PIKSI 2016
A SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR UNDERGRADUATES
PIKSI summer institutes are designed to encourage undergraduates from underrepresented groups to consider future study of philosophy. Undergraduates and recent graduates from underrepresented groups such as women, African Americans, Chicano/as and Latino/as, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, LGBTs, economically disadvantaged communities, and those with disabilities are urged to apply.** Transportation and lodging are provided. Stipends are awarded to all.
PIKSI ROCK
Rock Ethics Institute/Penn State
Date: June 13-22, 2016
Director: Serene Khader (Brooklyn College, City University of New York)
Theme: Philosophy and Social Justice
Speakers:
Chris Lebron
Yale University
Mariana Ortega
John Carroll University
Meena Krishnamurthy
University of Michigan
Eva Kittay
Stony Brook University
PIKSI BOSTON
MIT/UMB (held at MIT, Cambridge, MA)
Date: July 17-23, 2016
Director: Lisa Rivera (University of Massachusetts Boston)
**MIT provides support for full inclusion of disabled participants
Speakers:
Teresa Blankmeyer Burke
Gallaudet University
Alejandro Perez Carballo
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Lewis Gordon
University of Connecticut, Storrs
Rachel McKinney
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jose Mendoza
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Serena Parekh
Northeastern University
Tommie Shelby
Harvard University
APPLICATION DEADLINE - MARCH 21ST 2016
For more information visit: piksi.org
Contact: [email protected]
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SPONSORS: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, American Philosophical Association, Penn State's Rock Ethics Institute, MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences and Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Harvard University, Wellesley College, Michigan State University, Stony Brook University, University of Oregon, Iris Marian Young DIversity Scholars Fund, Ann Arbor Philosophers' PIKSI Funding Initiative, Association of Feminist Ethics and Social Theory.
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