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The Institute for Humane Studies supports and partners with professors to promote the teaching and research of classical liberal ideas and to advance higher education's core purpose of intellectual discovery and human progress. Our vision is to ensure higher education becomes a place where classical liberal ideas are regularly taught, discussed, challenged, and developed, and where free..
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Liberalism “awakens human curiosity, ingenuity, and creativity,” Chamlee-Wright writes. It is, in other words, “the mother of innovation ..read more
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Todd Zywicki has run the full gamut of IHS programs, starting out as an intern and student and eventually becoming a faculty partner and board member ..read more
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In this edition of Ideas in Progress: Dorian Abbot, the illiberal right, and the Patriot Act ..read more
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“Historians are interested in epidemics precisely because they reveal the fault lines of society,” Amna ..read more
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“The goal here is to give people a gut-level understanding of emergent order, and how it might apply both in public policy but also in your personal life as a leader in your community and even your family.” – Neil Chilson, Author ..read more
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The January 2022 Ideas in Progress newsletter highlights basketball players protest, rising college tuition, and the great books ..read more
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“We need to call scholarly attention back to the liberal project to work through its tensions and move toward its ideal: a pluralistic society in which individuals and communities thrive in a context of openness, widespread prosperity, and mutual respect.” – Emily Chamlee-Wright ..read more
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The only way to depolarize our climate, says Asma Uddin, is to support the kinds of conversations that welcome different points of view and find ways to incorporate them into a broader understanding of the world ..read more
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One participant commented, “Intellectually, it was one of the most stimulating weekends I have had in my academic career ..read more
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“This book is a kind of ‘happiness 401(k) plan’ that shows all of the investments that the happiest older people have in common,” Arthur Brooks says. “And number one is they all got on their crystallized intelligence curve sometime in their forties or fifties ..read more