About
Promoting Intellectual Discovery and Human Flourishing
Rooted in the classical liberal tradition, IHS is a non-profit organization that supports the achievement of a free society by connecting and supporting graduate students, scholars, and intellectuals who are driving human progress in critical conversations shaping the 21st century.
About IHS
Promoting Intellectual Discovery and Human Flourishing
Rooted in the classical liberal tradition, IHS is a non-profit organization that supports the achievement of a free society by connecting and supporting graduate students, scholars, and intellectuals who are driving human progress in critical conversations shaping the 21st century.
Advancing the Ideas of the Good Society
We believe that ideas within the classical liberal tradition serve as the foundation for the good society — an intellectually open, tolerant, and pluralistic society — in which individuals and communities thrive in peace, prosperity, and mutual respect. For those ideas to take root, it is essential they are taught, explored, challenged, and developed in higher education.
Growing and Connecting a Community of Scholars Through:
01.
Diverse Scholarly Discourse
We connect a diverse community of scholars and public intellectuals across the ideological spectrum who share our passion for the liberal intellectual tradition within the academy and in the broader world.
02.
Funding for Your Future
We support scholars with a variety of flexible research grants, fellowships, and logistical support opportunities. Our funding resources help scholars to publish research and thrive throughout their academic careers.
03.
Exploring and Challenging Ideas
We offer an integrated suite of programs and events, working with scholars who are driving progress in the academic forum and public conversations most relevant to liberal democratic societies.
04.
Fostering Collaboration
We help facilitate peer-to-peer connections, creating a broad academic network and opportunities for scholarly collaboration through convenings and events.
Explore Principles and Initiatives
Classical liberal thought includes diverse viewpoints and the exchange of ideas about the nature of society, the individual, and the relationship between the two. We focus on enduring principles that underlie free and open societies and contemporary challenges where fresh thinking and civil discourse is needed most urgently. Become familiar with these principles and key initiatives.
About the Institute for Humane Studies
Board & Leadership
We believe in the classical liberal vision of the good society: a tolerant and pluralistic society in which intellectual and economic progress are the norm, and where individuals and communities flourish in a context of openness, voluntary and peaceful cooperation, intellectual humility, and mutual respect.
Board of Directors
Prof. Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Mr. Chris J. Rufer
The Morning Star Company, Woodland, CA
Prof. Todd J. Zywicki
George Mason University, Arlington, VA
Prof. Tyler Cowen
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Mr. Brian Hooks
Stand Together, Arlington, VA
Prof. Virgil Storr
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Mr. Charles G. Koch, Chairman Emeritus
Koch Industries, Wichita, KS
Mr. James Arthur Pope
John William Pope Foundation, Raleigh, NC
Mr. Ryan Stowers, Chairman
Charles Koch Foundation, Arlington, VA
