Hello All,

 

I am sending out the advertising about PIKSI again for you to share with your departments and students.

 

The information is both in the email body below and in the attached poster. The deadline is January 31^st.

 

We will be sending out one more reminder in a couple of weeks, so please bear with the multiple postings!

 

Best,

Asha (on behalf of the PIKSI Advisory Board)

Dr. Asha Bhandary

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy

258 English-Philosophy Building

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA 52242-1408

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319-384-3634

 

PIKSI 2017   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 people with disabilities are urged to apply. Transportation and lodging are provided. Stipends are awarded to all. 

APPLICATION DEADLINES 

Undergraduates -- JANUARY 31, 2017

Graduate Assistants (PIKSI-Rock only) -- JANUARY 31, 2017

For more information visit: piksi.org

PIKSI ROCK 

Rock Ethics Institute/Penn State

Date: June 21-30, 2017

Director: Serene Khader

Brooklyn College, City University of New York

Theme: Philosophy and Social Justice

Speakers: 

Linda Martín Alcoff

CUNY Graduate Center/Hunter College

José Medina 

Vanderbilt University

Kris Sealey

Fairfield University

 

PIKSI BOSTON

MIT/UMB

Date: June 20-27, 2017

Directors: Lisa Rivera

University of Massachusetts Boston

Keota Fields

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Speakers: 

Sally Haslanger

MIT

Quayshawn Spencer

University of Pennsylvania

Michaela McSweeney

Boston University

Avery Archer

George Washington University

Jennifer Morton

CUNY

Jennifer Marusic

Brandeis University 

Dilly Ninan

Tufts University

Lionel McPherson

Tufts University  

For more information visit: piksi.org

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SPONSORS: THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION, AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION – PENN STATE’S ROCK ETHICS INSTITUTE, COLLEGE OF THE LIBERAL ARTS, AND DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY - MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY - STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY - UNIVERSITY OF OREGON - UNIVERSITY OF IOWA - IRIS MARION YOUNG DIVERSITY SCHOLARS FUND - ANN ARBOR PHILOSOPHERS’ PIKSI FUNDING INITIATIVE - ASSOCIATION OF FEMINIST ETHICS AND SOCIAL THEORY - PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS-HARVARD UNIVERSITY-TUFTS UNIVERSITY