Press Releases
2017
November 6, 2017: UConn Professor Wins the 19th Annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize
October 3, 2017: Ohio Teacher Sara Ziemnik Named 2017 National History Teacher of the Year
September 12, 2017: Gilder Lehrman’s Revisiting the Founding Era to be Funded by NEH Grant
August 1, 2017: Yale Announces the 2017 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalists
May 8, 2017: Gilder Lehrman Annual Gala Honors Champions of History John Nau, III, and Jeffrey Seller
April 26, 2017: 5000 Students to Attend Hamilton’s Celebrated Education Program in New York, Chicago and San Francisco, Supported by Google.org
April 26, 2017: Author Nathaniel Philbrick Wins 2017 George Washington Prize
February 20, 2017: Hamilton’s Celebrated Education Program Debuts February 22 in Chicago
February 16, 2017: Seven Books Named as Finalists for the 2017 George Washington Prize
February 12, 2017: 2017 Lincoln Prize Winners Announced
February 1, 2017: Teaching Literacy through History Workshop in Kansas
2016
December 1, 2016: Lamar University Professor Jeff Forret Wins the Eighteenth Annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize
September 15, 2016: Kevin Cline Named 2016 National History Teacher of the Year
August 24, 2016: 2016 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalists Announced
June 23, 2016: The Rockefeller Foundation Announces $6 Million in Additional Funding for 100,000 Inner City Students Nationwide to See HAMILTON
May 26, 2016: Biographer Flora Fraser Wins the 2016 George Washington Prize
May 18, 2016: Gilder Lehrman Collection Adds Archive Chronicling Lives of Tuskegee Airmen
April 13, 2016: Musical’s Cast and The Rockefeller Foundation Welcome 1300 Students to First-Ever Exclusive Student Matinee of HAMILTON on Broadway
February 16, 2016: Martha Hodes, Mourning Lincoln, Named 2016 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Winner
February 12, 2016: Seven Finalists for 2016 George Washington Prize Announced
February 1, 2016: Gilder Lehrman Resources Online with the Google Cultural Institute
2015
November 9, 2015: NYU Professor Wins the Seventeenth Annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize
October 27, 2015: HAMILTON: The Musical and The Rockefeller Foundation Announce Partnership
October 19, 2015: Gilder Lehrman Institute Honors Mary Huffman as 12th National History Teacher of the Year
October 1, 2015: Gilder Lehrman Collection Ready for Student Workshops
September 22, 2015: Lin-Manuel Miranda to Receive George Washington Book Prize Special Achievement Award
August 28, 2015: Study American History at Your Own Time and Pace with Gilder Lehrman’s Self-Paced Courses
August 18, 2015: South Carolina’s Mary Huffman Named 2015 National History Teacher of the Year
July 31, 2015: 2015 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalists Announced
July 27, 2015: Gilder Lehrman Seminar Visits Brooklyn Heights Historic Sites
July 9, 2015: Gilder Lehrman Awards Online Course Scholarships to Outstanding Teachers
May 14, 2015: Gilder Lehrman Honors Champions of History at 2015 Gala
February 20, 2015: Four Finalists Named for George Washington Book Prize
February 11, 2015: Harold Holzer Wins 2015 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
2014
October 30, 2014: 2014 National History Teacher of the Year Announced
September 3, 2014: Announcing the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s New AP US History Study Guide
July 24, 2014: Earn Your M.A. in American History through Gilder Lehrman’s Online Courses
April 24, 2014: “Understanding Lincoln,” a Live Online Graduate Course Exploring the Life of Abraham Lincoln, Is Now Open for Registration
February 19, 2014: Gilder Lehrman Online Graduate Course Creates New Digital History Archive
Feburary 17, 2014: Finalists for the 2014 George Washington Book Prize Announced (co-sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute, Washington College, and George Washington’s Mount Vernon)
February 12, 2014: 2014 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recognizes Guelzo, Johnson, and Spielberg
February 10, 2014: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Launches New Classroom Resource
2013
November 19, 2013: “Understanding Lincoln” Course Closes with Gettysburg Address Exhibit at Google Cultural Institute
October 29, 2013: Delware Educator Jill Szymanski Honored at the 10th Annual National History Teacher of the Year Award Ceremony
October 7, 2013: Duke University Professor Wins the 15th Annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize
September 18, 2013: Delaware Teacher Named 2013 National History Teacher of the Year
September 17, 2013: Digitization of Major American History Collection Announced
July 17, 2013: Finalists Announced for the 2013 Frederick Douglass Book Prize
July 15, 2013: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Welcomes Two New Trustees to the Board
June 17, 2013: The Gilder Lehrman Institute and Dickinson College Unveil New Model for Online Education with “Understanding Lincoln”
June 10, 2013: Winners Announced for the 2013 Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Awards
2012
August 31, 2012: 200 Libraries Nationwide Awarded Grants for Civil War Sesquicentennial Public Programming
July 25, 2012: Finalists Announced for the 2012 Frederick Douglass Book Prize
June 27, 2012: Gilder Lehrman Awards Ten Scholarly Fellowships to Historians
May 29, 2012: Winners Announced for the 2012 Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Award
May 23, 2012: Grant Opportunity for 200 Libraries Nationwide
April 25, 2012: The Gilder Lehrman Institute Announces Its Premier Online Course: “Civil War and Reconstruction Online”
April 12, 2012: The Gilder Lehrman Home for History website launches
April 11, 2012: 2012 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize awarded to historians William C. Harris and Elizabeth D. Leonard
April 11, 2012: 2012 Civil War Essay Contest winners announced
April 9, 2012: Perspectives on America’s Wars: Special Double Issue of History Now is Available
February 22, 2012: Finalists for $50,000 George Washington Book Prize announced
February 10, 2012: 2012 Lincoln Prize awarded to books that explore Lincoln’s relationship with border states, Joseph Holt
January 25, 2012: American Reform Movements: Winter issue of History Now is available
2011
November 2, 2011: Saturday Academies receives 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award
November 2, 2011: Two New York City youth organizations receive 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award
October 18, 2011: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to honor Virginia teacher Stacy Hoeflich, named 2011 National History Teacher of the Year
October 17, 2011: University of Pennsylvania professor wins $25,000 Frederick Douglass Book Prize
September 30, 2011: Religion in the Colonial World: Fall issue of History Now is available
September 30, 2011: Five finalists announced for the 2011 National History Teacher of the Year
August 15, 2011: Finalists announced for the 2011 Frederick Douglass Book Prize
July 18, 2011: Gilder Lehrman awards ten scholarly fellowships to historians
June 30, 2011: American Indians: Summer issue of History Now available
June 6, 2011: The Gilder Lehrman Saturday Academies program recognized as 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award finalist
June 3, 2011: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History announces 2011 State History Teachers of the Year
May 24, 2011: George Washington Book Prize goes to Pauline Maier’s Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787–1788
May 23, 2011: Dr. Clarence Taylor, Gilder Lehrman lecturer on the Civil Rights Movement, speaks at Wheatley
May 20, 2011: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History announces winners of 2011 Civil War Essay Contest
May 9, 2011: The Gilder Lehrman Institute announces the 2011 History Scholars
May 4, 2011: Visit the new online exhibition Freedom Riders marking the 50th anniversary of the Rides
March 22, 2011: The Cold War: Spring issue of History Now is available
February 25, 2011: 2011 Finalists announced for $50,000 George Washington Book Prize
February 11, 2011: Book that explores Lincoln’s views on slavery wins 2011 Lincoln Prize