the Constitution in the 20th Century, Prof. Melvin Urofsky, Virginia Commonwealth University Summer 2016 Black Writers in American History, Prof. John Stauffer, Harvard University Understanding Lincoln, Prof. Matthew Pinsker, Dickenson College 2016-2017 Fall 2016 Immigration, Prof. Vincent Cannato, UMASS Boston Civil War, Prof. Allen Guelzo, Gettysburg College American Revolution, Prof. Denver Brunsman, George Washington University Spring 2017 Amazing Grace, Prof. James Basker, Barnard College Women and Politics in the 20th Century, Prof. Linda Gordon, University of New York American Indian History, Prof. Colin Calloway, Dartmouth College Hamilton’s America, Prof. Carol Berkin, Baruch College Summer 2017 State History, Prof. Rich Loosbrock, Adams State University World War I, Prof. Michael Neiberg, US Army War College Lincoln and Leadership, Prof. Michael Burlingame, University of Illinois Historiography, Profs. Karl Jacoby, Carol Berkin, David Blight, Nancy Wolloch, Martha Hodes, and Denver Brunsman 2017-2018 Fall 2017 US Presidents, Profs. Julian Zelizer and Meg Jacobs, Princeton University Democracy in the Early Republic, Prof. Andrew Robertson, Lehman College Famous Trials, Prof. Jack Ford, Yale University The Era of Theodore Roosevelt, Prof. Bruce Schulman, Boston University Frequently Asked Questions Courses: Fall 2022 Courses: Spring 2023 Past Courses James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation Fall 2022 MA Program Newsletter To Apply For Current Students Open House