CLAS@Pitt Weekly Newsletter -- April 3, 2019

Our conference on the Iberian empires and their aftermath will bring a much-needed interdisciplinary focus on the realia and the imaginary of the Spanish and Portuguese colonial world. 

Participants: https://www.hispanic.pitt.edu/events/empire-and-its-aftermath/participants
Program: https://www.hispanic.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/Empire%20and%20Aftermath%20Draft%20Program.pdf
For more information: https://www.hispanic.pitt.edu/events/empire-and-its-aftermath

April 11-13, 2019

Representations of Afrolatinidad in Global Perspective 

University of Pittsburgh

Conference Convened by the Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx Studies Initiative

Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Juliet Hooker, Professor of Political Science, Brown University

Dr. Nancy Mirabal, Associate Professor, American Studies, Director of the US Latina/o Studies Program, University of Maryland-College Park

If you have questions, please contact Dr. Michele Reid-Vazquez at mbr31@pitt.edu and include “Afrolatinidad Conference” in the subject line. 

Register here: https://events.eventzilla.net/e/representations-of-afrolatinidad-2138722388

For more information, visit:  
https://www.africanastudies.pitt.edu/Call%20for%20Papers%3A%20Representations%20of%20Afrolatinidad

Cosponsors: University of Pittsburgh Office of the Chancellor, Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx Studies Initiative, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Year of Pitt Global, Humanities Center, Center for Latin American Studies, and the Department of Africana Studies

Emerging Latino Communities Reading and Publishing Group

1154 Public Health (130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261)
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

The Center for Health Equity, with the support of the Center for Latin American Studies, invites you to explore 1) the problems Latinos in small yet rapidly growing populations face, and 2) how to solve those problems. We will read articles and offer feedback to those who are writing manuscripts. We hope to get new writing and research collaborations going!

Open to all interested: students, faculty, staff, and practitioners from Pitt and beyond. We will meet over coffee and light snacks in a relaxed atmosphere. If you want to get extra network time, we will be there 30 before and after the meeting time.

For more information, visit healthequity.pitt.edu or e-mail Chantel Durrant cjd13@pitt.edu

Join us for a round table discussion about:

The Echos of Immigration: Music as a Method of Creating Identity and Political Change

Speaker: Juan Fernando Velasquez, PhD. 
Faculty at the Department of Music  
University of Pittsburgh

4419 Posvar Hall
1:00 pm
Pizza provided!

For more information: rod39@pitt.edu

Beginning at noon, the festival will feature Latin American and Caribbean food, arts, crafts, and information on local and regional organizations. Latin American vendors also will offer handmade and authentic Latin American products. Music and dance performances from Latin America and the Caribbean will take place throughout the day.

12:00pm - 8:00pm 

Free and Open to the Public!

For more information, contact: clasfestival@pitt.edu

Learn more and join our community:

www.facebook.com/events/2237162249898508
www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/festival

Saturday, April 27

Community-based Workshop on DNA and African-American History co-sponsored by African American Program, Senator John Heinz History Center and The Pittsburgh Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS)

Location and time to be determined.

For more information, click here.

The number one priority of the Center for Latin American Studies is its students. CLAS seeks to expand and enrich resources on the Latin American and Caribbean region at the University of Pittsburgh in order to offer its students multidisciplinary academic training programs of the highest quality that complement a degree in a discipline or profession.

Undergraduate Programs: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/ugrad_programs   
Graduate Programs: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/grad_certificates

To set-up an advising meeting with the CLAS Advisor go to: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/advising    

Welcome to Brazil Nuts!

Brazil Nuts is an active student organization at the University of Pittsburgh. Since its creation in 1998, the group's primary goal has been to expose students to Brazilian culture and the Portuguese language, creating environments for the students to practice their Portuguese outside of the classroom and to interact within the Brazilian community.

