From facultynews@email.TheIHS.org Thu Jan 15 12:08:40 2009 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on mserv4.XXXXXXX.XXX X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=disabled version=3.2.5 Received: from email.TheIHS.org (email.TheIHS.org [209.183.228.183]) by smtp.XXXXXXX.XXX (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0FK8cs9015575 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:08:38 -0800 Received: from unknown (HELO web02.goldlasso.com) ([172.20.16.102]) by email.TheIHS.org with ESMTP; 15 Jan 2009 15:08:37 -0500 Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:08:37 -0500 (EST) From: Nigel Ashford Reply-To: facultynews@TheIHS.org To: Message-ID: <357.693.429187.164672.64720668.677@TheIHS.org> Subject: IHS Faculty Network Newsletter - January 2009 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Security: MIME headers sanitized on mserv4 See XXXXXXXwww.impsec.org/email-tools/sanitizer-intro.html for details. $Revision: 1.140 $Date: 2004-02-11 20:47:43-08 X-Security: The postmaster has not enabled quarantine of poisoned messages. 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Application deadline: March 31. www.theIHS.org/s= eminars ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D2O_odGyzg9UHXsR_lt2= roFsdP6gMdk9HY8G-o2yJwwkiYvg..A&s=3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ). Thanks for drawing these to the attention of your students.=20 All the best for 2009. Cheers, Nigel Dr. Nigel Ashford Senior Program Officer Institute for Humane Studies IHS PROGRAMS IHS Summer Seminars ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D1G-ss0U= 1sXVo-1AQMl4hlCDH3zworU6_-EPNVSg1gZRDiEw..A&s=3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9M= lg..A ) IHS offers 12 free summer seminars on the theme of liberty, June through Au= gust, throughout the USA, for undergraduates, recent graduates, and advance= d graduate students.=C2=A0 Topics include: Liberty and Society, Freedom and= Tolerance, Liberty & Current Issues, Poverty and Prosperity, Social Change= , Scholarship and a Free Society, Cinema and Literature, Journalism, and Mo= rality & Capitalism. Deadline: March 31.=20 The Koch Summer Fellow Program is a paid, 10 week internship program that o= ffers placements for students and recent graduates interested in federal or= state public policy. All internships include participation in the Washingt= on, DC opening and closing workshops, a $1,500 stipend, travel reimbursemen= t, and housing (or a housing allowance). Internships are located both in Wa= shington DC and in 40 different states. Deadline: January 31, 2009. IHS ACADEMIC EVENTS IHS@ International Studies Association, New York, February 15-18 Nigel Ashford will host a reception. IHS@ Eastern Economics Association, New York, February 26-March 1=C2=A0 Ed Lopez of IHS will attend. IHS@ Public Choice Society, Las Vegas, March 5-8 Ed Lopez of IHS=C2=A0will attend.=C2=A0 IHS@ Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2-5 Nigel Ashford will host a reception. IHS@ APEE, Guatemala, April 5-7=C2=A0 Ed Lopez of IHS will host a reception for graduate students only at APEE on= Sunday April 5th at 5pm. Graduate students attending should receive a dire= ct invitation. FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS=C2=A0 Graduate Fellowship, International Property Rights ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIH= S.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D0-jkh8dCkTHn-qkJdT6KB-x1gZziskeKJgcntqZQHgx4adg..A&= s=3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Property Rights Alliance in Washington DC offers a fellowship to a graduate= student interested in property rights and global affairs, to work on the I= nternational Property Rights Index. Deadline: March 15.