PIKSI

2016 A SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR UNDERGRADUATES
PIKSI summer institutes are designed to encourage undergraduates from underrepresented groups to consider future study of philosophy. Undergraduates and recent graduates from underrepresented groups such as women, African Americans, Chicano/as and Latino/as, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, LGBTs, economically disadvantaged communities, and people with disabilities are urged to apply. Transportation and lodging are provided. Stipends are awarded to all.
PIKSI ROCK
Rock Ethics Institute/Penn State
Date: June 13-22, 2016
Director: Serene Khader
Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Theme: Philosophy and Social Justice
Speakers: Chris Lebron (Yale University), Mariana Ortega (John Carroll University), Meena Krishnamurthy (University of Michigan), Eva Kittay (Stony Brook University)
PIKSI BOSTON
MIT/UMB
Date: July 17-23, 2016
Director: Lisa Rivera
University of Massachusetts Boston
Speakers: Lewis Gordon (University of Connecticut, Storrs), Tommie Shelby (Harvard University), Rachel McKinney
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Serena Parekh (Northeastern University), Jose Mendoza (University of Massachusetts, Lowell), Alejandro Perez Carballo (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
APPLICATION DEADLINE – MARCH 21ST 2016
For more information visit: piksi.org
Contact: info@piksi.org
SPONSORS: THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION , AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION – PENN STATE’S ROCK ETHICS INSTITUTE, COLLEGE OF THE LIBERAL ARTS, AND DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY – MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY – STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY – UNIVERSITY OF OREGON – IRIS MARION YOUNG DIVERSITY SCHOLARS FUND – ANN ARBOR PHILOSOPHERS’ PIKSI FUNDING INITIATIVE – ASSOCIATION OF FEMINIST ETHICS AND SOCIAL THEORY