David Armitage specializes in the genesis and transformation of international political thought in the early modern and modern era, with an emphasis on the ideological origins of British imperialism, declarations of independence, and ideas of civil war.... Read more about David Armitage
Harvard College Professor, Henry Charles Lea Professor of History
Ann Blair specializes in the cultural and intellectual history of early modern Europe (16th-17th centuries), chiefly in France. She focuses on the history of the book and of education, the history of the disciplines and of scholarship, early modern natural philosophy and its interactions with religion.... Read more about Ann Blair
Harvard College Professor and Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Peter K. Bol is the Charles H. Carswell Professor East Asian Languages and Civilizations. His research is centered on the history of China's cultural elites from the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties. He is the author of "This Culture of Ours:" Intellectual Transitions in T'ang and Song China and Neo-Confucianism in History.... Read more about Peter K. Bol
Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the Harvard University Library
Robert Darnton has written and edited two dozen books, including The Business of Enlightenment: A Publishing History of the Encyclopédie(1979, an early attempt to develop the history of books as a field of study), and The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History (1984, probably his most popular work).... Read more about Robert Darnton
Amabel B. James Professor of History and Harvard College Professor
Peter E. Gordonis a specialist in modern European intellectual history, focusing primarily on German and French thought from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth century.... Read more about Peter E. Gordon
James Hankins specializes in Renaissance intellectual history, chiefly the history of Renaissance political thought, history of philosophy, and history of the classical tradition.... Read more about James Hankins
James T. Kloppenberg specializes in American intellectual history, and he has written about politics and ideas from the 17th century to the present; social democracy, pragmatism, and the relation between contemporary critical theory and historical writing.... Read more about James T. Kloppenberg