=20 Grants for Academic Work on Ayn Rand ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/lin= k.jsp?e=3D975MMUkUrHzLY4D59u1T80Z54TuRBBBinUTdCXD4z_LjadBBGe-2F5GRxKwaI0mCq= &s=3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Various grants available for academic work on Ayn Rand. Fellowships and fun= ds for multi-year research and teaching; project grants; travel and visitin= g scholar grants; and scholarships for course tuition. Gifts are made only = to institutions, not individuals.=C2=A0 Grants=C2=A0for Philosophy and Education ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util= /link.jsp?e=3D8jWmlAaxQ17EkBiFeoHVd1H17nsYWwh_Vj1nQ7hl2aQjLe710_h17MTsBbqAj= Amxb&s=3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Spencer Foundation will fund research proposals up to $40,000 on Philosophy= and Educational Policy and Practice. Grants for Profound Questions of Nature and Humanity ( XXXXXXXwww.email.The= IHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D7hv18xaQi1B7tsM1ud6OgT70U3PFN0LLtWanJCFr7Uq_vraxV= RwCOHt2LDJ2PC89i&s=3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) $30,000 grants available for the transdisciplinary exploration of the most = profound questions of nature and humanity by five or more university based = scholars. =20 Senior Fellow, Science and Religion, Metanexus Institute ( XXXXXXXwww.email= .TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D6VV6nbIXFHiMh4yQpi76wOH1-22suy9Xfj-rc7wuJx9Gj= fgdO4WWVOe-xO2MeuQS0&s=3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Metanexus Institute created the position of Senior Fellow in 2003 as an imp= ortant endeavor to promote interdisciplinary scholarship and engage a broad= er audience in the Metanexus vision.=C2=A0 Science, Humanities & Social Sciences, National Science Foundation ( http:/= /www.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D5qDN8oH44U3fWIAJ937bX3UlVdUfXmbi1dY= aHIrXdk6WsGb1Ng-omYhQQ4V6Z4SpY&s=3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Grants available to fund research on Science, Ethics & Values, History & Ph= ilosophy, Social Studies, and Studies of Policy.=C2=A0 Programs include:=C2= =A0 fellowships, postdoctoral fellowships, doctoral fellowships, and confer= ence awards. CONFERENCES=C2=A0 Perspectives on Ayn Rand, Austin, TX, March 4 ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org= /util/link.jsp?e=3D47YNycyx_pKXJlMxZ4G3rDzMX1cIhKChnS8C6FuFBLADEfA..A&s=3D1= SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) A symposium offering contemporary perspectives on Rand=E2=80=99s magnum opu= s, both as philosophy and as literature. All sessions will include question= periods, and an open reception with the speakers will be held immediately = afterwards.=C2=A0 European Public Choice Society, Athens, Greece, April 2-5 ( XXXXXXXwww.emai= l.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D3HAdVkrGLcwEJ1VfAFh0qQB5HmnpsgC85iP-NGTuhlcV= eEw..A&s=3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) The European Public Choice Society promotes scientific research on the econ= omics and politics of public and non-market decision-making, political econ= omy and the economics of institutions. Papers and abstracts must be receive= d not later than January 10, 2009. Metaphysics and Mind, St Louis University, MO, June 8-July 17 ( XXXXXXXarts= ci.wustl.edu/~neh09 ) NEH Summer Institute. Experimental Philosophy, Utah, June 22- July 17 ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.o= rg/util/link.jsp?e=3D1G-ss0U1sXVo-1AQMl4hlCDH3zworU6_-EPNVSg1gZRDjEw..A&s= =3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) NEH Summer Institute Economic Theory, Policy, and Applications, Athens, Greece, August 3-9 ( htt= p:// www.atiner.gr/docs/Economics.htm ) Deadline to submit abstracts: 12th of January 2009.