The club's activities provide students with unique opportunities to learn more about Brazil and its people. Weekly dance classes are offered where participants can enjoy themselves while learning about axé, samba and other forms of Brazilian dance, while movie nights provide viewers with a chance to witness the art of Brazilian cinema. The club also offers Bate-Papo, a weekly conversation table where students of all levels can practice Portuguese with peers and native Portuguese speakers.

Membership is open to anyone who is interested in the Portuguese language and learning about the cultures where Portuguese is spoken. Take a look at our site, learn about some of our activities and find out about other events occuring in the Pittsburgh area!

Visit the Brazil Nuts Facebook: 
https://www.facebook.com/brazilnutsatPitt/
 

Pitt Caribbean and Latin American Student Association (CLASA)

If you're interested in being a part of CLASA E-Board for the 2019-20 academic year, now's the time to sign up.
 
As part of E-board, you get to represent CLASA, help throw bomb events, collaborate with other clubs and rep yuh flag on campus! The positions are President, Vice President, Secretary, Business Manager, Events Manager AND 3-5 interns. If you're interested in more than one position, you are allowed to sign up for up to two. 
Click here for descriptions of the responsibilities required for each position
 
The deadline to sign up for a position is April 1st so don't wait to sign up!

For more information: 
pittclasa@gmail.com or https://www.instagram.com/pitt_clasa/

Our purpose at Pitt Spanish Club is to immerse students in the culture and language  of Spanish-speaking countries. We collaborate with the University of Pittsburgh Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) and other organizations to host many events. 

Visit our website: https://pittspanishclub.weebly.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PittSpanishClub/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BnSOj7iHbRt/?taken-by=pittspanishclub

Free lessons on Tuesdays

Posvar Hall, First floor lobby by escalators

6:30 p.m. -- Beginner Tango
7:45 -- Experimental Tango & Practice

Beginners welcome! No partners needed.

Grant Opportunities: https://www.nalac.org/programs/grants

Operation Walk Pittsburgh

Spanish Translators Needed! 

Operation Walk Pittsburgh is a private, not-for-profit, volunteer medical services organization which provides free surgical care for patients that have no access to life-improving care for arthritis or other debilitating bone and joint conditions in Latin American countries. Operation Walk also educates in-country orthopedic surgeons, nurses, physical therapists and other healthcare professionals on the most advanced treatments and surgical techniques for diseases of the hip and knee joints. This is done in conjunction with surgeries to help create a lasting contribution to patient care in developing countries. 

The Operation Walk Pittsburgh chapter was started by Dr. Tony DiGioia, Medical Director of the Bone and Joint Center at Magee-Womens Hospital, in 2009 as an initiative of the AMD3 Foundation. To date, Operation Walk Pittsburgh has completed nine successful, international missions to Guatemala, Panama, Honduras and Cuba and given the gift of mobility back to nearly 500 patients in need. The team will return to Antigua, Guatemala in October of 2019 to mark its 10th mission and 10th anniversary. Each year, a team of surgeons, nurses, physical therapists, other healthcare professionals, translators and general volunteers is recruited for Operation Walk’s volunteer travel team. 

We are currently accepting applications for our 2019 mission and are in need of Spanish translators. Spanish bilingual speakers are prefered but applicants processing advanced Spanish will also be considered. Professional experience in healthcare is also a plus, but not required. Applicants must be available to travel September 28 - October 5th, 2019 and must agree to a modest fundraising commitment. If you’d like to learn more or are interested in applying to our travel team, please visit www.operationwalkpgh.org. You can also email Nick nick@amd3.org with general questions.
 

Interested in healthcare, international mission work, and non-profit management? Operation Walk Pittsburgh is currently accepting applications from qualified graduate students for its Program Coordinator and Marketing Internship. The successful applicant could begin working with Operation Walk Pittsburgh as soon as May, 2019. This will be a paid internship. For more information, please see the attached job description. 

 SUMMER 2019 COMMUNICATIONS INTERNSHIP
Engage Cuba seeks a communications intern for Summer 2019. This position is full-time and unpaid, based at our office in Washington, DC. Transportation subsidy will be provided.
 
