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Objectivist Academic Center (OAC)

Take an In-Depth Course on Objectivism

• The OAC is now accepting registrations for auditing its Seminar on Ayn Rand's Philosophy of Objectivism. Visit our auditing page for more information about the program, including how to enroll.

For Students

• We are now accepting OAC applications for the 2009-10 academic year. Apply early and increase your chances of being accepted! 
• We are now accepting applications for our 2009 Summer Internship. Apply today!
• The OAC recently hosted an information session for prospective students. Download the recording and share it with your friends!
• Article by an OAC undergraduate alumna about her experience in the program
• Why apply? See our video:

For Professors

• ARI can arrange for volume discounts of Ayn Rand’s works for classroom use
• Request free review copies of Ayn Rand’s works
• Request a speaker for your classroom

Video & Audio

The ARC Lecture Series

The most recent video from the ARC Lecture Series:
The Menace of Pragmatism: How Aversion to Principle Is Destroying America
By Tara Smith
Recorded December 8, 2008

Video Commentary

“Put the Independence Back in Independence Day,” By Michael S. Berliner

“Cultural Movements: Creating Change”

A three-lecture series from Objectivist Summer Conference 2008. Each lecture is approximately 90 minutes.

Yaron Brook on ARI’s Cultural Impact

Reason vs. Faith (Q-&-A excerpt series)

Full series available on YouTube. This question discusses the roles of reason and faith in Western civilization.

Browse the AynRandInstitute channel on YouTube

See a wide variety of video content, including recordings of ARI speakers, press releases, Q-&-A highlights, and more!

Radio Interviews with Our Writers and Speakers

Yaron Brook Radio Q-&-A on Objectivism.

Leonard Peikoff—Philosophical Q&As

Leonard Peikoff now podcasts through his Web site his answers to selected philosophical questions which he receives by e-mail. New podcasts are available every other Monday, and occasionally every Monday.

An Introduction to Objectivism

View streaming video of Leonard Peikoff’s 1995 lecture “An Introduction to Objectivism."

The Ayn Rand Multimedia Library

And more...

Browse additional video and audio on Ayn Rand’s books and ideas, and commentary on current events.

Essay Contests

ARI awards $81,250 in prize money each year to the winners of its essay contests. The following contests are available:

• Atlas Shrugged

  For college students and graduating high school seniors

• The Fountainhead

  For 11th & 12th graders

• Anthem

  For 8th, 9th & 10th graders

Upcoming Events

ARC Lecture Series

Thursday, January 29, 2008

The Financial Crisis: Causes and Possible Cures
By John Allison

Doors open: 6 PM
Lecture and Q & A: 6:30 PM
Location TBA 

Conferences

July 3-11, 2009

Objectivist Summer Conference 2009
Boston, Massachusetts

Campus Events

There are no more campus events scheduled for the current semester. Please check for more event listings in mid-January.

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Tax-Free Charitable Gifts from IRAs Possible in 2008 and 2009

Were you born before July 1, 1939? Do you have a tax-deferred retirement account? If your answer to both questions is "Yes," you may may be able to save taxes by supporting ARI this year and/or next year.
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Campaigns

The Ayn Rand Institute allows you to target your contribution dollars to certain important ARI campaigns:

• The Atlas Shrugged Initiative
• Free Books to Teachers Campaign
• OAC Expansion Campaign
• Ayn Rand Center Initiative

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About ARI

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Employment Opportunities

ARI is currently seeking a Facilities/IT Coordinator.

The Ayn Rand Bookstore

Product Spotlight

Objectively Speaking: Ayn Rand Interviewed

Edited by Marlene Podritske and Peter Schwartz

Preorder now for expected delivery in early January

Half a century of print and broadcast interviews of Ayn Rand are included in Objectively Speaking. This collection includes print interviews from the 1930s and 1940s, and edited transcripts of radio and television interviews from the 1950s through 1981. Ayn Rand's unusual and strikingly original insights on a vast range of topics are captured by prominent interviewers in American broadcasting, such as Johnny Carson, Edwin Newman, Mike Wallace and Louis Rukeyser. A remarkable series of radio interviews over a four-year period at Columbia University are also included. An appendix provides a transcript of a radio program of Leonard Peikoff discussing Ayn Rand's unique intellectual and literary achievements . . .  more

(276 pages)

Softcover: $29.95
Hardcover: $34.95