=C2=A0 Law Junior Faculty Forum, Boston, November 6-8 ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.or= g/util/link.jsp?e=3D0-jkh8dCkTHn-qkJdT6KB-x1gZziskeKJgcntqZQHgx4bdg..A&s=3D= 1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) The purpose of the Forum is to stimulate the international exchange of idea= s and research among members of the legal academy, to encourage and further= the work of younger scholars in the international community, and to surmou= nt barriers between scholars of different traditions and cultures, in the i= nterest of the development of legal scholarship on a transnational basis.= =C2=A0 Applied Business and Entrepreneurship, Honolulu, November 18-20 ( XXXXXXXww= w.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D975MMUkUrHzLY4D59u1T80YS05OY-Wg91jHs4z= w2oJ7RoFjfDTwtaC50SpYlmgn7C&s=3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Deadline: August 15. RESEARCH AND TEACHING RESOURCES=C2=A0 Campus Speech Codes 2009 ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D8j= WmlAaxQ17EkBiFeoHVd1ChUJvqaiMvVtPwJl51LYa8GFjqnI1kTJlJVmNnEeXn2&s=3D1SbR82k= lr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Foundation for Individual Rights in Education publishes its annual report, = Spotlight on Speech Codes 2009: The State of Free Speech on Our Nation=E2= =80=99s Campuses Freedom Flix Videos ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D7hv18xa= Qi1B7tsM1ud6OgTwJSl-mGiN9VPBaLumRAPXisOIyiWHYvEjdInIJ-Qn0w&s=3D1SbR82klr&v= =3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Institute for Justice videos on property rights, school choice and free spe= ech. =E2=80=98I, Pencil=E2=80=99 ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e= =3D6VV6nbIXFHiMh4yQpi76wOHYntd7arABnAsuhqTBaFlUAwLT9ytuFruePr_U3Zkfb&s=3D1S= bR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) This classic article on the marvel of how the market provides a pencil is a= vailable for free download at www.fee.org OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS=C2=A0 FEE Summer Seminars ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D5qDN8oH= 44U3fWIAJ937bX3dZ1jivixv7I24c31_8JFxnSrsp9ZL-RXnkny7Bc3e2J&s=3D1SbR82klr&v= =3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Foundation for Economic Education will host seven free summer seminars on e= conomics, from high school students to young scholars, in New York, Denver = and Midland MI. Essay Contest: International Relations ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/l= ink.jsp?e=3D47YNycyx_pKXJlMxZ4G3rDzMX1cIhKChnS8C6FuFBLAHNfA..A&s=3D1SbR82kl= r&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Millennium: Journal of International Studies hosts the Northedge essay comp= etition on any aspect of international relations from doctoral, master=E2= =80=99s or undergraduate students. Deadline: January 15.=C2=A0 millennium@l= se.ac.uk ( mailto:millennium@lse.ac.uk ) Objectivism Summer Conference, Boston, July 3-8 ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.o= rg/util/link.jsp?e=3D3HAdVkrGLcwEJ1VfAFh0qQB5HmnpsgC85iP-NGTuhlcRXEw..A&s= =3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) For this conference, the Ayn Rand Institute brings you nine days of social = and intellectual stimulation related to Objectivist scholarship. JOURNALS=C2=A0 The Objective Standard, Vol. 3, No.3 (Fall 2008) Articles on McBama, big government, the New Atheists, mandatory health insu= rance, property rights, Pragmatism, and the FDA. www.theobjectivestandard.com ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e= =3D2O_odGyzg9UHXsR_lt2roFsdP6gMdk9HY8G-o2yJwwkmQvg..A&s=3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3Ul= sHm7SNcB9Mlg..A )=C2=A0 Utilitarianism: the Aggregate Question Social Philosophy and Policy, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Winter 2009) PUBLICATIONS Andreasen on Nuclear Weapons ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e= =3D1G-ss0U1sXVo-1AQMl4hlCDH3zworU6_-EPNVSg1gZRHqEw..A&s=3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3Ul= sHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Steve