Stanford Summer Humanities Institute
Three-week residential program where rising juniors and seniors study college-level humanities topics with Stanford faculty.
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Hoover Institution History Skills Academy
Two-week intensive summer program at Stanford's Hoover Institution that trains high school students in historical research methods.
University of the Pacific Pre-College
Pacific's two-week Summer High School Institute in Stockton includes humanities and social-science tracks.
Young Civil War Historians Conference (Gettysburg College)
A weeklong residential conference held alongside Gettysburg College's Civil War Institute summer conference, in which rising high school juniors and seniors analyze original documents, photographs, and battlefield landscapes with leading Civil War historians and walk sites like Pickett's Charge.
National History Academy
A four-week residential summer program at Foxcroft School near Washington, DC where rising 10th-12th graders study American history, government, and law through site visits, discussions with scholars, and a culminating project.
National History Day – National Contest
National finals for NHD, held June 14–18, 2026 at the University of Maryland, College Park, where 3,000+ students present projects and compete for medals, scholarships, and special prizes.
St. John's College Great Books Summer Academy
A week-long, discussion-based pre-college program on St. John's College's Annapolis or Santa Fe campuses where high school juniors and seniors read and debate classic texts from the Western canon in small seminar-style classes.