Engage Cuba is the leading coalition of private companies and organizations working to end the travel and trade embargo on Cuba. As a 501(c)(4) bipartisan non-profit whose funds are entirely dedicated to advocacy efforts, Engage Cuba is the only organization whose focus is U.S.-Cuba legislative advocacy. Engage Cuba is also committed to supporting the Cuban people and helping organizations and businesses navigate Cuban and U.S. regulations. The organization has the largest bipartisan lobbying operation working on U.S.-Cuba policy.

To learn more, visit: http://www.engagecuba.org

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City Internships 2018/19

Study and Intern Abroad Programs

For this academic year, we'll be offering Winter, Spring and Summer Programs in 9 locations: London, Paris, New York, Washington D.C., Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston & San Francisco.

All of our Programs feature a series of career-readiness classes, workshops and events centered around an internship placement at a leading company in an industry of interest to a student. 

Our programs are open to students from any year and with any major, and they may choose a placement in one of 9 career fields: Banking & Financial services; Consulting & Professional services; Law & Politics; Technology & Engineering; Marketing, Advertising & PR; Media, Entertainment & Journalism; Art, Fashion & Design; Start-ups & Entrepreneurship; Charities, NFPs & NGOs.

Students may be directed to apply now at: https://city-internships.com/apply
Programs and Offerings Prospectus: City Internships 2018/19 Prospectus.
 

Global Wordsmiths, a start-up language interpretation and translation company located in East Liberty, aims to serve immigrants and refugees in Pittsburgh by eliminating language access barriers through the Language Access Project. It does so by recruiting, training, and pairing bilingual university students with small, local nonprofits. 

They are seeking near-native or very advanced bilingual, highly motivated interns to assist in translating and interpretation services.

For more information, contact Meredith Bapir at mbapir@globalwordsmiths.com

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April 9

Faculty Networking: The Global Salon

Noon – 1:30 p.m.
William Pitt Union, Lower Lounge

The Year of Pitt Global announces the launch of the Global Salon! 

All University of Pittsburgh faculty, tenure stream and non-tenure stream, are invited to a special series of networking oppportunities made possible by the Year of Pitt Global. This Global Salon series brings together faculty and researchers from across the University to build relationships and share proposed or ongoing research. The Salons are organized around the UN's Sustainable Development Goals in five themes: People, Prosperity, Planet, Peace, and Partnership. 

The Global Salons are free of charge, and lunch is provided, but registration is required. Register here.

Each Global Salon allows faculty to enjoy lunch while discussing their research informally through conversation groups. All faculty, regardless of full-time, part-time, or tenure status, are welcome to register.

For more information, visit:
https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/faculty_networking_the_global_salon_2511?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=University+of+Pittsburgh#.XGw_WOhKjIU

There’s Only One Way Out for Cuba’s Dismal Economy

The island’s economy is neither efficient nor competitive. To move forward it must deepen and accelerate reforms. The market socialism model could provide a way.

By Dr. Carmelo Mesa-Lago. Professor and an expert on Cuba’s economy.

The New York Times article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/opinion/cuba-economy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Great schools need great teachers.  Whether you’re thinking about a career in education, returning to the workforce, or just looking to give back, SmartSTART has employment opportunities for you at South Fayette Township School District.   Become a substitute teacher today and enjoy the benefits that can last a lifetime.  For detailed information please click HERE.    To apply, on SmartSTART please visit  https://smartstart.aiu3.net.  If you have any questions, please contact Alice Gillenberger at 412-394-5860 or alice.gillenberger@aiu3.net.

The South Fayette School District Pays:

$90.00 for 1 – 30 days

$100.00 for 31 + days

*Please note – A substitute training session is planned for September 20, 2019, however, depending on the amount of sign-ups, earlier training sessions are being planned.  Please reach out to alice.gillenberger@aiu3.net for future training dates not yet advertised.

