Humanities Winter Seminars | Applications now open

Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises

Read the classic postwar novel that made Hemingway the voice of the "Lost Generation."

George Eliot’s Middlemarch

Devote your winter to Eliot’s masterpiece—one of the greatest novels in the English language.

Nadezhda Mandelstam’s Hope Against Hope

Read the story of a doomed poet & his wife's heroic dedication to the preservation of his verse.

Residential Summer Programs | Applications open soon

Political Studies Program

Study the theory and practice of politics in the heart of the nation’s capital.

War Studies Program

Learn the theory, practice, organization, and control of war and military forces.

Constitutional Studies Program

Study key constitutional questions and controversies with leading legal experts & practitioners.

Security Studies

Take a practitioner’s view of the most difficult national security challenges the United States.

Political Studies Program

Statesmanship

Consider the statesman’s role in democracy & whether political greatness is still possible today.

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Elliot Kaufman

Elliot Kaufman


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Stefan Johnson

Stefan Johnson


Political Studies Program

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Alexandra Gutowski

Alexandra Gutowski


War Studies Program

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Caleb Orr

Caleb Orr


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