In this six-session course we will reflect together on what the humanities have been understood to be over the past several centuries; on the crisis of the humanities in the current moment; and on possible ways out of this crisis and towards a renewed flourishing. We will read a wide variety of texts, from the Renaissance humanists through German Romanticism and 20th-century philosophy of education. The sessions will be a combination of lectures, guest lectures, participant presentations, and open discussion. We will conceive this summer school, atypically, as one great brainstorming session, propaedeutic to the launch of regular Hinternet Foundation course programming in the autumn. 

 

Sessions will take place on Fridays and Saturdays, August 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, and 22, at 11:00 Los Angeles / 14:00 New York / 19:00 London / 20:00 Paris (sorry Australasia!)

 

Sessions will be recorded, and eventually available for viewing on both the Hinternet Foundation website and on YouTube. 

 

Thanks to a generous donation we are able to offer this summer course free of charge. We are however capping participation at 15 people, and are requesting that potential participants submit a brief application no later than June 1, 2026. The application should include a roughly 1-page autobiographical presentation, followed by an account, of roughly the same length, of your reasons for wishing to participate. 

 

A more complete reading list will be made available by early May. In the meantime prospective participants are invited to read this Declaration, from the Hinternet Editorial Board, on the crisis of the humanities.