For more information about event sponsored by the PMAHCC please CLICK HERE

La Borinqueña: Decolonizing Puerto Rico via Comic Books

CAS Speaker's Series Presents

Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez
@  4:30 PM // CFA 303

For more information please visit www.la-borinquena.com and www.somosarte.com and follow Edgardo on social media on Twitter @MrEdgardoNYC and Instagram/Facebook @LaBorinquenaComics
Co-sponsored by: Department of Modern Languages

Taste of Puerto Rico featuring MOFONGO
In Oakland Pittsburgh

Pie Express and Chef Randolf Boitel

“Organizing a special event “

SUNDAY, APRIL 14
ALL DAY from 11 am
First come first-serve

For more info, call:
Chef Randolf Boitel: 787-617-4179
Or call Pie Express: 148 Oakland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-904-3291

For a Good cause: $1 from each Mofongo will be donated to Pittsburgh Metro area Hispanic chamber of Commerce

Capoeira Association of Pittsburgh

Capoeira Class & Roda

Kids (ages 6-10): Thursday, 6 - 6:50 p.m. 
Adults: Mondays and Thursdays, 7 - 9 p.m.
$10/session

Hill Dance Academy Theatre (HDAT), Old St. Benedict Moor School
2900 Bedford Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

With Instructor Akinlana "Preguiça" Lowman

For more information, contact nikelola04@gmail.com

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh hosts various clubs, classes, and conversation groups related to Spanish. These including "Spanish for Beginners," "Spanish Conversation," and "Spanish II."

To browse events related to Spanish offered by the library, click here: 
https://www.carnegielibrary.org/events/?tribe-bar-category=217&tribe-bar-location=All+Locations&tribe-bar-age-group=All+Ages&tribe-bar-date=&tribe-bar-date-day=&tribe-bar-date-to=&tribe-bar-search=spanish&submit-bar=Find+Events
 
These classes are for adult learners and are FREE.
You do not have to register for the classes or bring anything.
New participants are welcome at any time.

Let's Speak English

If English is not your first language and you would like a place to practice, come to the Library! Join other non-native English speakers for friendly, low-stress conversation.

Mondays  |  6:30 p.m.
CLP - East Liberty

Tuesdays  |  6:45 p.m.
CLP - Brookline

Tuesdays  |  6 p.m.
CLP - Squirrel Hill

Tuesdays  |  6:45 p.m.
CLP - West End

Wednesdays  |  5 p.m.
CLP - Main (Oakland)

Thursdays  |  5:30 p.m.
CLP- Carrick

Fridays  |  1 p.m.
CLP - Downtown & Business

Want to know more? carnegielibrary.org

Casa San Jose 

Extended Office Hours

Mondays and Wednesdays
9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Casa San Jose esta extendiendo sus horas de oficina en nuestro segundo local en East Liberty.

Si quiere hacer cita o comunicarse con esa oficina por favor llame al (502) 682-4540.

For more information on Casa San Jose, visit: casasanjose.org

Clínicas Pediátricas y de Vacunación Gratuitas
Segundo Sábado de Cada Mes
8:30 AM to 12 PM*
Lugar: Salvation Army (Centro de Donaciones) 54 S. 9th Street South Side Pittsburgh, PA 15203
865 Cabot Way, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
No se necesita cita o seguro de salud

Clínicas Pediátricas Gratuitas
Cuarto Martes de Cada Mes
2 PM to 3:40 PM
Lugar: Salvation Army (Centro de Donaciones) Calles Carson y 9 South Side
(Carson Street and 9th Street) Pittsburgh, PA
54 S. 9th Street South Side Pittsburgh, PA 15203
865 Cabot Way, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
No se necesita cita o seguro de salud

Para hacer cita y para confirmar que la clínica no ha sido cambiada de fecha
llamar al 412-692-6000 opción 8

