David Armitage

2026 Annual George Rousseau Lecture: "Poland was but a breakfast": or, why 1772 helps us to understand 1776 David Armitage (Harvard University)

What linked the first partition of Poland and American independence? David Armitage (@davidrarmitage.bsky.social) explores the question in the George Rousseau Lecture, 13 May, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social: www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/2026-a...

‘The Revolution to Come’ and ‘Revolutions: A New History’ review

"The Revolution to Come brilliantly reveals the genealogy of the modern concept of revolution. After it, the study of revolution will never look the same again," says @davidrarmitage.bsky.social for @historytoday.com. Read the full review of Dan Edelstein's new book here:

Class Curiosity Spouts River Thesis

Proud to see my brilliant senior thesis student Hassan Looky showcased for his highly original work on the Birrarung/Yarra River as a living entity: college.harvard.edu/about/news/c...

Absolutely, Patrick: email me at a......e@fas.harvard.edu

Life and times of ‘the birth certificate of the U.S.’ — Harvard Gazette First-years spend semester delving into 1770s texts, influences that shaped nation, its founding document.

So proud of the students in my first-year seminar on the Declaration of Independence this semester and so grateful to the Harvard Gazette for covering their great work: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Read the Revolution Speaker Series with David Armitage Author Dr. David Armitage will join the Museum’s Read the Revolution Speaker Series for a lecture and discussion inspired by his book "The Declaration of Independence: A Global History."

Join us Thursday, Nov. 13, to kick off a new season of our #ReadtheRevolution Speaker Series! @davidrarmitage.bsky.social will join us to discuss his book "The Declaration of Independence: A Global History" and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration.

📚: https://bit.ly/4hDXWKz

Explore the Declaration of Independence’s impact in world history with David Armitage in the new Interactive Declaration of Independence.

https://ow.ly/iWPL50XlMww

📣John Locke’s Forgotten Manuscript

We are thrilled to announce that @davidrarmitage.bsky.social's
article on his discovery of a new John Locke manuscript is out now👇

It sheds new light on Locke's practical involvement in political economy & his engagement with Ireland 📜🗃️

Thank you, John: it wouldn't have seen the light of day without your editorial care!

Discovering a new manuscript by John Locke

'Locke argued that linen manufacture ‘should not be put into the management of a Company’ because ‘the Greediness of gaine, occasions stock jobbing’.'

David Armitage: Discovering a new manuscript by John Locke

And it’s out! My book is now available online:

www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...

From the history of knowledge to the practice of censorship, the Republic of Letters, textual criticism, and much else(!), it tells a new story about the Old Testament in #EarlyModern Europe.

#Skystorians

Emmanuel Macron annonce l'entrée au Panthéon de l'historien et résistant Marc Bloch, fusillé par la Gestapo en 1944 Engagé dans la résistance, Marc Bloch est arrêté à Lyon le 8 mars 1944, emprisonné et torturé à la prison de Montluc, puis fusillé le 16 juin avec 29 de ses camarades.

Emmanuel Macron annonce l'entrée au Panthéon de l'historien et résistant Marc Bloch, fusillé par la Gestapo en 1944.

L'annonce est intervenue lors du discours du président pour commémorer le 80e anniversaire de la libération de Strasbourg.

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A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Enlightenment A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charti…

Ending the year on a high note! 📚The paperback edition of "A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Enlightenment", co-ed. with @davidrarmitage.bsky.social, is now out and waiting for readers 🙌🎊

@BloomsburyAcad @BloomsburyBooks
#PeaceHistory #Enlightenment
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It had a seismic effect on me when I first read it and still seems fresh, 65 years after it was published.

Thank you, Jack: impossible not to be inspired by John, in so many directions.

My tribute to the late, great John Pocock (1924-2023): folgerpedia.folger.edu/J._G._A._Poc...

Colin Kidd succinctly sums up the manifold achievements of the late, great John Pocock (1924-2023): www.intellectualhistory.net/news/john-po...

He will be read and discussed as long as there are historians of political thought

Deeply sad to learn that John Pocock passed away yesterday at the extraordinary age of 99. The greatest historian of political thought of his generation, he was perhaps the greatest historian of historiography we'll ever see. Il miglior fabbro.

My small homage to Natalie Zemon Davis.
davidabell.substack.com/p/natalie-ze...

Deeply sorry to learn of the death of Natalie Zemon Davis, the most brilliant early modern historian of our time, influence on every one of us, and my teacher and mentor for my whole life as a historian. She was extraordinary.

Are you a recent or imminent PhD in the social sciences interested in teaching social theory and/or seminars in your field at Harvard? Apply now for postdoctoral lectureships in Social Studies for 1 + 3 years, deadline January 7, 2024: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/12943