Lecture: What Can We Learn From The Western Tradition?
Date: Thursday, November 21, 2024
Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Venue: Law School Building Room 1447
James Hankins, Professor of History at Harvard, is one of the leading contemporary historians of the intellectual history of the Italian Renaissance, though he is currently working with Allen Guelzo, an earlier CLAFI lecturer, on a 2-volume history of the Western tradition, to be published in 2025 by Encounter Books. In 2012 he was awarded the Paul Oskar Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award of the Renaissance Society of America. His many books include Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy (2019) and Political Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy (2023). He is the Founder and General Editor of the I Tatti Renaissance Library (Harvard University Press).
Seminar: Meritocracy And Its Critics In The Premodern West
Date: Saturday, November 9, 2024
Time: 10:30am 12:30pm
Venue: TBD
Registration for the seminar with James Hankins is free and open to the public. However, because capacity is limited, advance enrollment is necessary. Enrollment will be primarily on a first come, first served basis, though preference is given to UCLA students and faculty members. Participants will be expected to read materials that will be distributed and to participate actively in the discussion. A pizza lunch will be delivered at the end of the seminar. To enroll, please e-mail Professor Daniel Lowenstein at lowenstein@law.ucla.edu.