Harvey C. Mansfield\, William R. Kenan\, J r. Professor of Government (Emeritus) studies and teaches political philoso phy. Prof. Mansfield has written on Edmund Burke and the nature of politica l parties\, on Machiavelli and the invention of indirect government\, in de fense of a defensible liberalism and in favor of a Constitutional American political science. He has also written on executive power and has translate d three books of Machiavelli’s and (with the aid of his late wife\, Delba W inthrop) Tocqueville's Democracy in America. His book on manliness was publ ished by Yale University Press in 2006. He has hardly left Harvard since hi s first arrival in 1949 and has been on the faculty since 1962.
Prof. Mansfield will make remarks\, engage in a brief conversation with HLS Lect urer Alan Raul\, and take audience questions.
Lunch talk is sponsored by the Society for the Rule of Law and Mr. Raul. Prof. Mansfield and Mr. R aul are members of the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard.
H arvard Law students\, faculty\, and Harvard ID holders welcome. Lunch boxes will be provided by the Society for the Rule of Law. RSVP's gratefully req uested for planning purposes by emailing: scopa@societyfortheruleoflaw.org< /p> LOCATION:Langdell Hall\; 225 Vorenberg Classroom - North GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="API User":MAILTO:api@law.harvard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://hls.harvard.edu/events/professor-harvey-mansfield-dis cusses-viewpoint-diversity-after-seven-decades-as-a-conservative-at-harvard / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20260308T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR