{"id":17952,"date":"2017-01-18T09:43:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T14:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=17952"},"modified":"2017-01-18T09:44:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T14:44:08","slug":"apply-for-the-ninth-annual-summer-institute-of-civic-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=17952","title":{"rendered":"Apply for the Ninth Annual Summer Institute of Civic Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ninth annual <a href=\"http:\/\/activecitizen.tufts.edu\/civic-studies\/summer-institute\/\">Summer Institute of Civic Studies<\/a> will take place from June 12 to June 22, 2017 at Tufts University. It will be an intensive, two-week, interdisciplinary seminar that brings together faculty, advanced graduate students, and practitioners from many countries and diverse fields of study.<\/p>\n<p>Organized by Peter Levine of Tufts University\u2019s Tisch College and Karol Soltan of the University of Maryland, the Summer Institute will engage participants in challenging discussions of such topics as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What kinds of citizens (if any) do good regimes need?<\/li>\n<li>What should such citizens know, believe, and do?<\/li>\n<li>What practices and institutional structures promote the right kinds of citizenship?<\/li>\n<li>What ought to be the relationships among empirical evidence, ethics, and strategy?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/activecitizen.tufts.edu\/civic-studies\/summer-institute\/#syllabus\">This <\/a>is the syllabus for the eighth annual seminar (in 2016).\u00a0The 2017 syllabus will be modified but will largely follow this outline.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about the motivation for the Institute in the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/activecitizen.tufts.edu\/civic-studies\/summer-institute\/summer-institute-of-civic-studies-framing-statement\/\">Framing Statement<\/a>\u201d by Harry Boyte, University of Minnesota; Stephen Elkin, University of Maryland; Peter Levine, Tufts; Jane Mansbridge, Harvard; Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University; Karol Soltan, University of Maryland; and Rogers Smith, University of Pennsylvania:<\/p>\n<p><em>Practicalities<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tuition for the Institute is free, but students are responsible for their own housing and transportation. A Tufts University dormitory room can be rented for $230-$280\/week. Credit is not automatically offered, but special arrangements for graduate credit may be possible.<\/p>\n<p>To apply: please email your resume, an electronic copy of your graduate transcript (if applicable), and a cover email about your interests to Peter Levine at Peter.Levine@Tufts.edu. For best consideration, apply no later than March 17, 2017. You may also<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSe5G09mGPRqgQPC2TmAVPYvzH0lcK1aZUZr1KKxW9Jrv5A-JQ\/viewform?formkey=dEJLRTU4aGZqc1Z0a2ppMkgtcHRfYUE6MQ#gid=0\"> sign up for occasional announcements<\/a> even if you are not sure that you wish to apply.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar will be followed (from June 22, evening, until June 24) by a public conference\u2013&#8221;Frontiers of Democracy 2017&#8243;\u2013in downtown Boston. Participants in the institute are expected to stay for the public conference. See information on the conference <a href=\"http:\/\/activecitizen.tufts.edu\/civic-studies\/frontiers\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0That page also explains how you can propose a concurrent session for the 2017 conference, whether or not you wish to apply for the Summer Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ninth annual Summer Institute of Civic Studies will take place from June 12 to June 22, 2017 at Tufts University. It will be an intensive, two-week, interdisciplinary seminar that brings together faculty, advanced graduate students, and practitioners from many countries and diverse fields of study. 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