T H E P O I N T

Program for
Public Thinking

An initiative dedicated to the promotion of a more thoughtful, humane, and pluralistic public conversation. Co-sponsored by The Point magazine and the Parrhesia Program for Public Discourse at the University of Chicago.

  • “Could the activity of thinking
    be of such a nature that it conditions
    men against evil-doing?”
    —Hannah Arendt

U P C O M I N G

Summer Workshops

DEMOCRACY & THE ELITES

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ART & IMMORALITY

2 0 2 5 T H E M E S

AUGUST 4-15, 2024
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

A two-week intensive program on
the purpose and practice of thinking in public

APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 5, 2025

College credit offered
Fully funded (room & board included)

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What We Do…

  • Speaker Series

    Writers and thinkers will come to UChicago to talk to students about the practical, ethical, and philosophical challenges of engaging in public discourse today

  • Summer Workshop

    Our flagship program: a two-week summer workshop at UChicago for undergrads, where they will learn how to think, speak, and write in public about the most pressing contemporary questions

  • Critics Club

    Year-round workshops for aspiring journalists and public thinkers on the UChicago campus

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