The Summer Institute of Civic Studies is an intensive interdisciplinary seminar that brings together faculty, advanced graduate students, and practitioners from many countries and diverse fields of study. In 2019 it will take place from the evening of June 20 until June 28 at Tufts University in Medford, MA, and Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Summer Institute was founded and co-taught from 2009 to 2018 by Peter Levine<\/a>, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Tisch College, and\/or Karol So?tan, Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. The 11th annual Summer Institute will be taught by Peter Levine alongside several Tufts colleagues. Each year, it features guest seminars by distinguished scholars and practitioners from various institutions and engages participants in challenging discussions such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n A provisional draft of the 2019 syllabus is shown below. You can read\u00a0more about the motivation for the Institute in the\u00a0Civic Studies Framing Statement<\/a>\u00a0by Harry Boyte, University of Minnesota; Stephen Elkin, University of Maryland; Peter Levine, Tufts; Jane Mansbridge, Harvard; Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University; Karol So?tan, University of Maryland; and Rogers Smith, University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The seminar follows a three-day public conference, Frontiers of Democracy<\/a>, which takes place in downtown Boston on June 20-22. Participants in the Summer Institute are expected to participate in the conference (free of charge) and then the Institute on June 23-28. This year, the Summer Institute also follows the American Political Science Association Institute for Civically Engaged Research (ICER)<\/a>, which will take place on June 17-22, with ICER participants also taking part in the Frontiers conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Daily sessions take place on the Tufts campus in Medford, Massachusetts. Tuition for the Institute is free, but participants are responsible for their own housing and transportation. One option is a Tufts University dormitory room, which can be rented for $69\/night (single room) or $85\/night (double room). Credit is not automatically offered, but special arrangements for graduate credit may be possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The application consists of a resume, a cover letter about your interests, and an electronic copy of your graduate transcript (if applicable). The application deadline is March 31, 2019<\/strong>. You can sign up <\/a>here<\/a> to receive occasional emails about the Summer Institute, including a notification when we begin accepting applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information contact Peter Levine, Tisch College’s Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, at peter.levine@tufts.edu<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The fifth annual European Institute of Civic Studies will take place in Herrsching, near Munich, Germany, from July 14th to July 27th 2019. It is open to graduate students and scholars in any discipline who are citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Poland, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. To apply, send a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, and an academic transcript (if applicable) to Prof. Tetyana Kloubert at Tetyana.Kloubert@ku.de<\/a> by March 31, 2019, for best consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ***<\/p>\n\n\n\n Subject to change<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 20<\/strong> (evening) to June 22<\/strong> (lunchtime): Frontiers of Democracy Conference<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 23<\/strong> (afternoon): Informal gathering to get to know each other; some sharing of our backgrounds and goals<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 24<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9 a.m.-Noon:<\/strong> A \u201cfeeling of personal responsibility for the world\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1:00-2:00 p.m.: <\/strong>A simulated Tragedy of the Commons; reflections on game theory as a method of modeling interactions<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2:00-5:00 p.m.: <\/strong>The work of Elinor Ostrom and colleagues<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9:00 a.m.-Noon: <\/strong> The role of social capital<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1:00-3:00 p.m.: <\/strong>Collective action problems at scale<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3:30-5:00 p.m.<\/strong>: Public Work<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9:00-10:00 a.m.: <\/strong>Deliberation<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10:00 a.m.-Noon, 1:00-2:00 p.m.: <\/strong>The Frankfurt School, Habermas, deliberative democracy<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2:00-5:00 p.m.: <\/strong>Critiques<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 27<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9:00-11:00 a.m.:<\/strong> Boundaries, good and bad<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m.: <\/strong>Gandhi<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2:00-4-00 p.m.: <\/strong>Martin Luther King<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 28<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9:00-11:00 a.m.: <\/strong>Community organizing<\/p>\n\n\n\n Noon-2:00 p.m.:<\/strong> Social movements and nonviolent campaigns<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2:00-3:00 p.m. <\/strong>Closing reflections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Summer Institute of Civic Studies is an intensive interdisciplinary seminar that brings together faculty, advanced graduate students, and practitioners from many countries and diverse fields of study. 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2019 Summer Institute Syllabus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I. Inspirations for civic work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
II. Problems of Collective Action: Forming and Maintaining Functional Groups at Various Scales<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
III. Problems of Discourse: Discussing and Reasoning about Contested Value Issues<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
IV. Problems of Exclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
V. Solutions?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n