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Summer seminars
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Raymie Stata)
Thu Feb 9 12:19:49 1995
To: objectivism@MIT.EDU, libertarians@MIT.EDU
From: Raymie Stata <raymie@larch.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 95 12:08:39 EST
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Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 15:39:42 -0500
From: Lori Lovejoy <llovejoy@gmu.edu>
To: AYN-RAND@IUBVM.UCS.indiana.edu
Subject: Liberty Seminars for College Students
"If you love liberty you must apply."
-- seminar participant Sherry Ingram, Yale University
The Institute for Humane Studies is pleased to announce our 1995 Summer
Seminar series. This summer, we are offering seven (7) FREE seminars
throughout the summer, at college campuses near Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Through intensive discussions and
lectures, students at IHS summer seminars explore LIBERTY from many angles
- -- history, philosophy, economics, law, literature, and more!
GENERAL Seminars on LIBERTY
**Liberty & Society -- Introductory**
For students interested in a broad introduction to classical liberal ideas.
**Liberty & Society -- Intermediate**
For students who want to extend their knowledge of classical liberal ideas.
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Seminars on LIBERTY with a special CAREER FOCUS
**Liberty & Society -- Academic**
For graduate students, graduating seniors, and recent graduates interested
in ACADEMIC careers.
**Liberty & Current Issues**
For students and recent graduates interested in JOURNALISM or PUBLIC POLICY.
**Liberty in Film & Fiction**
For students and recent graduates of LITERARY STUDIES, CINEMA, FICTION
WRITING, and related fields.
Detailed program information on each of the seminars appears at the end of
this message.
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INTERESTED?
**FOR AN APPLICATION**
EMAIL IHS@GMU.EDU
CALL 1-800-697-8799
WRITE INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE STUDIES
Summer Seminars
4084 University Drive, Suite 101
Fairfax, VA 22030-6812
GOPHER GOPHER@GMU.EDU
directory:
University.../Centers and Institutes/Education/Institute for Humane Studies
Application DEADLINE: April 14, 1995
Requests should include a complete mailing address, telephone number, and
current college or university.
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Detailed program information for each of the seminars appears below --
LIBERTY & SOCIETY
Spend a week exploring the many dimensions of liberty and its relevance to
the world around us, in the company of other interested students and
distinguished faculty, with plenty of opportunities to discuss and debate
- -- all for FREE.
WHO ATTENDS LIBERTY & SOCIETY?
Undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in learning and
exchanging ideas about the "classical liberal" tradition of individual
rights, a free-market economy, tolerance, peace, and voluntary cooperation.
Seminars accommodate 40-50 participants, who come from colleges and
universities all across the United States and from around the world,
bringing different backgrounds and perspectives to the seminars.
WHAT DOES LIBERTY & SOCIETY OFFER?
Lectures at each seminar range across history, economics, jurisprudence,
and political theory, providing an interdisciplinary focus that adds to
everyone's knowledge and understanding of freedom, in theory and in
practice.
Discussion groups follow each lecture, giving participants an opportunity
to draw out implications and pose challenging questions. Evening discussion
groups, led by faculty members, explore unresolved issues in a
no-holds-barred setting.
Career advice is available throughout the week, gained from daily informal
interaction with faculty and from a career session scheduled at each
seminar.
WHICH LIBERTY & SOCIETY SEMINAR SHOULD I CHOOSE?
Undergraduate and graduate students may apply either to an Introductory or
to an Intermediate seminar.
Graduate students, graduating seniors, or recent graduates who intend
academic careers in the humanities, social sciences, or law are encouraged
to apply to an Academic seminar.
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LIBERTY & CURRENT ISSUES
A FREE one-week seminar for aspiring journalists and policy analysts who
want to explore the principles of individual liberty and their application
to today's issues.
WHO ATTENDS LIBERTY & CURRENT ISSUES ?
* College juniors and seniors
* Graduate students
* Recent college graduates who are intrigued by liberty and interested in
careers in journalism or public policy.
WHAT DOES LIBERTY & CURRENT ISSUES OFFER ?
A week full of lectures and discussions focusing on why markets work better
than command economies and how far we should take the principles of liberty
andprivate property.
A forum for discussing these questions and their implications for health
policy, environmental problems, government regulation, freedom of speech,
and more.
A chance to learn from professors, writers, and researchers who can
illuminate the "classical liberal" paradigm of a free-market economy, a
rights-based legal system, tolerance, peace and voluntary cooperation.
Plus: career tips from the likes of Wall Street Journal editors, Cato
Institute policy analysts, and other practitioners in the world of
journalism and policy.
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LIBERTY IN FILM & FICTION
A unique seminar featuring the ideas of individual liberty, rights, the
free economy, and tolerance. Starring students of literature, film, drama,
and fiction writing.
WHO ATTENDS LIBERTY IN FILM & FICTION?
Undergraduates, graduate students, and recent college graduates who are:
* English and literature students
* Film and drama students
* Considering careers in these fields
WHAT DOES LIBERTY IN FILM & FICTION OFFER?
Participants read novels and short stories, watch selected films, study
excerpts from philosophy and history, hear interdisciplinary lectures --
and spend a stimulating week in a small-group seminar setting discussing
such questions as:
Why is liberty good for people? And how much freedom for the individual is
justified?
What's the relation between liberty and prosperity? Between liberty and
peace? Liberty and justice?
Markets work better than command economies -- but does this match the
picture of business and free enterprise painted in film and fiction?
This seminar is an exciting opportunity to learn more about and debate
"classical liberal" thought -- such ideas as individual rights, a market
economy, tolerance, peace, and voluntary cooperation -- and to relate those
ideas to the realm of literature and film.
Seminar faculty -- ranging from a professor of literature to an economist
to a Hollywood screenwriter -- lead discussions, give lectures, conduct
career-oriented workshops, and most of all challenge participants to think
hard about freedom and its place in art and life.
The key component of each day of the seminar is discussion. Eighteen
participants probe issues raised by readings provided well in advance of
the seminar, or view and talk about a film related to the day's theme
subject. There are opportunities to exchange ideas with faculty and other
participants about career plans and the important role of literature and
film in conveying ideas.
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