The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and CIC will cosponsor the sixth annual seminar for history faculty members. The seminar on “The Civil War in Global Context” will be led by Thomas Bender, professor of history and director of the International Center for Advanced Studies at New York University, and will be held at New York University on June 24-30, 2007. Twelve CIC faculty members were selected from nearly 40 nominations. For those selected to participate, there is no expense for room, board, books, or the seminar program itself.

This seminar is designed to provide an opportunity for faculty members in history and related fields to strengthen their teaching and to recharge their intellectual batteries. While in New York, participants will have the opportunity to view documents pertaining to the Civil War and Reconstruction at the New-York Historical Society. Scheduled guest lecturers include historians Alice Fahs of the University of California, Irvine; Martha Hodes and Barbara Krauthamer of New York University; Mark Elliott of Wagner College (NY); and David Quigley of Boston College (MA).