# Alpine Fellowship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alpine_Fellowship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alpine_Fellowship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_Fellowship > Source revision: 1283692249 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Charitable foundation}} thumb The '''Alpine Fellowship''' is a charitable foundation that supports, commissions and showcases artists, writers, academics and playwrights. It was founded in 2013 by artist Alan J Lawson and Jacob Burda.{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/b92ae874-f868-11e3-815f-00144feabdc0|title=The Slow Lane: Philosophy still matters|website=The Financial Times|publisher=www.ft.com|last1=Eyres|first1=Harry}} == The Symposium == The focal point of activities is an annual symposium.{{cite web|url=http://alist.vanityfair.co.uk/what-to-know-110-5153/|title=The Alpine Fellowship 2015|website=Vanity Fair|publisher=www.vanityfair.co.uk|last1=Larsen|first1=Casey}} The symposium 'draws together participants from academia, the arts and business'{{Cite news|url=https://reaction.life/virtual-reality-coming-mean-post-truth-news/|title=Virtual reality is coming. What does that mean for post-truth news? - Reaction|date=2017-08-26|work=Reaction|access-date=2017-09-15|language=en-US}} and they have been held on the themes of 'home', 'representation', 'the self-portrait', 'ephemera' and 'landscape'.{{Cite news|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/09/i-found-the-future-of-privacy-among-the-treasures-of-venice/|title=I found the future of privacy among the treasures of Venice|last=Osborne|first=Ian|date=2015-09-05|newspaper=The Spectator|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-30}} Fellows, "can attend the symposium by competing in one of the different prize categories: drama, writing and visual arts."{{cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/world/north-america/2019/03/jacob-burda-s-diary-point-la-importance-being-heard-and-victory-over|title=Jacob Burda’s Diary: The point of LA, the importance of being heard and a victory over football money|website=New Statesman|publisher=www.newstatesman.com|last1=Burda|first1=Jacob}} Previous guests have included philosophers [Simon May](/source/Simon_May) and [Sir Roger Scruton](/source/Roger_Scruton), the novelist [Ian McEwan](/source/Ian_McEwan), the poets, [Ruth Padel](/source/Ruth_Padel), [Gillian Clarke](/source/Gillian_Clarke) and [John Burnside](/source/John_Burnside_(writer)), film maker [Luc Jacquet](/source/Luc_Jacquet) and art historians, including [Andrew Graham-Dixon](/source/Andrew_Graham-Dixon). Symposiums have been held in Switzerland, Scotland, and Italy.{{cite web|url=http://www.focus.de/kultur/medien/kultur-und-medien-oxford-in-venedig_id_5912862.html|title=Oxford in Venedig|first=FOCUS|last=Online}} == Prizes == The Alpine Fellowship offers prizes in Philosophy, Theatre, Poetry, Music, Writing, and Visual Arts. These are aimed at supporting emerging artists, writers and playwrights from around the world.{{cite web | url=https://www.alpinefellowship.com/ | title=The Alpine Fellowship}} In addition to this, it also manages the Alpine Fellowship Refugee Scholar Prize, awarded in partnership with [Bard College](/source/Bard_College) Berlin. This prize has been pledged to the [United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees](/source/United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees) as part of the 15by30 Roadmap. Since 2015, the Alpine Fellowship has supported programme at [NYU](/source/NYU) ensuring financial support for students pursuing interdisciplinary research at the Graduate Level at NYU.{{cite web|url=http://gsas.nyu.edu/financial-support/fellowships/Alpine.html|title=The Alpine Fellowship|last1=NYU|first1=GSAS|website=New York University|publisher=NYU}} thumb|264x264px == Past events == In 2024, the theme was Language, speakers included [Esther Perel](/source/Esther_Perel), [Es Devlin](/source/Es_Devlin), [John McWhorter](/source/John_McWhorter) and [Martin Puchner](/source/Martin_Puchner). In 2023, the theme was Flourishing, speakers and performers including [Aloe Blacc](/source/Aloe_Blacc), Diedre d'Albertis and Martin Aylward. In 2022, the theme was '[Freedom](/source/Freedom)' and speakers included [Esther Perel](/source/Esther_Perel), [Yuval Harari](/source/Yuval_Harari) and [Clare Chambers (Philosopher)](/source/Clare_Chambers_(Philosopher)).{{cite web |last1=Cuttle |first1=Jade |title=Editor |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/i-only-go-to-festivals-where-they-dont-tell-you-the-line-up-86fmsbzvs |website=[The Times](/source/The_Times) }} The 2020 and 2021 symposiums were both cancelled due to the pandemic. In 2019, the theme was '[Identity](/source/Identity_(social_science))' and the symposium was hosted at Fjällnäs, [Sweden](/source/Sweden).{{cite web | url=http://www.mladiinfo.eu/2019/03/21/the-alpine-fellowship// | title=Apply now - Alpine Fellowship 2019}} In 2018, the theme was '[Childhood](/source/Childhood)'. In 2017, the Fellowship discussed the theme of '[Landscape](/source/Landscape)'. Amongst other things, virtual reality pioneer [Nonny de la Pena](/source/Nonny_de_la_Pe%C3%B1a) gave a talk on 'virtual landscapes' that stirred much debate. In 2016, the Fellowship convened on the topic of ‘Ephemera’ and the nature of time. Philosophers [Luciano Floridi](/source/Luciano_Floridi) and [Mark Wrathall](/source/Mark_Wrathall) spoke to underline the way our self-understanding is inextricably bound up with our understanding of time. The 2015, symposium convened over the theme 'authorittrato - self-expression in the age of instant communication'. Participants tried to trace the historical developments that occurred since [Albrecht Dürer](/source/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer)'s self-portrait in 1500 to today's 'selfie-culture'. In 2014, the Fellowship discussed the theme of 'representation' with contributions from the realms of academia, music and the visual arts. Philosophers emphasized the difficulties and dangers inherent in the subjectivist approach that regards the world as the 'mere' representation of the subject. The annual symposium was held at the [Fondazione Giorgio Cini](/source/Cini_Foundation), on the island of San Giorgio, Venice, in the years 2015 through 2018. == Advisory board == The advisory board includes Ayishat Akanbi, Andrew Huddleston, [Nick Blood](/source/Nick_Blood), [Michael Lesslie](/source/Michael_Lesslie), [Iain Martin](/source/Iain_Martin) and Sukhdev Sandhu. == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * http://www.alpinefellowship.com *{{Citation|last=Alpine Fellowship|title=Alpine Fellowship 2015|date=2015-10-01|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW90Gw7ZCDU|access-date=2017-01-11}} *{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKxV8b0LTlc|title=Andrew Graham Dixon. The Spiritual in Art|last=Alpine Fellowship|date=30 October 2016|via=YouTube}} * https://www.newstatesman.com/world/north-america/2019/03/jacob-burda-s-diary-point-la-importance-being-heard-and-victory-over Category:Charities based in London Category:2013 establishments in England Category:Arts organizations established in 2013 Category:Arts in England --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alpine Fellowship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_Fellowship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_Fellowship?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.