IES Summer Seminars 2015

Interested in exploring the ideas of Liberty? Spending a week of great experiences, intercultural exchanges, discussing and thinking about freedom, learning from top professors and making new friends from all over the world ? IES Europe offers you an opportunity to learn about classical liberal ideas and explore them with insights from our faculty into the study of history, economics and philosphy! Join us and deepen your understanding of ideas that allow humans to flourish and prosper.

List of seminars in 2015: 

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• Bulgaria (Bansko): July 12-18
• Germany (Gummersbach): July 19-25
• Georgia (Bakuriani): July 21-26

Through the generosity of our partners, IES-Europe is able to offer the seminars for free. Lectures, housing, meals are provided by IES-Europe. Participants only pay for their own travel.

The seminars offer interdisciplinary introduction to the tradition of classical liberal thought scholarship. Subjects covered include economics, history, moral, political philosophy and law. The main aim is to approach these fields from a liberal point of view. The seminars are a unique opportunity to boost your understanding of the classical liberal principles of individual rights, private property, and free markets and their applications to today's issues.

Thousands of students have already been involved with the Institute's programs. The participants are junior, senior, or graduate students and recent graduates but they are also young scholars or entrepreneurs. They usually describe it as a week which had a tremendous impact in their intellectual life and which has proved helpful for careers in academia, law, journalism, and other idea-oriented fields. It is also a great experience from a personal point of view, since for a week, students and faculty members, coming from everywhere in the world, get to live together, to speak and to debate. They get to learn from each other and are in contact with different cultures, education and ways of life.

A traditional Europe and Liberty seminar lasts 6 days from. The day is divided into 3 sessions of lecture, discussion groups and discussions with the speaker. Every session lasts 2 hours and is followed by a coffee break, lunch or dinner. The week is an intensive week of lectures and discussions. After each lecture the participants break into small groups to probe and debate ideas they have just heard. A highlight of the seminar are the evening discussion groups; guided by faculty members, participants continue their exploration of the day's themes. During the week, participants will have to interact constantly with each other and with the faculty members who not only lecture but join the participants for meals and evening discussion groups and socializing.

More about the application process: http://www.ies-europe.org/viewLiberalism.php?menu_id=98&article_id=294#.VTV1r_D7Osw 

Deadline for applications: May 1, 2015.

The 2014 European Resource Bank

The 2014 European Resource Bank will be held in Aix-en-Provence, France, June 27-29, 2014. Save the date!

 

Right after the European Elections, representatives of European free-market think tanks will join in Aix-en-Provence to reflect upon the consequences of the electoral relsults for the future of Europe and which new strategies should be implemented to change the climate of ideas towards more reforms, more accountability and more pro-growth policies.

The European Resource Bank is the largest annual congress of free market think-tanks in Europe and today gathers together representatives from dozens of European and American think tanks, academics, policy experts, elected officials and other parties interested in the debate over strategies and problems posed to the European free economies and in the future of individual liberty in Europe. It was modelled after the Resource Bank meeting organised by the Heritage Foundation in the United States and the Liberty Forum organised by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation. The Resource Bank meetings attempt to build a 'bank' of human capital - the ultimate resource in the enterprise of freedom - and to create and renew the ties between the participating organisations which themselves pool human capital in the fight for a free world.

In a time of never-ending crisis, fresh ideas on how to save European economies are urgent. At this year's congress, the delegates can expect an exciting line up of speakers that will debate the relationship between the European Union/Europe and the Liberty Movement, EP elections and the most recent EU activities that in many ways lead to greater regulations of markets, restrictions of individual freedom and new EU's structures.

This will also be a perfect time for networking and sharing best practices to promote our ideas including making an efficient use of media and academic research.

The ‘how to nuts & bolts’ seminars will help to make the most efficient use of social networking and demonstrate how to create videos. Seminars on best practices in business planning and fundraising will be on the programme too. The popular Think Tank Dragons Den will offer a chance to win up to € 5,000 for the best proposals.

- See more at: http://europeanresourcebank.com/home#sthash.mPIpQYvJ.dpuf

This will also be a perfect time for networking and sharing best practices to promote our ideas including making an efficient use of media and academic research. The ‘how to nuts & bolts’ seminars will help to make the most efficient use of social networking and demonstrate how to create videos. Seminars on best practices in business planning and fundraising will be on the programme too. The popular Think Tank Dragons Den will offer a chance to win up to € 5,000 for the best proposals.

Tickets are now available for:

•  € 240 ($ 312) for non-profits 
•  € 350 ($ 455) for corporate 

Registrations and program are available on http://europeanresourcebank.com/

IES Seminars 2014

IES Liberty Seminars 2014 will be held in Gummersbach, Germany, Bansko, Bulgaria, and Predeal, Romania.

IES Europe offers you an interdisciplinary introduction to the tradition of classical liberal thought. Subjects covered include economics, history, moral and political philosophy, law, jurisprudence. Faculty and program will soon be availble. The main aim is to approach these fields from a liberal point of view. The seminars are a unique opportunity to boost your understanding of the classical liberal principles of individual rights, private property, and free markets and their applications to today's issues.

Through the generosity of partners, IES-Europe is able to offer the seminars for free. Lectures, housing, meals are provided by IES-Europe. Participants only pay for their own travel.

Since 1989 IES-Europe works to nurture young classical liberal intellectuals. IES-Europe invests in students to improve their understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of classical liberal ideas and to provide the material means to continue their studies. Europe & Liberty seminars held throughout Europe serve to develop young scholars and to create a supportive network of classical liberal intellectuals in Europe.

Germany 2014

IES-Europe has made its summer seminar in Gummersbach, Germany the place to be for students interested in the ideas of liberty. Between July 20 and July 27, together with our partners the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit and the Competitve Enterprise Institute, we will get back again to the place where, over the years many young minds have learned about freedom and made lasting friendships. Apply now and join us for an incredible experience. 

Bulgaria 2014

IES-Europe offers you a unique opportunity to deepen your understanding of the ideas behind propserity and human flourishing. In cooperation with the Institute for Market Economics and the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit, this new edition of Europe & Liberty Seminar will be held in Bansko, Bulgaria between July 27 and August 2, 2014.

Romania 2014

IES-Europe, the Center for Institutional Analysis and Development - Eleutheria (CADI), The Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS)  and the Society for Individual Freedom (SoLib) organize a September School in Philosophy, Economics and Politics between September 16 and September 20, 2014 at Hotel Orizont, Predeal, Romania. 

Read more: http://www.ies-europe.org/viewLiberalisms.php?menu_id=119#.Uz3hqaLwCeY