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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.

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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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LOCATION:History Department Conference Room, Robinson Hall, Harvard University and on Zoom STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20260213T193000Z DTEND:20260214T170000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR