Editing Institute for Humane Studies (section)

==Programs==

===Seminars===

[[File:Aristotle's Error.jpg|thumb|John Hasnas lecturing at [[Towson University]]]]
Each summer, IHS runs several free, weekend-long summer seminars for university students from around the world. Seminars are interdisciplinary and include lectures on history, economics, philosophy, law, and political science.<ref name="Libertarianism Today by Huebert" /><ref name="American Conservatism by Frohnen">{{Cite book | publisher = ISI Books | isbn = 978-1932236439 | last1= Frohnen | first1= Bruce |author2= Jeremy Beer, Jeffrey O. Nelson | title = American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia | year = 2006}}</ref><ref name="Guard on IHS Seminars">{{cite news | url=http://stopthedrugwar.org/trenches/2007/feb/27/call_ssdpers_institute_humane_st | title=Call to SSDPers: Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) Summer Seminars | date=February 27, 2007 | access-date=12 December 2011 | author=Guard, David | newspaper=Stop the Drug War.org; In the Trenches | location=Washington, DC}}</ref> Seminar themes include the value of property rights, [[limited government]], peace, [[natural rights]], [[free trade]], [[Self-ownership|individual autonomy]], and [[free market]]s. There are introductory and advanced seminars.<ref name="Libertarianism Today by Huebert" /> IHS also runs weekend on-campus seminars during the academic year.<ref name="Libertarianism Today by Huebert" /> IHS and [[Liberty Fund]] co-sponsor the Advanced Topics in Liberty program, which is an invitation-only, discussion-based weekend conference series.<ref name="IHS by College Central Network Services">{{cite web | url=http://www.collegecentral.com/campbell/BulletinDetail.CFM?MessageID=64850&UnivCode=CAM | title=Institute for Humane Studies | publisher=College Central Network Services | work=Campbell University | access-date=29 December 2011}}</ref>

For graduate students pursuing academic careers, IHS sponsors an annual research colloquium, policy research seminars and invitation-only Career Development Seminars designed to help students "land a job in academia, gain tenure, and contribute to the academic and intellectual conversation."<ref name="Libertarianism Today by Huebert" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theihs.org/seminars-conferences/research-colloquium/|title=2016 Summer Research Colloquium: A Call For Papers, Please!|website=Institute for Humane Studies|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-21|archive-date=30 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630163054/https://theihs.org/seminars-conferences/research-colloquium/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Scholarships and grants===

Each year IHS awards over $1 million in scholarships to students from universities around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guidestar.org/profile/94-1623852|title=Institute for Humane Studies – GuideStar Profile|website=www.guidestar.org}}</ref> Through its Humane Studies Fellowship program, IHS awards up to $15,000 in scholarships to graduate students embarking on "liberty-advancing careers in ideas."<ref name="Ayn Rand by Gladstein and Meadowcroft" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theihs.org/funding/humane-studies-fellowship/|title=Humane Studies Fellowship {{!}} Institute for Humane Studies|website=Institute for Humane Studies|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-22}}</ref> Each summer, through the Summer Graduate Research Fellowship, IHS gives $5,000 stipends to young academics "to refine and complete a publishable scholarly article or thesis chapter that engages ideas within the classical liberal tradition." The IHS PhD Scholarship awards $1,500 to "students dedicated to developing, teaching, and applying the principles of a free society."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theihs.org/funding/ihs-phd-scholarship/|title=Ph.D. Scholarship {{!}} Institute for Humane Studies|website=Institute for Humane Studies|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-22}}</ref> Other various grants are awarded to graduate students and junior faculty to aid in their ability to present research or interview at academic or professional conferences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theihs.org/funding/hayek-fund/|title=Hayek Fund {{!}} Institute for Humane Studies|website=Institute for Humane Studies|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theihs.org/funding/ihs-conference-research-grant/|title=Conference & Research Grant |website=Institute for Humane Studies|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-22}}</ref>

===Online projects===

In 2010, IHS launched LearnLiberty.org, a website producing educational videos on [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] ideas.<ref name="Earthquake Wasn't Good for the Economy by Carden">{{cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/artcarden/2011/08/25/the-earthquake-wasnt-good-for-the-economy-hurricane-irene-wont-be-either/ | title=The Earthquake Wasn't Good for the Economy. Hurricane Irene Won't Be, Either |work=Forbes |date=Aug 25, 2011 |access-date=5 January 2012 | author=Carden, Art | location=New York}}</ref><ref name="LearnLiberty on The Volokh Conspiracy">{{cite news | url=http://volokh.com/2011/06/29/learnliberty-org/ | title=LearnLiberty.org Launches! | work=The Volokh Conspiracy | date=June 29, 2011 |access-date=29 December 2011 | author=Kerr, Orin | location=Los Angeles}}</ref> The site's stated goals are "to provide a starting point for conversations on important questions: What is the nature of man and society? What are the best ways to organize human society? What is the proper role for government?" Notable guest lecturers featured on Learn Liberty include [[David Schmidtz]] of the [[University of Arizona]] and [[Jeffrey Miron]] of [[Harvard University]].<ref name="Top 3 Common Myths of Capitalism">{{cite news | url=http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/top-3-common-myths-of-capitalism/ | title=Top 3 Common Myths of Capitalism | work=Cato @ Liberty | date=August 23, 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011 | author=Graves, Zachary | location=Washington, DC}}</ref>

