Logistics
Location: The Seminar will take place from July 31st - August 4th, 2023 with in person sessions at Harvard University’s CGIS Knafel building. Housing will be not be provided due to campus covid restrictions. There will also be field trips to the ICA and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museums in Boston.
Meals: Breakfast and lunch will be provided daily at the Seminar and dinner will be provided on two separate nights: on the first and last evenings of the seminar.
Cost: A registration fee of $525 is requested for overhead purposes and represents a small fraction of the true cost of the program. Reading material will be made available free of charge to the accepted applicants at least a month before the seminar. Scholarships are available, please submit your request here.
Who Should Apply?
The seminar is open to rising senior high school students and those recently graduated from high school. Sessions begin at 9:30am. The seminar will be capped at fifteen participants.
How to APply?
Complete this online application. After completion of the application you will be directed to upload the following:
Writing sample of up to 2,000 words.
CV or Resume.
The application deadline for the seminar is April 28th, 2023. Applicants can expect to receive a decision by the middle of May, 2023
- Seminar Faculty -
Timothy Belk, M.A.
Timothy Belk is the Academic Dean and Assistant Headmaster of Boston Trinity Academy. He has a Master of Arts, Art History with International Politics, and a Master of Philosophy, International Security Studies, both at the University of St. Andrews.
Katie Elrod, M.A.
Currently serving as Associate Head at Montrose School, Katie Elrod specializes in strategic visioning and leadership in every area of the independent school experience. Over twenty years ago, Katie began as a humanities teacher and has taught in every grade level from elementary through college. Katie also served as an adjunct professor in the philosophy department at Boston College. She is a published author and speaker at universities such as Notre Dame, MIT and St. Joseph’s College, as well as conferences and workshops in the Northeast. A Lonergan Fellow, Katie received her BA and MA in philosophy from Boston College.
Danilo Petranovich, Ph. D.
Dr. Danilo Petranovich is the Director of the Abigail Adams Institute. He is responsible for the Institute's strategic planning. developing its intellectual mission and academic programming, cultivating faculty and student partners, and contributor outreach in the greater New England area. Dr. Petranovich received his BA from Harvard and his PhD in Political Science from Yale. He taught courses in political theory, social thought, and the humanities at Duke and at Yale. His expertise is in nineteenth century European and American political thought.
- Questions -
If you have any questions about the seminar or the application process please do not hesitate to send your queries to director@AAICambridge.org