June 25-July 9, 2008
The Claremont Institute is no longer accepting applications for the 2008 Publius Fellowship program. Applications for our 2009 program will be available January of 2009.
Publius Fellowships are awarded to highly qualified college seniors, recent college graduates, and graduate students pursuing careers in politics, scholarship, or journalism. The 2008 program application is available for download here.
Every summer since 1979, the Claremont Institute has brought together a select group of young conservatives for the Publius Fellowship. These Publius Fellows meet with the Institute's Senior Fellows and other distinguished visiting scholars to study American politics and political thought. In intensive daily seminars and relaxed evening symposia, fellows discuss great American readings-from the Founding, the Civil War, the Progressive Era, and the enduring disputes today between liberalism and conservatism. Fellows also work with the editors and writers of the Claremont Review of Books to hone the craft of political writing.
The Publius program takes its name from The Federalist Papers. Written in 1787-88 as a series of newspaper essays, The Federalist Papers remain the preeminent work of American political journalism. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay published the papers under the pen name "Publius," a founder of the Roman republic. The Federalist addressed the crucial political question of their day, the ratification of the Constitution and the founding of the American republic. Publius drew on both political philosophy and the experience of statesmen to commend the Constitution as the basis of free and just government.
For a list of all our former Publius Fellows (1979-2007), click here.
"The principles of the American Founding may be self-evident, but they are not always obvious and require an articulate defense in every generation." —Brian Brenberg, 2007 Publius Fellow
For more information about the Claremont Institute's Publius Fellowship, contact us at programs@claremont.org, or call 909-621-6825.
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Recent Items
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2007 Publius Fellows
Every summer since 1979, the Claremont Institute has brought together a select group of promising young conservatives to study American politics and political thought. The application process for the Publius Fellowship is quite competitive, and we are now happy to announce the names of the fourteen young men and women named as our 2007 Publius Fellows.
