About page ANNOUNCING THE 10 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS FOR THE 2022 HAM4PROGRESS AWARD FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT NEW YORK, NY (October 12, 2022) -- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Hamilton today announced the winners of the second annual Ham4Progress Award for Educational Advancement, a cash award supporting college-bound...
News Celebrate the Fourth of July with Gilder Lehrman Resources and Book Breaks Fourth of July Resources The Gilder Lehrman Institute invites everyone—students, teachers, and history enthusiasts—to visit our new Fourth of July resource page and explore materials related to American independence. Expect to find:...
News Join Ken Burns on BOOK BREAKS this Sunday Sunday March 26 – Ken Burns on Our America: A Photographic History Book Breaks is a weekly interview series with historians held every Sunday at 2 pm ET (11 am PT) on Zoom. Our hosts interview renowned scholars and discuss their...
Program/Event College Fellowships in American History | Current Fellows Alexandre Bojko University of South Florida “Jacksonian Charisma and Whig Non-Conformity: An Analysis of the Political Rhetoric of Democrats and Whigs in the Election of 1840” Natalie Brown Yale University “African American Music as a...
About page 2023 George Washington Prize Awarded to Maurizio Valsania New York, NY, September 29, 2023 — Maurizio Valsania has been awarded the 2023 George Washington Prize for his book First Among Men: George Washington and the Myth of American Masculinity (Johns Hopkins University Press). One of the...
News Celebrate Independence Day with the Gilder Lehrman Institute THE GILDER LEHRMAN INDEPENDENCE DAY GIFT SHOP Get into the spirit of the 4th of July with the Gilder Lehrman Gift Shop, now offering images from the Gilder Lehrman Collection on coffee mugs, tote bags, t-shirts, and posters! Click...
News Book Breaks in March: Ken Burns and More Journey through America Since 2020, Book Breaks has featured renowned historians and authors discussing their new or otherwise cornerstone publications live with Book Breaks hosts and participating in Q&A sessions with home audiences. March 5 – Samantha...
News NEH Awards Gilder Lehrman Institute a Summer Institutes for Educators Grant The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History a Summer Institutes for K–12 Educators Grant for an innovative two-week residential program on American history from the late...