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.
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.
James Hankins specializes in Renaissance intellectual history, chiefly the history of Renaissance political thought, history of philosophy, and history of th
Andrew Jewett works at the intersection of political and intellectual history, with a particular focus on American debates about the cultural and intellectua
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.