Advanced Seminar in Objectivist Studies Application

The Advanced Seminar is open free of charge to a limited number of qualified student applicants and professional philosophers. All other applicants will be responsible for room and board charges.

To apply, please complete the Academic Information section on the registration form and send the answers to the following questions. The answers can be sent by regular mail, email, or fax. Make sure to include your name and contact information with your application.

Application Questions:

1. Please tell us your occupation and place of study or work.

2. Please outline your formal educational background, including your academic training in philosophy.

3. Please describe the extent of your familiarity with Objectivism, including the major works you have read and courses you have taken. Please be sure to note any occasions on which you have taken the Logical Structure of Objectivism or Perennial Questions of Objectivism courses or participated in a Cyberseminar.

4. What scholarly writing have you done on philosophical topics? Please give us a brief list (no more than ten), starting with those you deem most significant. Please give bibliographic information for your published work.

5. What are your plans for future scholarship?

6. What are the two issues in Objectivism that you would most like to see scholars address? Why are these of interest to you?

Applications must be received by April 22, 2002. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by May 6.