#  A Conference in Honor of James Hankins 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **February 13 - February 14, 2026** 

 02:30PM - 12:00PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **History Department Conference Room, Robinson Hall, Harvard University and on Zoom**  



 

 



 

 ![Giorgio Vasari: Six Tuscan Poets, Portrait](/sites/g/files/omnuum11031/files/2026-01/CR-Giorgio_Vasari_-_Six_Tuscan_Poets_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg)

 

Image: Giorgio Vasari, *Six Tuscan Poets* (c. 1544). Oil on panel. Minneapolis Institute of Art. Detail.

**A Conference in Honor of James Hankins**  
Organized by **David Lines** and **Ann Blair**  
**13–14 February 2026**

This is a hybrid event. In-person attendance at Robinson Hall (History Department Conference Room) is open to all without registration. To join via Zoom, please [register here](https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/DHsTAgU9SmGmmlzoqnifgw#/registration).

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## Friday, 13 February

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2:30 Introduction (**Dan Smail**, chair of History Department)

*Chair*: **Eric Nelson**

- 2:45 **Daniel Stein Kokin**  
    *Moses and the (Other) Ancient Lawgivers: Tracing a Renaissance Trope*
- 3:05 **Luka Špoljarić**  
    *Enea Silvio Piccolomini's Europe of Nations in Context*
- 3:25 **Justin Stover**  
    *Early Renaissance Historiography, Matoci to Bruni*
- 3:45 Discussion

4:00 Break

*Chair*: **Hannah Marcus**

- 4:30 **David Lines**  
    *Ulisse Aldrovandi's Manuscript Lectures*
- 4:50 **Stuart McManus**  
    *Teaching Chinese in late Renaissance Oxford* (via Zoom)
- 5:10 **Liz Mellyn**  
    Comments/Reminiscences
- 5:20 **Evan MacCarthy**  
    Comments/Reminiscences
- 5:30 Discussion

5:45 End

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## Saturday, 14 February

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*Chair*: **Christopher Celenza**

- 9:15 **John Gagné**  
    *Leonardo Bruni in Australia*
- 9:35 **Anthony D'Elia**  
    *Latin & Virtue at Harvard: the Uncensored Platina & Petrarch on Gladiator Virtue*
- 9:55 **Ada Palmer**  
    *Teaching the Renaissance as an Antidote to Doom and Division*
- 10:15 Discussion

10:30 Break

*Chair*: **Ann Blair**

- 10:50 **Michael Tworek**  
    *Ars longa, machina longior: AI and Immortalizing James Hankins*
- 11:10 **Gladden Pappin**  
    Comments/Reminiscences (via Zoom)
- 11:20 **Patrick Baker**  
    Comments/Reminiscences
- 11:30 **Ariane Schwartz**  
    Comments/Reminiscences
- 11:40 Discussion and Wrap-up

12:00 End

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