Stanford Summer Humanities Institute

[LonelyHapax]

<p>Hi
This is sort of a public service announcement, I guess…
(for rising juniors and seniors)</p>

<p>For the first time this summer Stanford is hosting the [Stanford Summer Humanities Institute](<a href=“http://summerhumanities.stanford.edu/”>http://summerhumanities.stanford.edu/&lt;/a&gt;)
The program is three weeks long, running from June 24 to July 13, and is a little pricy at $5,150 (need-based financial need available).</p>

<p>The program application closes by March 15; however, I just learned about it by reading a letter from them in the mail. So either my letter got VERY lost, or they’re still looking for kids. Also: under the “admissions” section it says:</p>

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@SSHI Admissions

The Summer Humanities Institute is still accepting applications for our 2012 program, and will continue to accept applications for admission until the program is filled. Note that there is no deadline by which materials must be submitted; applications will be reviewed when we receive all the required materials. However, we encourage you to complete your application as soon as possible.

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<p>Here’s the “About” section.</p>

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@SSHI About

Led by Stanford professors, the Summer Humanities Institute lets rising high school juniors and seniors explore the big questions at the heart of the humanities: how and when can ideas transform society? When is the use of force legitimate? How can we define the limits of individual rights?</p>

<p>Students will spend three weeks on the beautiful Stanford campus, living in residence. They will spend the first two weeks intensively studying and researching one of two topics – “The Age of Jefferson” and “Revolutions” – attending daily lectures by the faculty members, and participating in group discussions and activities in the afternoon. There will also be downtime for extra-curricular fun, as well as supervised off-campus excursions to places of cultural and natural interest around the Bay Area.</p>

<p>During their third week, students will work closely with their professors, graduate students, and writing mentors to produce original research projects. These papers present an opportunity for students to use what they have learned at Stanford to develop their own answers to the central questions that are addressed by the humanities. Students will be introduced to research methods, as well as to library and online resources. And they’ll have something very impressive to show for it!

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<p>I’m more of a STEM person and am already doing something this summer, but this sounds pretty cool for anyone who is still looking for something and who likes the humanities.</p>

<p>I just made this because I couldn’t find ANY discussion on this on the site (I searched around a good bit). Sorry if there is already something for it.</p>

[pbericcc]

<p>Hey LonelyHapax and any other alum, I will be attending the SSHI this summer can you please tell me how your experience ended up?</p>

[LonelyHapax]

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I’m more of a STEM person and am already doing something this summer

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<p>I was never interested in the program, I just posted this in case anybody on CC might be. I believe the program was new when I wrote about it, otherwise I don’t think I would have posted about it at all.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>