Andreasen ed., Reykjavik Revisited: Steps Towards a World Free of Nuc= lear Weapons (Hoover Institution Press) Benedict on Eminent Domain ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D= 0-jkh8dCkTHn-qkJdT6KB-x1gZziskeKJgcntqZQHgx8Sdg..A&s=3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm= 7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Jeff Benedict, Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage (Gra= nd Central) Bernstein on Objectivism ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D97= 5MMUkUrHzLY4D59u1T80YS05OY-Wg91jHs4zw2oJ7TTXBHtE0aWxLUqODGTUXQc&s=3D1SbR82k= lr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Andrew Bernstein, Objectivism in One Lesson: An Introduction to the Philoso= phy of Ayn Rand (University Press of America) Chakrabarti & Peterson on School Choice ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/= link.jsp?e=3D8jWmlAaxQ17EkBiFeoHVd1ChUJvqaiMvVtPwJl51LYa8j98-baLrdACL0JM4Xs= Gh4&s=3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Rajashri Chakrabarti & Paul Peterson, School Choice International: Explorin= g Public Private Partnerships (MIT Press) Copper on Financial Crises ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D= 7hv18xaQi1B7tsM1ud6OgTwJSl-mGiN9VPBaLumRAPXgb_pg4oe5AlNs57YonQ4TP&s=3D1SbR8= 2klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) George Copper, The Origins of Financial Crises: Central Banks, Credit Bubbl= es, and the Efficient Market Fallacy (Vintage) De Djin on French Political Though ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.= jsp?e=3D6VV6nbIXFHiMh4yQpi76wOHYntd7arABnAsuhqTBaFlXNRCmzFrPlMtZPgHrl8Wdb&s= =3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A )t Annelien de Djin, French Political Thought from Montesquieu to Tocqueville:= Liberty in a Levelled Society? (Cambridge University Press) Fein on the Constitution ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D5q= DN8oH44U3fWIAJ937bX3dZ1jivixv7I24c31_8JFxmyj2dEw1VzPG5wBKCsbifV&s=3D1SbR82k= lr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Bruce Fein, Constitution Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constit= ution and Democracy (Palgrave Macmillan) Fleckenstein on Greenspan ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D4= 7YNycyx_pKXJlMxZ4G3rDzMX1cIhKChnS8C6FuFBLAHMfA..A&s=3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7= SNcB9Mlg..A ) William Fleckenstein, Greenspan=E2=80=99s Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at = the Federal Reserve (McGraw Hill) Furnham on Young People ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D3HA= dVkrGLcwEJ1VfAFh0qQB5HmnpsgC85iP-NGTuhlcRWEw..A&s=3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SN= cB9Mlg..A ) Adrian Furnham, The Economic Socialisation of Young People (Social Affairs = Unit) Gaus on Philosophy, Politics and Economics ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/ut= il/link.jsp?e=3D2O_odGyzg9UHXsR_lt2roFsdP6gMdk9HY8G-o2yJwwkmRvg..A&s=3D1SbR= 82klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Gerald Gaus, On Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Wadsworth) Hudgins on Objectivism=C2=A0and Religion ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util= /link.jsp?e=3D1G-ss0U1sXVo-1AQMl4hlCDH3zworU6_-EPNVSg1gZRHrEw..A&s=3D1SbR82= klr&v=3D3UlsHm7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Edward Hudgins ed., An Objectivist Secular Reader (Atlas Society) Knowles on Justice Kennedy ( XXXXXXXwww.email.TheIHS.org/util/link.jsp?e=3D= 0-jkh8dCkTHn-qkJdT6KB-x1gZziskeKJgcntqZQHgx8Tdg..A&s=3D1SbR82klr&v=3D3UlsHm= 7SNcB9Mlg..A ) Helen Knowles, The Tie Goes to Freedom: Justice Anthony M. 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1.15.09
 IHS Faculty Newsletter


