Gilder Lehrman Online Graduate Courses

09/11/2018

Have a question about the new Pace-Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program? Our staff is currently taking questions at the link below!

Now accepting applications for Fall 2018 enrollment. Apply here: www.gilderlehrman.org/MAcourses

07/19/2017

Filming with Professor Bruce Schulman at the Henry Street Settlement House for our Fall course "The Era of Theodore Roosevelt"

06/26/2017

Registration for Fall courses begins July 1.
Take a look at the exciting courses we have planned:
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/programs-exhibitions/upcoming-courses

Democracy in the Early Republic, led by Andrew Robertson, Professor of History, City University of New York Graduate Center and Lehman College

06/07/2017

Preparing to interview David Blight about the historiography of Reconstruction for our Historiography & Historical Methods course. The course features great scholars sharing their insights about the practice of history. This course will be offered every other semester, so if you missed it this time, look for it again in Spring 2018

05/02/2017

Due to popular demand, we've added an additional section to this summer's "Historiography and Historical Methods" course.

To learn more and register, click here:

In this course, leading scholars in important subfields of American history will introduce students to the practice of historiography and to a range of historical methods used for producing original works of research. Historiography is the study of how a topic has been portrayed by historians. Histo...

04/17/2017

In this video, "State Histories" Prof. Richard Loosbrock explains how each participant will pursue their own individual path of study in this course.

01/11/2017

Filming our walking tour of Alexander Hamilton's New York with guest professor Dr. Cindy Lobel. This will be just one of many exciting parts of our Spring course, Alexander Hamilton's America

10/14/2016

Kristen McPherson is the first Gilder Lehrman online courses student to defend her thesis at Adams State University. She wrote a terrific thesis and defended it admirably. Here she is with her committee, Megan Elias, Ed Crowther, and Richard Loosbrock.

09/07/2016

Gettysburg was looking lovely this morning, after the first session of our American Civil War course. Thanks to everyone who joined us.

08/29/2016

We've added three new courses to our "Self-Paced Course" series. Check them out at the link below.

08/03/2016

If you registered for a course this Fall, check your email for your syllabus and scholarship application. If you have any questions, contact us at [email protected]

07/22/2016

Course texts for Fall courses will be:

Revolutionary America:
Denver Brunsman and David S. Silverman, eds., The American Revolution Reader (New York: Routledge, 2014)

The American Civil War:
Allen C. Guelzo, Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction
James McPherson, For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War

American Immigration History:
Vincent J. Cannato, American Passage: The History of Ellis Island
Erika Lee and Judy Yung, Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America

All can be purchased new or used.