Gilder Lehrman Summer Seminars
JUNE
The Great Depression,
World War II, and the American West
( for high school teachers only)
Stanford University, June
24-30
David Kennedy and Richard White
The Colonial Era: Structure and Texture
Yale University, June 24-30
John Demos
NEW
|
The Civil War in Global Context
( for community college faculty only)
New York University, June 24-30
Thomas Bender
NEW
|
4-DAY SEMINAR
The Idea That Is America
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Staunton, VA, June 11-15
Anne-Marie Slaughter
NEW
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3-DAY SEMINAR
Creating a Republic: From the
Revolution to the Constitution
( for 4th-8th grade teachers only)
National Constitution Center
Philadelphia, PA, June 21-24
Carol Berkin
JULY
NEW
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The American Civil War:
Origins and Consequences,
Battlefields and Homefront
University of Virginia, July 1-7
Gary Gallagher
Lincoln
Gettysburg College, July 1-7
Gabor S. Boritt
The American Revolution
( for 4th-8th grade teachers only)
New York University, July 1-7
Andrew Robertson
The Age of Lincoln
Oxford University, U.K., July 8-14
Richard Carwardine
Visions of the American Environment
University of Colorado, Boulder, July 8-14
Patricia Limerick
The Great Plains: America's Crossroads
University of Colorado, Boulder, July 8-14
Elliott West
America Between the Wars
Columbia University, July 8-14
Alan Brinkley and Michael Flamm
The Era of George Washington
Brown University, July 8-14
Gordon Wood
New York in the Gilded Age
Columbia University, July 15-21
Kenneth T. Jackson
and Karen Markoe
Passages to Freedom: Abolition and
the Underground Railroad
Yale University, July 15-21
David Blight and James O.
and Lois E. Horton
Freedom and Slavery in the
Atlantic World, 1500 - 1800
Johns Hopkins University, July 15-21
Philip Morgan
North American Slavery in
Comparative Perspective
University of Maryland, July 15-21
Ira Berlin
Reconstruction
Columbia University, July 22-28
Eric Foner
The Worlds of Thomas Jefferson
Monticello and the University of Virginia, July 22-28
Douglas L. Wilson
Interpreting the Constitution
(
for 11th and 12th grade teachers only)
Stanford University, July 22-28
Jack Rakove and Larry D. Kramer
The Cold War
Cambridge University, U.K., July 22-28
Odd Arne Westad
NEW
|
3-DAY SEMINAR
In the Cause of Liberty:
The Legacy of the American Civil War
The American Civil War Center at Historic
Tredegar, Richmond, VA, July 24-27
Edward L. Ayers
The Civil Rights Movement
Cambridge University, UK, July 29-August 5
Anthony Badger
AUGUST
NEW
|
3-DAY SEMINAR
The International Impact
of the Declaration of Independence
University of Virginia and Monticello, August 1-4
David Armitage
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of
American History announces summer
seminars for 2007.
Seminars are tuition-free. Participants
receive a stipend ($400 domestic or
$500 international), books, and room
and board. Educators at every level
and National Park Service rangers are
eligible. Seminars limited to thirty
participants by competitive application.
Preference given to new applicants.
deadline for application:
Applications must be postmarked
or submitted electronically by
February 15, 2007.
application procedure:
Seminars are highly competitive.
Candidates should submit a
complete, well-written application.
For more information, to download
an application, or to apply online, visit
www.gilderlehrman.org
or call us at (646) 366-9666.
Stump Speaking. Hand-colored engraving, 1856 .
The Gilder Lehrman Collection (GLC04075).