Mayor información: 412-692-6000, opción 8
http://www.chp.edu/saludparaninos
 
Más información: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/245884769436f3da161023045/files/896de567-dab2-44ef-9bf4-2648307d678f/SALUD_PARA_NIÑOS_flyer_2019.doc

Global Hub Manager - https://cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/pitt_staff_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=19001525&tz=GMT-05%3A00

Program Coordinator, Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum (FLAC) -https://cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/pitt_staff_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=19001533&tz=GMT-05%3A00

Is the premier forum dedicated to education, debate, and dialogue in the Americas. Its mission is to foster an understanding of the contemporary political, social, and economic issues confronting Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada, and to increase public awareness and appreciation of the diverse cultural heritage of the Americas and the importance of the inter-American relationship.   http://www.as-coa.org/
 

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is the oldest international affairs think tank in the United States and the first global think tank. For updates and information about events and topics visit: http://carnegieendowment.org/programs/
 

For more information about tickets and events visit: http://www.music.pitt.edu/ or http://www.music.pitt.edu/events
 

Founded in 1975, the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA), a nonprofit, tax-exempt independent research and information organization, was established to promote the common interests of the hemisphere, raise the visibility of regional affairs and increase the importance of the inter-American relationship, as well as encourage the formulation of rational and constructive U.S. policies towards Latin America. In 1982, COHA’s board of trustees voted to expand its mandate to include monitoring Canadian/Latin American relations.

Since its inception, COHA has been one of the most active and broadest-based U.S. private bodies dealing with the entire spectrum of political, economic and diplomatic issues, as well as responding to the economic and political challenges confronting the nations of this hemisphere. From its beginnings, COHA’s board consisted of the leadership of some of this country’s most important trade unions, professional organizations and religious groups, as well as distinguished civic and academic figures, who joined together to advance their common belief in support of representative government and pluralistic institutions throughout the hemisphere.
For more information contact: http://www.coha.org/
 

Global Links is a medical relief and development organization dedicated to promoting environmental stewardship and improving health in resource-poor communities, primarily in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our two-fold mission provides hospitals with a socially and environmentally beneficial alternative to sending hundreds of tons of still-useful surplus materials to landfills.

Hospitals and clinics in under-served communities often lack the supplies and equipment necessary to provide even basic care to their patients, resulting in needless suffering and deaths. At the same time, the US healthcare industry generates a staggering amount of medical surplus which, without intervention, is destined to pile up in our landfills.

Global Links' innovative model of recovery and reuse connects these two social problems in a way that helps to solve both, creating a "virtuous circle" that converts an environmental burden to a life-saving purpose. For information about events and programs visit: http://www.globallinks.org/
 

The Latin American Council of Social Science (CLACSO is a non-govermental international organization with UNESCO associate status, established in 1967. We currently bring together 394 research centers and graduate school in the field of social sciences and humanities n 26 Latin American countries, North America and Europe.
http://www.clacso.org.ar/
 

Latin American Perspectives is a theoretical and scholarly journal for discussion and debate on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas. For more than forty years, it has published timely, progressive analyses of the social forces shaping contemporary Latin America. http://latinamericanperspectives.com/
 

The fall 2018 issue of the LASA Forum is now available for viewing online at: https://forum.lasaweb.org/

This issue features timely articles on the current situation in Nicaragua, collected by Juliet Hooker, and an update from Wayne Cornelius on the US administration’s actions to restrict entry of migrants fleeing violence in Central America.

From the 2018 LASA Congress in Barcelona, we offer presentations given at the presidential session “Revisiting 1968 in Latin America: 50 Years Later,” as well as an account of the pre-Congress program of the Otros Saberes Section by Adriana Pou Hernández.
 

The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. Based in Washington, D.C., The Chronicle has more than 70 writers, editors, and international correspondents. http://chronicle.com/section/Home/5
 

The Latin American Research Review (LARR) is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes original research and surveys of current research on Latin America and the Caribbean.
 
