David Armitage
@davidrarmitage.bsky.social
@Harvard_History professor. Honorary fellow @Catz_Cambridge
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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...
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.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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...
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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
📚: https://bit.ly/4hDXWKz
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."
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November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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
📚: https://bit.ly/4hDXWKz
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Explore the Declaration of Independence’s impact in world history with David Armitage in the new Interactive Declaration of Independence.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Explore the Declaration of Independence’s impact in world history with David Armitage in the new Interactive Declaration of Independence.
https://ow.ly/iWPL50XlMww
https://ow.ly/iWPL50XlMww
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📣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 📜🗃️
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 📜🗃️
John Locke and Irish Linen Manufacture: A New Manuscript | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
John Locke and Irish Linen Manufacture: A New Manuscript
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August 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
📣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 📜🗃️
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!
A very exciting new John Locke find by @davidrarmitage.bsky.social now published in the @historicaljnl.bsky.social!
📣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 📜🗃️
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 📜🗃️
August 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Thank you, John: it wouldn't have seen the light of day without your editorial care!
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'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
David Armitage: Discovering a new manuscript by John Locke
Discovering a new manuscript by John Locke
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July 14, 2025 at 5:11 AM
'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
David Armitage: Discovering a new manuscript by John Locke
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And it’s out! My book is now available online:
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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
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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
December 5, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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
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
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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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L'annonce est intervenue lors du discours du président pour commémorer le 80e anniversaire de la libération de Strasbourg.
www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/deba...
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.
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November 23, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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.
www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/deba...
L'annonce est intervenue lors du discours du président pour commémorer le 80e anniversaire de la libération de Strasbourg.
www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/deba...
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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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@BloomsburyAcad @BloomsburyBooks
#PeaceHistory #Enlightenment
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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…
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December 27, 2023 at 11:09 AM
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
www.bloomsbury.com/us/cultural-...
@BloomsburyAcad @BloomsburyBooks
#PeaceHistory #Enlightenment
www.bloomsbury.com/us/cultural-...
Thank you, Jack: impossible not to be inspired by John, in so many directions.
This is a magnificent tribute to J.G.A. Pocock in its own right.
My tribute to the late, great John Pocock (1924-2023): folgerpedia.folger.edu/J._G._A._Poc...
December 18, 2023 at 8:36 PM
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...
December 18, 2023 at 6:49 PM
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...
December 14, 2023 at 10:45 PM
Colin Kidd succinctly sums up the manifold achievements of the late, great John Pocock (1924-2023): www.intellectualhistory.net/news/john-po...
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.
December 14, 2023 at 11:35 AM
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.
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My small homage to Natalie Zemon Davis.
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October 23, 2023 at 8:45 PM
My small homage to Natalie Zemon Davis.
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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.
October 23, 2023 at 2:12 PM
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
Lecturer on Social Studies
The Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, an interdisciplinary honors program in the social sciences at Harvard College, seeks applications for full-time or part-time lecturers to teach in our intel...
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October 20, 2023 at 7:25 PM
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