===Internships===

Each summer, for more than 20 years, IHS hosted the Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program. The program is now hosted by the [[Charles Koch Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charleskochinstitute.org/koch-summer-fellow-program/|title=Semester-Long Opportunities – Charles Koch Institute|access-date=4 December 2016}}</ref> The program ran for 10 weeks, and included a paid public policy internship with two career and policy seminars. Fellows were placed at one partner think tanks and policy organizations across the United States.<ref name="Libertarianism Today by Huebert" /> IHS also ran a year-round journalism internship program that placed aspiring journalists at media companies and non-profit newsrooms, but both the journalism and policy internship programs have been discontinued.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2014/01/28/msnbcs-rachel-maddow-recommits-to-her-slam-on-koch-brothers/|title=MSNBC's Rachel Maddow recommits to her slam on Koch brothers|first=Erik|last=Wemple|date=28 January 2014|access-date=4 December 2016|via=washingtonpost.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theihs.org/ihs-journalism-internship-program|title=Institute for Humane Studies|access-date=4 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203184355/http://www.theihs.org/ihs-journalism-internship-program|archive-date=3 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theihs.org/koch-summer-fellow-program|title=Institute for Humane Studies|access-date=4 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113090909/http://www.theihs.org/koch-summer-fellow-program|archive-date=13 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2019, it was reported that John Elliott, who had directed IHS's journalism internship program from 2008 to 2013, had ties to the [[alt-right]] movement.<ref name="Gray">{{cite web |last1=Gray |first1=Rosie |title=A Former Alt-Right Member's Message: Get Out While You Still Can |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/katie-mchugh |website=Buzzfeed News |access-date=31 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="DeLong MST">{{cite web |last1=DeLong |first1=Matt |title=Bloomington think tank parts ways with academic over racist e-mails |url=http://www.startribune.com/bloomington-think-tank-parts-ways-with-academic-over-racist-e-mails/558862522/ |website=[[Minneapolis Star-Tribune]] |access-date=31 August 2019}}</ref> IHS issued a statement which said "After careful review, we have uncovered no incident during his tenure at IHS in which Elliott exhibited anti-Semitic or bigoted views."<ref name="Gais">{{cite web |last1=Gais |first1=Hannah |title=Leaked Emails Show How White Nationalists Have Infiltrated Conservative Media |url=https://splinternews.com/leaked-emails-show-how-white-nationalists-have-infiltra-1837681245 |website=Splinter Media |date=29 August 2019 |access-date=31 August 2019}}</ref>

===Awards===

Each year, IHS awards an alumnus of its programs with the Charles G. Koch Outstanding IHS Alum Award. The award is given in recognition of "significant contributions to advancing liberty."{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} Past award winners include libertarian legal theorist and law professor [[Randy Barnett]]; Kris Mauren, co-founder of the [[Acton Institute]]; law professor Todd Zywicki; Kristina Kendall, executive producer for [[John Stossel]]; political science professor John Tomasi; [[Scott Bullock]], senior attorney at the [[Institute for Justice]]; economist [[Peter Boettke]]; John Hood, president of the [[John Locke Foundation]]; and David Schmidtz, a professor of philosophy and economics.<ref name="Koch Award Bullock">{{cite journal | url=http://www.ij.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1976&Itemid=245 | title=IJ Attorney Scott Bullock Wins Koch Award | journal=Liberty & Law |date=August 2006 | volume=15 | issue=4}}</ref><ref name="Return of Price Controls">{{cite conference | url=http://www.aei.org/events/print/us-regulatory-policy-and-free-enterprise | title=The Surprising Return of Price Controls | publisher=American Enterprise Institute and the National Chamber Foundation | access-date=29 December 2011 | author=DeMuth, Christopher | editor=Schulz, Nick | book-title=The Impact on Economic Recovery | date=July 2010 | conference=U.S. Regulatory Policy and Free Enterprise | location=U.S. Chamber of Commerce | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729122421/http://www.aei.org/events/print/us-regulatory-policy-and-free-enterprise | archive-date=29 July 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>