Dear XXXXXXXXXXX,

IHS offers 12 free summer seminars on the theme of liberty occurring June through August throughout the USA, for undergraduates, recent graduates, and advanced graduate students.  Topics include: Liberty and Society, Freedom and Tolerance, Liberty & Current Issues, Poverty & Prosperity, Social Change, Scholarship and a Free Society, Cinema and Literature, Journalism, and Morality & Capitalism. Application deadline: March 31. www.theIHS.org/seminars.

Thanks for drawing these to the attention of your students.

All the best for 2009.

  Cheers, 

  Nigel
  
  Dr. Nigel Ashford
  Senior Program Officer
  Institute for Humane Studies
  facultynews@TheIHS.org

 

 
IHS PROGRAMS

IHS Summer Seminars
Koch Summer Fellowship Program
Summer Journalism Internships  
Summer Production Internships  


IHS ACADEMIC EVENTS

IHS@ International Studies Association, New York, February 15-18
IHS@ Eastern Economics Association, New York, February 26-March 1 
IHS@ Public Choice Society, Las Vegas, March 5-8 
IHS@ Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2-5
IHS@ APEE, Guatemala, April 5-7 


FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS

Graduate Fellowship, International Property Rights
Grants for Academic Work on Ayn Rand
Grants for Philosophy and Education
Grants for Profound Questions of Nature and Humanity
Senior Fellow, Science and Religion, Metanexus Institute
Science, Humanities & Social Sciences, National Science Foundation

CONFERENCES

Perspectives on Ayn Rand, Austin, TX, March 4
European Public Choice Society, Athens, Greece, April 2-5
Metaphysics and Mind, St Louis University, MO, June 8-July 17
Experimental Philosophy, Utah, June 22-July 17
Theoretical Aspect of Rationality & Knowledge, Stanford, CA, July 6-8
Economic Theory, Policy, and Applications, Athens, Greece, August 3-9
Law Junior Faculty Forum, Boston, November 6-8
Applied Business and Entrepreneurship, Honolulu, November 18-20
American Economics Association, Atlanta, GA, January 3-5, 2010


RESEARCH AND TEACHING RESOURCES

Campus Speech Codes 2009
Freedom Flix Videos
‘I, Pencil’


OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS

FEE Summer Seminars
Essay Contest: Liberty in Spanish
Essay Contest: International Relations
Objectivism Summer Conference, Boston, July 3-8


JOURNALS

The Objective Standard, Vol. 3, No.3 (Fall 2008)
Utilitarianism: the Aggregate Question


PUBLICATIONS

Andreasen on Nuclear Weapons
Benedict on Eminent Domain
Bernstein on Objectivism
Chakrabarti & Peterson on School Choice
Copper on Financial Crises 
De Djin on French Political Thought
Fein on the Constitution
Fleckenstein on Greenspan
Furnham on Young People
Gaus on Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Hudgins on Objectivism and Religion
Knowles on Justice Kennedy
Leal & Maharaj on Marine Recreational Fishing
Michaels & Balling on Global Warming
Neumark and Washer on Minimum Wages
Rasmussen on Smith and Rousseau
Satel on Kidney Donation
Smith, Mark & Ehrlich on Capital and Social Reality
Sommers and Sommers on Ethics
Zwolinski on Political Philosophy


IHS PROGRAMS

IHS Summer Seminars
IHS offers 12 free summer seminars on the theme of liberty, June through August, throughout the USA, for undergraduates, recent graduates, and advanced graduate students.  Topics include: Liberty and Society, Freedom and Tolerance, Liberty & Current Issues, Poverty and Prosperity, Social Change, Scholarship and a Free Society, Cinema and Literature, Journalism, and Morality & Capitalism. Deadline: March 31.

Koch Summer Fellowship Program
The Koch Summer Fellow Program is a paid, 10 week internship program that offers placements for students and recent graduates interested in federal or state public policy. All internships include participation in the Washington, DC opening and closing workshops, a $1,500 stipend, travel reimbursement, and housing (or a housing allowance). Internships are located both in Washington DC and in 40 different states. Deadline: January 31, 2009.  

Summer Journalism Internships  
Paid placements in print and broadcast journalism. Deadline: January 31, 2009. 

Summer Production Internships  
Paid internships in film, screenwriting, video game production, animation and more. Deadline: March 1, 2009.