The Latin American Research Review now has a blog, hosted by the information platform Panoramas at the Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh, highlighting recent and forthcoming articles: see the LARR blog.
 
LARR was founded in 1965 by a consortium of U.S. universities. When the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) was established the following year, LARR and LASA merged, with the journal becoming the association's official scholarly journal.

Starting at University of Texas at Austin in 1965, the editorship moved to the University of North Carolina in 1974, and then to the University of New Mexico in 1982 before returning to the University of Texas at Austin in 2003.Dr. Philip Oxhorn at McGill University was editor in chief from 2006 to 2016. The new editor in chief, starting in 2017, is Professor Aníbal Pérez-Liñán at the University of Pittsburgh.
 
Beginning in 2017, LARR is open access and online-only at larrlasa.org. No subscription is needed to access new content. 

The Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programas Fall (NRIEP) Fall 2018 Newsletter is now available:  https://www.nationalityrooms.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/documents/NRIEP%20Newsletter%20Fall%20%202018_v2.pdf

OLA (Observatory in Latin America—Observatorio Latino Americano)
The broad objectives of OLA are to: Improve academic and public understanding by observing and studying the processes of political and economic change underway in Latin America; Foster a public dialogue between and within the United States and Latin America about the challenges of building social democracy in a globalized world, including creating opportunities for Latin American leaders to directly express their views to audiences in the United States, and; Collaborate with Latin American institutions to further these objectives within countries across the Hemisphere by linking and mobilizing ideas and institutions.

For events visit: http://observatorylatinamerica.org/

The Economic Commission for Latin America CEPAL (news)

The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) -the Spanish acronym is CEPAL- was established by Economic and Social Council resolution 106(VI) of 25 February 1948 and began to function that same year. The scope of the Commission's work was later broadened to include the countries of the Caribbean, and by resolution 1984/67 of 27 July 1984, the Economic Council decided to change its name to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); the Spanish acronym, CEPAL, remains unchanged.
 
ECLAC, which is headquartered in Santiago, Chile, is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations. It was founded with the purpose of contributing to the economic development of Latin America, coordinating actions directed towards this end, and reinforcing economic ties among countries and with other nations of the world. The promotion of the region's social development was later included among its primary objectives.
 
In June 1951, the Commission established the ECLAC subregional headquarters in Mexico City, which serves the needs of the Central American subregion, and in December 1966, the ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean was founded in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. In addition, ECLAC maintains country offices in Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Montevideo and Bogotá, as well as a liaison office in Washington, D.C. https://www.cepal.org/en 

The World History Center, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh

The World History Center at the University of Pittsburgh emphasizes research, teaching, and international collaboration on the global past, with attention to policies for the global future. The Center, directed by Patrick Manning, is located in the Department of History and is affiliated with the Global Studies Center and the University Center for International Studies.
http://www.worldhistory.pitt.edu/index.php

World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh

The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting a deeper understanding of key contemporary international issues throughout Western Pennsylvania. Established in 1931, the Council is committed to informing opinion leaders and decision-makers about developments around the world as they unfold, and to educating them about the relevance of such developments to the region.

The Council also has a special focus on secondary schools throughout the region, and works to give students and teachers a more nuanced understanding of the global issues of our time. https://www.worldpittsburgh.org/

The Humanities Center at the University of Pittsburgh

The Humanities Center has been running for seven years.  Its vitality derives from the energy of Pitt’s faculty and students in the humanities and associated departments. Thanks to all the hundreds whose scholarly and intellectual passions generate the proposals and fuel the participation that together make a flourishing center. For more information: http://www.humcenter.pitt.edu/

Revista Hallazgos

We invite you all to read our latest issue / Lo invitamos a todos a leer nuestro último número: 
http://revistas.usantotomas.edu.co/index.php/hallazgos/issue/view/453
 

The Institute for Humane Studies is the leading institute in higher education dedicated to championing classical liberal ideas and the scholars who advance them.