Organized together with the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom at the University of Arizona and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom – Romania, the seminar in Urlați, Romania is a great opportunity for young participants to acquire knowledge on the new challenges for freedom. Topics covered will include, among others: the foundations of liberty, corruption, trade, rent seeking, the economics of law and blockchain economics.
The seminar is open to students, scholars, activists, journalists, teachers, and anyone else interested in enhancing their knowledge of liberty from a wide variety of perspectives. The format of our seminar favors interactions and has the following structure: a 45 minutes lecture, followed by a 30 minutes group discussion and preparation of questions by participants, and a 45 minutes discussion with the lecturer on the questions. In the evenings open discussions will be organized.
Note that for the selected participants, accommodation, meals, a gala dinner, a vineyard tour, and attendance to the conferences are all free of charge. Participants will only need to fund their transportation. A bus leaving on June 20th from Bucharest to the venue will be available for participants.
Faculty will include: David Schmidtz (philosophy), Cathleen Johnson (economics), Pierre Garello (economics of law), Saura Masconale (law and political economy), Christian Nasulea (economics).
The seminar’s programme is available here.
The application process starts on May 21st, 2021 and will be open May 30th, 2021. However, applications will be reviewed on a first-come first-served basis in order to allow international participants to make travel arrangements as quickly as possible. If you are interested in attending, make sure to fill in the following form as soon as possible.
