The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Apply now for a weeklong, intensive summer seminar with a renowned American historian. Choose from 39 seminars taking place at colleges and universities across the United States and in the UK.

Choose a Seminar Abolition and the Underground Railr... Abraham Lincoln and His World Age of Jefferson Age of Lincoln America's Moral Crisis American Civil War: Origins and Con... American Revolution Civil Rights in America Civil Rights Movement Economic and Financial Crises Environment Era of George Washington Founding of Nation to Crisis of Union Freedom and Slavery, 1500-1800 Gilded Age: 1865-1896 Global Cold War Great Depression and WWII Great Plains: America's Crossroads GW and the American Revolution International Impact of the Declara... Jim Crow and American Citizenship John and Abigail Adams Lincoln: Private Man, Public Leade... Middle Passages Nation and Citizen in Civil War Era New Perspectives on American Wars New York in the Gilded Age North American Slavery Progressive Era Reconstruction Sixties in Historical Perspective Slavery in the Age of Revolutions Supreme Court History Teaching Digital History The South in American History U.S-China Relations Women's Rights in the U.S.

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• Learn document-based classroom strategies and share best practices with colleagues.
• Seminars are open to public and independent school teachers, and graduate credit is available.
• You may also apply to our NEH Summer Institute in addition to our other summer seminars.