Participants across all our summer 2023 professional development programs—twelve Teacher Seminars, the Gilder Lehrman Teacher Symposium, The Making of America, and three in-person seminars and associated online programming—have exclusive complimentary access to our Special Topics in History series online this summer. These six two-hour sessions will feature deep dives into topics, eras, and special themes, led by staff and faculty at six outstanding historical institutions.
Summer 2023 PD participants will be sent a special link to register for any or all of these sessions:
- Hidden Stories from Reconstruction in Louisiana, with the Historic New Orleans Collection (June 28, 4:30 p.m. ET)
- The Casablanca Conference of 1943: Roosevelt, Churchill, and World War II, with the Hingham Historical Society (July 11, 3:00 p.m. ET)
- America and the Holocaust, with Echoes & Reflections (July 20, 1:00 p.m. ET)
- “Justice is Absolute”: Activism in American Jewish Communities in the 1950s and ’60s, with the American Jewish Historical Society (July 24, 1:00 p.m. ET)
- Camelot at 60: Exploring the Kennedy Presidency in the 21st Century, with the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (July 27, 1:00 p.m. ET)
- The March on Washington at 60: Revisiting an Iconic Protest, with the National Civil Rights Museum (August 1, 11:00 a.m. ET)
To get a taste of what the Special Topics in History sessions have to offer, here is a recording of last summer’s session on Confronting the Master Narrative, led by the team at the National Civil Rights Museum, who are returning to host a Special Topics in History session this summer.
The Special Topics in History series is made possible with the support of our partners:
