The Responsible Governance and Sustainable Citizenship Project is proud to support several events around campus that pertain to its mission, including public lectures, presentations, symposia, and performances. Click on “Sponsored Events” and “Symposium" to the left for past events sponsored by RGSCP.
In additional to such occasional events, RGSCP also supports the UNH Changemaker Speaker Series, the JV Socratic Society, and several faculty-driven projects.
Please reach out to Rebecca Norris (Rebecca.Norris@unh.edu) for accommodations on the basis of disability.
Coming Events
Future Leaders Institute
Sunday, July 28 - Saturday, August 3, 2024
A UNH Residential Summer Camp in Philosophy, Politics, Ethics, and Global Justice
Founded in 2014, The Future Leaders Institute offers a residential philosophy camp at UNH for thoughtful high-school students to discuss big ideas in a collaborative environment while making friends and enjoying summer in coastal New Hampshire.
Award winning faculty Nick Smith (UNH Philosophy), Nina Windgätter (UNH Philosophy), and Eden Suoth (Oyster River Social Studies) bring interdisciplinary and highly interactive learning approaches to immerse students in social and political philosophy and coach them to apply these powerful tools to current issues. The theme for 2024 is Technology and the Future of Humanity, and we will discuss various topics related to human progress, artificial intelligence, automated labor, advanced weaponry, social media and big data, gaming and virtual reality, space exploration and colonization, and the search for alien intelligence.
We aim to introduce students to challenging ideas while creating an emotionally comfortable “pre-college” environment. Past participants have flourished in their cohorts, and we channel this infectious energy toward building leadership and social skills that will serve them well in college and beyond. FLI tends to be an especially good fit for students interested in Ethics Bowl, Socratic Society, Model United Nations, debate, and similar activities.
Thanks to funding from RGSCP, all accepted applicants will receive full scholarships. Accepted participants will submit a deposit to hold their spot, and this will be returned at the completion of the camp.
How Democracies Die
Wednesday, October 30 - Sunday, November 3, 2024
A theatrical exploration of the New York Times best-selling book by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. The play, devised by UNH students, will delve into the book’s examination of how we have arrived at this moment in our democracy. As stated in the Wall Street Journal’s review; “The authors argue, with good evidence, that democracies aren’t destroyed because of the impulses of a single man; they are, instead, degraded in the course of a partisan tit for tat dynamic that degrades norms over time until one side sees an opening to deliver the death blow.” The result of more than twenty years of studying the breakdown of democracies from the 1930s to the present, the book’s authors have provided an artistic springboard to understand how democracies die, and how ours can not only be saved, but thrive.
The creation of this play was supported in part by a generous grant from the Responsible Governance and Sustainable Citizenship Project (RGSCP). The play will be part of a larger program, How Democracies Die/Thrive, that will feature speakers and panels leading up to the production.
How Democracies Die is a work of nonfiction by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt (Crown, 2018).
Citizenship Summit: What Matters to YOU?
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Join RGSCP as we host a day of discussions in the MUB with UNH faculty and outside experts on big topics like climate change, political issues, international concerns, polling, and more. Additional details will be coming soon, so be sure to check back here often!
