How to Build a Humanities Start-Up 
Featured Speaker: Jason Pedicone
Thursday, December 7th
5:00 PM
HUMN 1B80
This talk tells the story of the founding and growth of the Paideia Institute, and provides some lessons and advice Jason Pedicone has gleaned from the experience, which are designed to inform and inspire people graduating with a humanities degree to succeed in or beyond the academy. It also explores the data gathered as part of Legion Project and what we can learn from classicists who are finding success beyond academia.
This event is sponsored by: The Center for Humanities and the Arts, The CU Boulder Department of Classics, and The Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy.
Results
In this talk, 40 out of the 50 attendees were students. Jason discussed the data that he and others have gathered in connection with the Legion Project. The Legion project is an attempt to increase discussion of non-academic jobs (https://eidolon.pub/classicists-your-name-is-legion-a633f8897b0a). Thousands of individuals spend years studying the ancient languages and go on to pursue very different and exciting careers. The Legion Project tracks down these individuals and creates a community of Classicists outside of academia. The project has been incredibly successful (https://eidolon.pub/ne-plus-ultra-classics-beyond-the-tenure-track-1504c555f20b) and represents proof that studying Classics can lead to a variety of professional success. Such a project also increases awareness of the relevance of Classics in the modern world, a worthy enterprise as enrollments in Greek and Latin decline.
The Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy funds research and educational initiatives that contribute to critical reflection on the development of Western civilization. All CU Boulder faculty and students are eligible to apply. If you are interested in applying for a CWCTP faculty grant, deadlines are rolling throughout the year.