IHS ACADEMIC EVENTS

IHS@ International Studies Association, New York, February 15-18

Nigel Ashford of IHS will host a reception at the Empire State Building on  Monday, February 16th. Invitations will be sent to political scientists and local alumni.  

IHS@ Eastern Economics Association, New York, February 26-March 1 
Ed Lopez of IHS will attend.

IHS@ Public Choice Society, Las Vegas, March 5-8
Ed Lopez of IHS will attend. 

IHS@ Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2-5
Nigel Ashford will host a reception.

IHS@ APEE, Guatemala, April 5-7 
Ed Lopez of IHS will host a reception for graduate students only at APEE on Sunday April 5th at 5pm. Graduate students attending should receive a direct invitation. 

 
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS 

Graduate Fellowship, International Property Rights
Property Rights Alliance in Washington DC offers a fellowship to a graduate student interested in property rights and global affairs, to work on the International Property Rights Index. Deadline: March 15.

Grants for Academic Work on Ayn Rand
Various grants available for academic work on Ayn Rand. Fellowships and funds for multi-year research and teaching; project grants; travel and visiting scholar grants; and scholarships for course tuition. Gifts are made only to institutions, not individuals. 

Grants for Philosophy and Education
Spencer Foundation will fund research proposals up to $40,000 on Philosophy and Educational Policy and Practice.

Grants for Profound Questions of Nature and Humanity
$30,000 grants available for the transdisciplinary exploration of the most profound questions of nature and humanity by five or more university based scholars.
  
Senior Fellow, Science and Religion, Metanexus Institute
Metanexus Institute created the position of Senior Fellow in 2003 as an important endeavor to promote interdisciplinary scholarship and engage a broader audience in the Metanexus vision. 

Science, Humanities & Social Sciences, National Science Foundation
Grants available to fund research on Science, Ethics & Values, History & Philosophy, Social Studies, and Studies of Policy.  Programs include:  fellowships, postdoctoral fellowships, doctoral fellowships, and conference awards.


CONFERENCES 

Perspectives on Ayn Rand, Austin, TX, March 4
A symposium offering contemporary perspectives on Rand’s magnum opus, both as philosophy and as literature. All sessions will include question periods, and an open reception with the speakers will be held immediately afterwards. 

European Public Choice Society, Athens, Greece, April 2-5
The European Public Choice Society promotes scientific research on the economics and politics of public and non-market decision-making, political economy and the economics of institutions. Papers and abstracts must be received not later than January 10, 2009.

Metaphysics and Mind, St Louis University, MO, June 8-July 17
NEH Summer Institute.

Experimental Philosophy, Utah, June 22- July 17
NEH Summer Institute

Theoretical Aspect of Rationality & Knowledge, Stanford, CA, July 6-8
A multidisciplinary conference on reasoning about rationality and knowledge. Deadline: March 2.

Economic Theory, Policy, and Applications, Athens, Greece, August 3-9
Deadline to submit abstracts: 12th of January 2009. 

Law Junior Faculty Forum, Boston, November 6-8
The purpose of the Forum is to stimulate the international exchange of ideas and research among members of the legal academy, to encourage and further the work of younger scholars in the international community, and to surmount barriers between scholars of different traditions and cultures, in the interest of the development of legal scholarship on a transnational basis. 

Applied Business and Entrepreneurship, Honolulu, November 18-20
Deadline: August 15.

American Economics Association, Atlanta, GA, January 3-5, 2010
The American Economic Association was organized in 1885 at a meeting in Saratoga, New York, by a small group interested in economics. It was incorporated in Washington, DC, on February 3, 1923. Call for papers: February 28.


RESEARCH AND TEACHING RESOURCES 

Campus Speech Codes 2009
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education publishes its annual report, Spotlight on Speech Codes 2009: The State of Free Speech on Our Nation’s Campuses

Freedom Flix Videos
Institute for Justice videos on property rights, school choice and free speech.

