

Speaker, Where Was British Political Thought in England, c. In this dazzling book, David Armitage illuminates this ancient scourge with fresh insight. His many publications include The Ideological Origins of the British Empire (2000) and The Declaration of Independence: A Global History (2007). Panel chair, Political Thought in Times of Crisis, 1640-1660 (Symposium, 2016-2017) FebruCivil Wars Professor David Armitage talked about his book Civil Wars: A History in Ideas, in which he provides a history of civil wars throughout the world, read more. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University, where he teaches intellectual history and international history, and former Chair of Harvard's History Department.

He is currently completing an edition of John Locke’s colonial writings for the Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke and starting a new project on the intellectual and cultural history of treaties from the early modern period to the present. He is the author or editor of sixteen books, among them Milton and Republicanism (co-edited, 1995), British Political Thought in History, Literature and Theory, 1500-1800 (co-edited, 2006) and Shakespeare and Early Modern Political Thought (co-edited, 2009) his most recent works are Foundations of Modern International Thought (2013), The History Manifesto (co-authored, 2014), The Law of Nations in Global History (co-edited, 2017) and Civil Wars: A History in Ideas (forthcoming from Knopf and Yale UP in February 2017). Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University where he teaches intellectual history and international history he is also an affiliated professor in the Harvard Government Department and an affiliated faculty member at Harvard Law School. This page reflects a scholar's association with the Folger Institute.
