Political Thought, Economics, and Strategy
August 5 - August 23, 2012
Political Thought, Economics, and Strategy (PES) aims to broaden the horizons of students who routinely spend most of their year learning and researching exclusively in their own disciplines. PES, in contrast, offers seminars and lectures that give our fellows the opportunity to explore the philosophical foundations of republicanism both ancient and modern, as well as contemporary political conservatism and realist thought.
Open to advanced BA and early MA students from Israel and abroad.
Program Director: Dr. Ran Baratz, Co-director, Tikvah Summer Institutes in Jerusalem
Core Faculty: James Ceaser, Ryan Hanley, Eliot Cohen
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Application deadline is April 15, 2012.
The Jewish State: Democracy, Freedom, and Virtue
August 26 - September 13, 2012
The Jewish State: Democracy, Freedom, and Virtue grapples with the philosophical foundations of liberal democracy and examines the variety of daunting civic dilemmas that Israel faces as the nation state of the Jewish people. Having read Aristotle, Locke and Madison, our fellows will consider the relation between Zionism, Judaism, and liberal democracy. This main course of study will be supplemented by special lectures on politics, law, economics, foreign policy, and national security.
Open to exceptional BA students from Israeli universities.
Program Director: Dr. Peter Berkowitz, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Core Faculty: Ruth Gavison, Asa Kasher, Micah Goodman, Alexander Jacobson
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Application deadline is April 15, 2012.