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Institute for Humane Studies
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Founder(s) F.A. "Baldy" Harper[1]
Type Educational foundation
IRS exemption status: 501(c)(3)[1]
Tax ID No. 941623852[2]
Founded 1961 (1961)[1]
Location Arlington, Virginia [2]
Key people President Marty Zupan[2]
Area served United States
Focus Civil society, civic engagement and social entrepreneurship[2][3]
Mission Peace, prosperity, and social harmony from a greater understanding of human affairs [2][3]
Method Research and education[2][3]
Revenue $6,977,345 (2010)[2]
Website theihs.org

The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) is a classical liberal non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to support the achievement of a freer society by discovering and facilitating the development of talented, productive students, scholars, and other intellectuals who share an interest in liberty and who demonstrate the potential to help change the current climate of opinion to one more congenial to the principles and practice of freedom."[2][4]

Over the years, IHS has awarded millions of dollars in scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students.[5][6][7][8][9] IHS offers seminars for hundreds of students each year.[10][11] In addition to its educational programs, IHS provides various forms of career assistance, including paid internships, to students and recent graduates pursuing careers in academia, journalism, and public policy.[12][9]

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[edit] History

Hazel Hall, home of the Mercatus Center and the Institute for Humane Studies on the George Mason University Arlington campus

The Institute for Humane Studies was founded in 1961 in Menlo Park, California by F. A. "Baldy" Harper, in his garage, in order to promote peace, prosperity, and social harmony by fostering a greater understanding of human affairs and freedom.[13][1][14][2][3][15][3][16][17][9] Harper initially served as the secretary and treasurer.[18] Harper became the Institute's president in 1966, a position he held until his death in 1973. [19][20] Following Harper in the role of president were Louis M. Spadaro and Leonard Liggio, who served as president from 1980 to 1989. [21] Current president Marty Zupan was appointed in 2001, having served as vice-president since 1989.[22]

Liggio, Walter Grinder, and John Blundell moved the institute to Fairfax, Virginia in 1985 and began an association with George Mason University.[23][14] IHS is currently located in Hazel Hall on the George Mason University Arlington campus in Arlington, Virginia along with sister organization the Mercatus Center.[14][24][25]

[edit] Organization

A former editor of Reason magazine, Marty Zupan, is the current president.[22] The chair of its board of directors is Charles G. Koch.[26] The other members of the board of directors are John Blundell, Richard H. Fink, Jerome Fullinwider, Timothy Otis Browne, Tyler Cowen, Art Pope, David Humphreys, Eric O'Keefe, Todd Zywicki, William Sumner, Kristina Kendall, and Craig Johnson.[27] In 2010, IHS had just over $7 million in revenue.[27] IHS has received funding from a number of foundations, including the Sarah Scaife Foundation, the Koch Family Foundations, and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.[28][14]

[edit] Programs

[edit] Seminars

John Hasnas lecturing at Towson University during a seminar

Each summer, IHS runs a series of free, week-long summer seminars for university students from around the world. Seminars are interdisciplinary and include lectures on history, economics, philosophy, law, and political science.[29][30][14] Seminar themes include the value of property rights, limited government, peace, natural rights, free trade, individual autonomy, and the morality of free enterprise.[10][11] There are introductory and advanced seminars, as well as seminars geared toward students planning careers in public policy, academia, and journalism.[29][30][14] IHS also runs weekend on-campus seminars during the academic year.[14] IHS and Liberty Fund co-sponsor the Advanced Topics in Liberty program, which is an invitation-only, discussion-based weekend conference series.[31] For graduate students pursuing academic careers, IHS sponsors invitation-only Career Development Seminars designed to help students "land a job in academia, gain tenure, and contribute to the academic and intellectual conversation."[14]

[edit] Internships

Koch Summer Fellows waiting for a Subway Train

Each summer, IHS runs the Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program. The program runs for 10 weeks, and includes a paid public policy internship with two career and policy seminars. Fellows are placed at one of 80 partner think tanks and policy organizations across the United States.[14][8][32] IHS also runs a year-round journalism internship program that places aspiring journalists who support individual liberty, free markets, and peace at media companies and non-profit newsrooms.[10]

[edit] Scholarships

Through its Humane Studies Fellowship program, IHS awards scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students embarking on "liberty-advancing careers in ideas."[13][5][6][7][8] 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."[5][6][7][8]

[edit] Online projects

Politopia.com is designed around the Nolan Chart

In 2010, IHS launched LearnLiberty.org, a website providing educational videos on libertarian ideas.[33][34][35] 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 LearnLiberty include David Schmidtz of the University of Arizona and Jeffrey Miron of Harvard University.[36]

IHS maintains Kosmos, a networking website for classical liberal academics.[37] The site's goal is to "provide career advice and intellectual resources for liberty advancing academics." The term "kosmos" comes from Friedrich Hayek's use of the term in Law, Legislation and Liberty.[38]

IHS also operates Politopia.com, an educational interactive website based on the Nolan Chart.[39] Through a series of questions, the website places participants on a four-sided political map. Its purpose is to help individuals conceptualize political views.[39]

[edit] Alum award

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."[40] 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.[41][40][42]

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