Hansong Li is a political theorist and historian of political, economic, and legal thought at the Department of Government, the Joint Centre for History and Economics, the Minda de Gunzburg Centre for European Studies, the Mittal Institute for South Asia, and the Early Modern World at Harvard University. He has published academic articles and books in multiple languages on historical philology and political philosophy, ethics and economics, social and intellectual history.
At Harvard University, Hansong Li has taught for “”Contemporary Developing Countries”” (HBS 1266, HLS 2543, HKS: DEV 338, GSE: A819, GSD: SES 5375, FAS: GENED 1011) and “”Political Economy and its Future”” (HLS 2390, HKS: DEV 233, FAS: GENED 1054), advised students in subfields of Government & the Secondary Field in European History, Politics, and Societies (EHPS), coordinated the Research Workshop in Political Theory (GOV 3008A), the CES Dissertation Workshop, and the Association for Global Political Thought.
Contact
hansongli@fas.harvard.edu
My Website
1737 Cambridge Street
Subfields
Political Thought and its History | Comparative Politics | International Relations
Academic Interests
Ancient and Medieval Political Thought | Bureaucracy | Civil Society and Social Movements | Democracy | Environmental Policy | Ethics | Foreign Policy | Health Policy and Bioethics | Institutions | International Organizations | Judiciary and Public Law | Migration | Modern and Contemporary Political Thought | Non-Governmental Organizations | Political Economy & Development | Political Geography | Political Psychology | Public Policy | Religion in Politics | Security Studies | State-Society Relations
Research Methods
Experiments | Historical Methods | Normative Political Thought | Qualitative Methods
Geographic Regions of Study
Africa | China | Japan | Asia | Europe | Latin America | Middle East and North Africa | Russia and the former Soviet Union | United States