Government

John Harpham is a Lecturer on Social Studies at Harvard University. He is an historian of political thought and intellectual historian. His research examines ideas about slavery, freedom, and race, as well as the relation of such ideas to practices of...

• Regions: Britain; China; England; Europe; France; Holy Roman Empire; Scotland
• Times: 14th to 17th centuries
• Themes: German Literature; History of Religion; Intellectual History; Philosophy; Political History; Reformation

Haidun Liu studies the...

• Regions: Atlantic World, England, Europe, France, North America, United States
• Time Periods: 18th century; 19th century
• Themes: Colonialism; Legal History; Political History; Reformation

Daniel Carpenter is Allie S. Freed Professor of...

Region: Atlantic World; England; Iberia
Time: 16th Century; 17th Century
Theme: Colonialism; History of Empire; Intellectual History; Jewish History; Philosophy; Spanish Literature

My main research centers on the 20th century politics of redemption, but I...

Region: Africa; Atlantic World; Britain; Caribbean; China; Eastern Mediterranean; England; Eurasia; Europe; France; Holy Roman Empire; Iberia; Italy; Japan; Mediterranean; Middle East; Pacific World; South Asia
Time: 14th century; 15th century; 16th...

Region: Europe; North America
Time: 17th Century; 18th Century
Theme: Colonialism; French Literature; Intellectual History; Women Writers

• Region: France, Britain, Europe
• Time: 17th Century
• Topics: religious and political controversies; Thomas Hobbes;  English-French intellectual exchange

• Region(s): America; Europe
• Time Period(s): 16th century; 17th century; 18th century
• Theme(s): history of political thought in early-modern Europe and America

Eric Nelson is the Robert M. Beren Professor of Government at Harvard University. His...

• Region(s): Europe
• Time Period(s): 16th century; 17th century
• Theme(s): History of Political Thought