The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History announces twenty-one weeklong seminars in summer 2006 for high school and middle school teachers. A complete list of topics, dates, locations, and application forms is available online at http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/seminars1.html

Please forward this announcement to interested colleagues. Seminars are tuition-free, and participants receive a $500 stipend, books, and room and board. Seminars on major topics in American history, led by eminent historians, include:

The Great Depression, World War II, and the American West, at Stanford University, led by David Kennedy and Richard White

North American Slavery in Comparative Perspective, at the University of Maryland, led by Ira Berlin

America Between the Wars, at Columbia University, led by Alan Brinkley and Michael Flamm

The Era of George Washington, at Brown University, led by Gordon Wood

The Age of Lincoln, at Oxford University, U.K., led by Richard Carwardine

The Civil Rights Movement, at Cambridge University, UK, led by Anthony Badger

Applications must be submitted by February 1, 2006. Limited to thirty participants per seminar by competitive application. Preference given to new applicants. E-mail seminars@gilderlehrman.org or call 646-366-9666 with any questions.