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, 2018

Graduate Assistants (PIKSI-Rock only) -- JANUARY 31, 2018

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PIKSI ROCK 

Rock Ethics Institute/Penn State

Date: June 27-July 6, 2018

Director: Kris Sealey

Fairfield University

Theme: Philosophy and Public Life

Speakers: 

Alfred Frankowski

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Nathifa Greene

Gettysburg College

Shay Welch

Spelman College

Kyle Powys Whyte

Michigan State University

 

PIKSI BOSTON

MIT/UMB

Date: June 19-26, 2018

Directors: Lisa Rivera

University of Massachusetts Boston

Keota Fields

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Speakers: 

Otávio Bueno

University of Miami

Myisha Cherry

Harvard University/University of Illinois

Nathifa Greene

Gettysburg College

Kevin Richardson

North Carolina State University

 

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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