Teen Socrates Seminar – Winter 2023

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Date

Feb 18 – 20 2023
4:00pm – 6:00pm

Location

Aspen, CO
Aspen Institute
1000 N 3rd St

The Aspen Institute offers its Teen Socrates Seminar each year to teens between the ages of 15-17 from the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys, and beyond. Students convene to take part in this transformational experience and come away with a new perspective on their lives, their futures, and society.

The three-day seminar is dedicated to enhancing leadership, problem solving, and critical thinking skills for high school students in a setting conducive to thought and fellowship. Students are challenged to think more critically and deeply about their values and ideas, and those that make the good society. Our proven method of text-based dialogue offers participants a neutral forum in which to reflect on timeless human values, pursue common ground, and cultivate a richer understanding of the human condition. Participants emerge from the seminar with a new perspective as they confront the difficult choices of our ever-changing world.

Each seminar convenes a dynamic group of students for lively, intensive roundtable discussions led by expert moderator Allyson Breyfogle. Classic and contemporary texts reflecting the breadth of human civilization form the starting points of a rich conversation in which the questions posed by the group are frequently as illuminating as the varied, timeless wisdom of the texts.

The Aspen Institute is committed to bringing together students with diverse backgrounds and perspectives which adds depth and richness to the dialogue. This program is generously underwritten by the Wall Family Foundation.

Schedule

Saturday, February 18
2:00-6:00 pm – Courage

Sunday, February 19
2:00-6:00 pm – Dignity

Monday, February 20
9:00 am-12:00 pm – The Human Spirit

Note: The Winter 2023 Teen Socrates Seminar will take place in person on the Institute’s Aspen Meadows campus. Participants traveling from outside of the Roaring Fork Valley to attend Teen Socrates must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

The Winter 2023 Teen Socrates Seminar is now at capacity. If you’d like to add your name to the waitlist, please email Zoë Brown.The Aspen Institute offers its Teen Socrates Seminar each year to teens between the ages of 15-17 from the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys, and beyond. Students convene to take part in this transformational experience and come away with a new perspective on their lives, their futures, and society.

The three-day seminar is dedicated to enhancing leadership, problem solving, and critical thinking skills for high school students in a setting conducive to thought and fellowship. Students are challenged to think more critically and deeply about their values and ideas, and those that make the good society. Our proven method of text-based dialogue offers participants a neutral forum in which to reflect on timeless human values, pursue common ground, and cultivate a richer understanding of the human condition. Participants emerge from the seminar with a new perspective as they confront the difficult choices of our ever-changing world.

Each seminar convenes a dynamic group of students for lively, intensive roundtable discussions led by expert moderator Allyson Breyfogle. Classic and contemporary texts reflecting the breadth of human civilization form the starting points of a rich conversation in which the questions posed by the group are frequently as illuminating as the varied, timeless wisdom of the texts.

The Aspen Institute is committed to bringing together students with diverse backgrounds and perspectives which adds depth and richness to the dialogue. This program is generously underwritten by the Wall Family Foundation.

Schedule

Saturday, February 18
2:00-6:00 pm – Courage

Sunday, February 19
2:00-6:00 pm – Dignity

Monday, February 20
9:00 am-12:00 pm – The Human Spirit

Note: The Winter 2023 Teen Socrates Seminar will take place in person on the Institute’s Aspen Meadows campus. Participants traveling from outside of the Roaring Fork Valley to attend Teen Socrates must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

The Winter 2023 Teen Socrates Seminar is now at capacity. If you’d like to add your name to the waitlist, please email Zoë Brown.

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