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James Anthony Harris is a Professor of Philosophy and Head of the School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies at the University of St Andrews. He is also Co-Director of the Institute of Intellectual History. Harris holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford, with prior studies at Balliol College (BA in English) and the New School for Social Research in New York. His research focuses on 17th- and 18th-century philosophy, particularly the history of political obligation and intellectual biography of figures like Hume, Locke, and Rousseau. He has held fellowships from the British Academy, Leverhulme Trust, and AHRC, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2019.
Research interests include the conceptual evolution of philosophy in 18th-century Britain, the Locke-Filmer debates on political authority, and Hobbesian conceptions of democracy. He teaches modules on Enlightenment thought, political philosophy in revolutionary eras, and Rousseau's theories. Recent publications explore topics like secular Augustinianism, Pufendorf's responses to Hobbes, and late 18th-century British poverty discourse.
- Major Projects: Led the British Academy-funded 'Philosophy, Philosophizing, and the Philosopher in 18th-Century Britain' (2020-21).
- Grants: Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellowships (2023-24 and 2016), Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities Fellowship (2023).
Awards include the Benedict Lectureship at Brown University (2018) and multiple research grants. He contributes to public discourse through activities like the Nautilus magazine interview (2016) and pre-tertiary education initiatives.
