And so there’s no reason to let it get in the way of your education. Here are some summer programs that our student-readers might want to apply for.
The WITHERSPOON INSTITUTE is pleased announce the creation of the Schreyer Summer Seminars and is accepting applications to its six summer seminars for advanced high school students, undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.
The FIRST PRINCIPLES SEMINAR: MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE NATURAL LAW TRADITION is an intensive two-week program for advanced undergraduate and graduate students under the direction of Thomas D’Andrea (University of Cambridge) and Christopher Tollefsen (University of South Carolina), with guest lecturers Hadley Arkes (Amherst College), Robert George (Princeton University) and Daniel Robinson (Oxford University). It will be held on the campus of Princeton University, July 28 – August 8, 2008.
The THOMISTIC SEMINAR: ELIZABETH ANSCOMBE: ETHICS, VALUE AND PRACTICE is a week-long program for graduate students in philosophy under the direction of John Haldane (University of St. Andrews) with presentations by Gavin Lawrence (UCLA), Michael Pakaluk (Clark University), Thomas Pink (Kings College, London) and David Soloman (Notre Dame). The Thomistic Seminar will take place at the Princeton Theological Seminary from August 17 – 23, 2008.
The WITHERSPOON INSTITUTE FAMILY SEMINAR 2008: GENDER, THE FAMILY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES is a three-day program for graduate students in the social sciences (sociology, economics, psychology, political science, and related disciplines) under the direction of W. Bradford Wilcox (University of Virginia). Paula England (Stanford), Sara McLanahan (Princeton), Rob Palkovitz (Delaware), Steven Rhoads (Virginia), and Robin Wilson (Washington and Lee) will also help to lead the seminar. A number of guest lecterurs will also address participants, including Kay Hymowitz (Manhattan Institute). It will take place on the campus of Princeton University, June 11 – 14, 2008.
The GOD, POLITICS AND THE JEWISH TRADITION SEMINAR is two-week program for advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in the relevance of Judaism’s political and theological dimensions to public life, led by Leora Batnitzky (Princeton University) and David Novak (University of Toronto). Additional faculty presenters at the seminar will include Lenn Goodman (Vanderbilt University), Leon Kass (University of Chicago), Alan Mittleman (Jewish Theological Seminary), David Myers (UCLA), Suzanne Stone (Yeshiva University), and Michael Walzer (Institute for Advanced Study). The seminar will take place on the campus of Princeton University, July 27 – August 7, 2008.
The MORAL FOUNDATIONS OF LAW SEMINAR is a intensive, week-long program for law school students interested in the interaction among moral thought, legal theory and moral legislation. The seminar is directed by Gerard Bradley (Notre Dame Law) in collaboration with Robert George (Princeton University), John Finnis (Oxford University), and the Honorable Edith Clement (5th Circuit Court of Appeals), among others. The seminar will take place at the Princeton Theological Seminary, August 10 – 16, 2008.
The MORAL LIFE AND THE CLASSICAL TRADITION SEMINAR is a week-long program for advanced high school students interested in the origins of Western moral thought and its influence on Christian ethics. The seminars for young men and women are completely separate. The seminar is led by Michael Sugrue (Ave Maria University) in collaboration with Seana Sugrue (Ave Maria University) and Paul Macdonald (Bucknell University), and will be held on the campus of Princeton University, June 15 – 21, 2008.
For more information about the summer seminars of the WITHERSPOON INSTITUTE, please visit http://www.winst.org/seminars/index.php#Summer_Seminars , or contact Patrick Hough ( phough@winst.org ).
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