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Ayn Rand Lecture 2025: Defending Enterprise in an Age of Overreach
A Packed Evening at Drapers’ Hall On October 22, 2025, more than 240 guests gathered at London’s historic Drapers’ Hall for the eleventh Ayn Rand Lecture, featuring businessman and former MEP Lance Forman. This year’s event saw record youth turnout and continued its tradition as “a significant date in the European...
Cultivating Reason and Freedom: Dr. Eszter Nova’s Objectivism Program at CEVRO University
A Hub for Objectivist Scholarship in Europe At CEVRO University in Prague, Dr. Eszter Nova is leading one of the most vibrant academic programs devoted to Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism. Now entering its seventh year, the Studies of Objectivism specialization—supported by Prometheus Foundation—continues to...
Freedom Begins in Thought: How Objectivism Is Taking Root in Georgia
In the heart of Tbilisi, amid the narrow streets where centuries of culture meet the energy of modern change, a quiet intellectual revolution is underway. Led by Irakli Iagorashvili and Dato Rogava, the Ayn Rand Center Georgia (ARCG) is bringing new life to the ideas of reason, individualism, and freedom—and...
Rebuilding Through Ideas: Ayn Rand Center Ukraine’s Intellectual Resistance
Since its founding in 2020 by Dmytro Usik and Daniil Lubkin, the Ayn Rand Center Ukraine (ARCU) has rapidly grown into one of the most active and resilient promoters of Objectivist ideas in Eastern Europe. With support from the Prometheus Foundation, ARCU has transformed ambitious vision into tangible programs,...
Objectivist Ideas Thrive in Ankara’s Catalyst Hub
In Ankara, Turkey, in the summer of 2025, the Turkish Objectivist Network (ObjN) transformed a quiet academic break into a season of remarkable growth and intellectual energy. Led by Orçun Koçak, Ahmet B. Arpa, and Özgür Özer, this student-centered movement has been steadily cultivating interest in Ayn Rand’s...
Prometheus Foundation to Sponsor Conversations with Ryan Holiday on Stoicism and Objectivism at FreedomFest 2025
I’m excited to announce that the Prometheus Foundation will sponsor two featured conversations with bestselling author Ryan Holiday at FreedomFest 2025 in Palm Springs this June. Ryan Holiday is one of today’s most influential voices in popularizing philosophic ideas. As the author of books like The Obstacle Is the...
Prometheus Foundation and Ayn Rand Center Europe
As of January 1, 2025, the Prometheus Foundation is no longer funding the Ayn Rand Center Europe (ARCE). This decision comes as part of a mutual agreement. ARCE is pursuing alternative approaches, including financial support from other sources. We remain committed to our grantees and supporters in Europe who spread...
Passing the Torch
It is with mixed emotions and great anticipation that I announce my decision to step down from the executive directorship of Prometheus Foundation—and pass the torch to the inimitable Daniel T. Richards. Over the past five years, I’ve had the honor of working closely with the Foundation’s founder and donor, Carl...
Prometheus Foundation Welcomes Daniel T. Richards as Executive Director
The Prometheus Foundation is pleased to welcome Daniel T. Richards as our Executive Director. He brings with him a wealth of experience in marketing, storytelling, and business/nonprofit leadership. As co-founder of Return on Ideas, Daniel has dedicated his life to championing Objectivism and ideas that foster human...
Calling New Intellectuals
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“The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.”
—Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
