Author: James Hankins

James Hankins serves as a History professor at Harvard University and holds the position of Senior Writer at Law & Liberty. Among his notable works are the books "Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy" and "Political Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy."

Hope for Harvard?

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Law & Liberty on March 18, 2024 and is crossposted here with permission. Tacitus at the beginning of his Annals, after brilliantly summarizing all of Roman history in the space of a few paragraphs, ends by providing an answer to a question that must have arisen in the minds of […]

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An Honest Diversity Statement

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Law & Liberty on January 18, 2024 and is crossposted here with permission. For a number of years now pleasant young women (or persons identifying as women, or with female-sounding names) have been contacting me from the university’s diversity office, inviting me to attend sessions to discuss our DEI policies. […]

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