Seminars/Conferences

Below is a list of seminars and conferences about liberty that you may be interested in attending.  Are you looking for internships? Or are you looking for conferences in Europe?

Institute for Humane Studies
Free Summer Seminars
Description: Explore the ideas of liberty! Spend a week (or weekend) with 60 of your peers exploring ideas, hearing lectures from top faculty, and discussing opinions, thoughts, and ideas all day and into the night. Participation is free — IHS provides housing, meals, and books during the seminar.
Dates and Locations: List here
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Foundation for Economic Education
Free Summer Seminars
Description: The mission of the Foundation for Economic Education is to “inspire, educate, and connect future leaders with the principles of a free society.” The programs department at FEE plays an important role in that work, offering annual summer seminars that challenge students of freedom with those ideas that lie at the heart of our prosperity.
Dates and Locations: List here
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Free State Project
PorcFest
Description: PorcFest is an annual event hosted by the Free State Project at the Rodgers Campground in Lancaster, NH. The event has become a rallying point for libertarians of all varieties.  PorcFest is intended to showcase the ideas of the Free State Project community in a relaxed, social, and fun atmosphere.
How to Register: Online Form Here
Current students can apply for an SFL Scholarship: More Info

FreedomFest
Description: FreedomFest is an annual festival where “free minds meet” to celebrate great books, great ideas, and great thinkers in an open-minded society.  With speakers such as John Mackey, Steve Forbes, Peter Thiel, and Judge Napolitano, the conference is packed with leaders of liberty speaking to inspire and educate attendees.  Located in Las Vegas, NV, the conference is held in one of the most pro-liberty cities in the US.
Dates and Locations: July 13-16 at Harrah’s Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.
How to Register: Online Form Here
Current students can apply for an SFL Scholarship: More Info

The Reason, Individualism, Freedom Institute
“The Great Connections” Summer Seminar
Description: Study world-changing authors on subjects from politics to poetry, economics to ethics. Meet accomplished professionals working in medicine, the arts, and business. Enjoy the stunning architectural and natural beauty of the city of Chicago and learn about the productive genius that made it possible. Enjoy lively conversation and camaraderie with other students from the U.S. and abroad.
Dates and Location: July 23-30 in Chicago, Illinois
How to Apply: Online Application Here
Earlybird Deadline: March 15th
Deadline: June 16th

The Atlas Society
Free Minds 2011 Summer Seminar
Description: Six days of non-stop ideas and inspiration. Experience today’s finest thinking and achievements in philosophy, psychology, advanced technology, politics, economics, the arts, and education. Mingle, meet, and share ideas with leading scholars, visionary doers, students — intellectual adventurers of all ages, backgrounds, and interests.
Dates and Location: July 6-13 in Anaheim, California
How to Apply: Application Here

Objectivist Summer Conference (OCON)
Description: Objectivist Conferences is the premier venue for high-caliber presentations by Objectivist scholars, and that is what OCON brings you this year as Leonard Peikoff presents “The DIM Hypothesis” (part 2), the six-part sequel to the groundbreaking series of lectures that he delivered to the conference attendees in 2007. This year’s conference offers eleven general session lectures, sixteen optional courses and a variety of social activities and special events.
Dates and Location: July 2-10 in Ft Lauderdale, FL
How to Apply: Online Application Here

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
Campus Freedom Network Conference
Description: The Campus Freedom Network Conference brings together committed students from across the country to learn from eminent First Amendment scholars and meet fellow advocates for free speech on campus.  Attendees will hear from distinguished keynote speakers, a panel of students involved in previous FIRE cases, and FIRE staff about the philosophical and legal arguments for First Amendment rights on campus and how they can improve the culture of free speech at their schools.
Dates and Location: July 14-16 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
How to Apply: Online Application Here

Cato Institute
Cato University
Description: Cato University is the Cato Institute’s premier educational event of the year. This annual program brings together outstanding faculty and participants from across the country and, often, from around the globe – all sharing a commitment to liberty and learning. Its widening popularity is due to not only the quality of the attendees, faculty and topics, but the opportunity it provides participants to form new and enduring friendships, and for sharing experiences and perspectives in a one-of-a-kind, brain-energizing environment.
Dates and Location: July 24-29 in Annapolis, Maryland
How to Apply: Online Application Here
Scholarships: Apply Here

Independent Institute
“The Challenge of Liberty” Summer Seminars
Description: The Challenge of Liberty summer seminars help high-school and college students better understand real-world issues they will encounter throughout life. The Independent Institute’s five-day series of lectures, readings, films, multimedia presentations, and small group discussion teaches students what economics is, how it affects their lives, and how understanding it can help them achieve better lives for themselves, their communities, and the world at large.
Dates: High School June 20–24 & College August 1–5
Location: Oakland, California
How to Apply: High School Application & College Application
Earlybird Deadline: April 1st

Mises Institute
Mises University
Description: The Mises University is the world’s leading instructional program in the Austrian School of economics. Since 1986, it has been the essential training ground for economists who are looking beyond the mainstream.  Mises University is open to full-time students, faculty, and current members of the Mises Institute (Click HERE to join). Interested full-time students can apply to receive a scholarship covering full tuition, housing, and meals (catered and served at the Mises Institute).
Date and Location: July 24-30 2011 in Auburn, Alabama
How to Apply: Online Application Here
Deadline: April 8th

Young American’s for Liberty
YAL National Convention
Description: This is an exclusive five-day event for the top youth activists, candidates, and campaign staffers from across the country to receive the best preparation available for success in 2012. Only members of YAL or Year of Youth are eligible to attend.  All five days will equip you with the knowledge and skills to lead on your campus and manage a campaign immediately — not to mention, this is an opportunity to meet and network with the best and brightest activists and experts around.  You will learn more about the real nature of politics after five days at the YAL National Convention than an entire four-year political science degree.
Date and Location: July 25-29th in Arlington, VA
How to Apply: Online Application Here