‘I, Pencil’
This classic article on the marvel of how the market provides a pencil is available for free download at www.fee.org


OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS 

FEE Summer Seminars
Foundation for Economic Education will host seven free summer seminars on economics, from high school students to young scholars, in New York, Denver and Midland MI.

Essay Contest: Liberty in Spanish
Essay contest in Spanish on one of the following themes: Liberal Ideas in Spain; Liberal-Conservative Governments in Spain; Liberalism in Latin America.  Deadline: January 31

Essay Contest: International Relations
Millennium: Journal of International Studies hosts the Northedge essay competition on any aspect of international relations from doctoral, master’s or undergraduate students. Deadline: January 15.  millennium@lse.ac.uk

Objectivism Summer Conference, Boston, July 3-8
For this conference, the Ayn Rand Institute brings you nine days of social and intellectual stimulation related to Objectivist scholarship.


JOURNALS 

The Objective Standard, Vol. 3, No.3 (Fall 2008)
Articles on McBama, big government, the New Atheists, mandatory health insurance, property rights, Pragmatism, and the FDA.
www.theobjectivestandard.com 

Utilitarianism: the Aggregate Question
Social Philosophy and Policy, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Winter 2009)


PUBLICATIONS

Andreasen on Nuclear Weapons
Steve Andreasen ed., Reykjavik Revisited: Steps Towards a World Free of Nuclear Weapons (Hoover Institution Press)

Benedict on Eminent Domain
Jeff Benedict, Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage (Grand Central)

Bernstein on Objectivism
Andrew Bernstein, Objectivism in One Lesson: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Ayn Rand (University Press of America)

Chakrabarti & Peterson on School Choice
Rajashri Chakrabarti & Paul Peterson, School Choice International: Exploring Public Private Partnerships (MIT Press)

Copper on Financial Crises
George Copper, The Origins of Financial Crises: Central Banks, Credit Bubbles, and the Efficient Market Fallacy (Vintage)

De Djin on French Political Thought
Annelien de Djin, French Political Thought from Montesquieu to Tocqueville: Liberty in a Levelled Society? (Cambridge University Press)

Fein on the Constitution
Bruce Fein, Constitution Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy (Palgrave Macmillan)

Fleckenstein on Greenspan
William Fleckenstein, Greenspan’s Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve (McGraw Hill)

Furnham on Young People
Adrian Furnham, The Economic Socialisation of Young People (Social Affairs Unit)

Gaus on Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Gerald Gaus, On Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Wadsworth)

Hudgins on Objectivism and Religion
Edward Hudgins ed., An Objectivist Secular Reader (Atlas Society)

Knowles on Justice Kennedy
Helen Knowles, The Tie Goes to Freedom: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Liberty (Rowman & Littlefield)

Leal & Maharaj on Marine Recreational Fishing
Donald Leal & Vishwanie Maharaj eds, Evolving Approaches to Managing Marine Recreational Fisheries (Lexington)

Michaels & Balling on Global Warming
Patrick Michaels & Robert Balling, Climate of Extremes: Global Warming Science They Don’t Want You to Know (Cato Institute)

Neumark and Washer on Minimum Wages
David Neumark & William Wascher, Minimum Wages (MIT Press)

Rasmussen on Smith and Rousseau
Dennis Rasmussen, The Problems and Promise of Commercial Society: Adam Smith’s Response to Rousseau (Penn State Press)

Satel on Kidney Donation
Sally Satel ed., When Altruism Isn’t Enough: the Case for Compensating Kidney Donors (AEI Press)

Smith, Mark & Ehrlich on Capital and Social Reality
Barry Smith, David Mark & Isaac Ehrlich eds, The Mystery of Capital and the Construction of Social Reality (Open Court Press)

Sommers and Sommers on Ethics
Christine Hoff Sommers & Fred Sommers eds., Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life: Introductory Readings in Ethics (Wadsworth, 8th edition) 

Zwolinski on Political Philosophy
Matthew Zwolinski ed., Arguing About Political Philosophy (Routledge)

 

 

 
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