Institute for Human Studies
If you are like many of today's college students, you are not quite satisfied with standard answers to social and political issues. You like to think for yourself, and you often come up with answers that don't fit neatly into "left" or "right" pigeonholes.
At a summer seminar sponsored by the Institute for Humane Studies, you have a unique opportunity to think about social and political issues outside the usual boundaries. IHS seminars put the spotlight on liberty. They let you open a window on the "classical liberal" or libertarian perspective. It's a perspective that takes individual liberty as the starting point and explores where that leads - for individuals, their communities, governments, economies, the arts, science . . .
At a seminar, you can explore for yourself, with great faculty and other interested
students.
* Are you curious about libertarian ideas?
* Already familiar and want to refine your understanding?
* Want to test your own ideas using this perspective?
Wherever you're coming from, an IHS seminar offers an adventure in ideas. Undergraduates, recent grads, graduate students. For 20 years IHS seminars have attracted bright, thoughtful students who share an interest in learning and exchanging ideas about the scope of individual rights, how markets work, what laws are justified, how to foster peace and prosperity, and more.
* An intensive learning experience
IHS assembles a top-notch faculty of leading classical liberal scholars.
They draw on history, economics, political theory, law, and more. Spending the entire week
with students, they share knowledge, trade ideas with participants, present arguments and
counterarguments, and explore practical implications.
* Discussion and debate
Each day is structured to include many opportunities for discussion. Participants exchange
views in small groups, ponder thought experiments posed by professors, and offer
challenges to the ideas. Informal discussion goes on into the wee hours of the night.
* Career Advice
A career session is tailored to the focus of each seminar. And interaction with faculty
and staff throughout the week gives students an opportunity to gain insights about careers
in the world of ideas, from academia to public policy and journalism to film . Accepted
applicants are awarded seminar places worth approximately $1,000, covering the cost of the
program, room and board on a college campus, and materials and books. This is made
possible through the generous support of the Institute for Humane Studies by contributors
who want to encourage understanding of the principles of a free society. The IHS seminar
series offers something for everyone. Whether you are interested in a broad introduction
to classical liberal ideas or you want to extend your knowledge through intense
discussion, explore the connections between art, music, and liberty, or focus on personal
and political freedom, IHS has a seminar for you.
IHS also offers seminars appropriate for students and recent grads pursuing careers in
journalism or public policy and academia or research.
For further information:
http://www.theIHS.org
http://www.libertyguide.com/ihs/t2/summer.html