Harvey Mansfield: Delivers 2007 Jefferson Lecture
SOURCE: National Coalition for History (5-9-07)
On May 8, 2007, political scientist Harvey Mansfield delivered the 2007 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities here in Washington. The Jefferson Lecture is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and is considered the most prestigious honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities.
Dr. Mansfield is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Government at Harvard. His speech was entitled “How to Understand Politics: What the Humanities Can Say to Science.”
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Dr. Mansfield is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Government at Harvard. His speech was entitled “How to Understand Politics: What the Humanities Can Say to Science.”
[Click on the SOURCE link above for embedded links to the WaPo account and the actual text of the address.]
Source:
National Coalition for History
Source URL:
http://historycoalition.org/2007/05/09/political-scientist-harvey-mansfield-delivers-2007-jefferson-lecture/
Date:
5-9-07
