Henry Edward James

Historian

I write about U.S. history and politics. I'm a final-year Ph.D. candidate at University College London, where I'm a Wolfson Scholar in the Humanities. My academic research focuses on the relationship between civic trust and American social policy. My first book project is titled "Broken Families, Broken Windows: Moynihan, Wilson, and Social Policy in an Age of Collapsing Trust." Past work has been published by The Atlantic and Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs.I'm currently an exchange scholar at Yale University. I hold an M.Phil. in American History from the University of Cambridge (2023) and a B.A. in History, with a minor in Philosophy, from Georgetown University (2022).You can email me at [email protected], and follow my work by subscribing to my newsletter or following me on Twitter. You can find my CV here.

Newsletter

"To Understand Today's Left, Remember Daniel Patrick Moynihan," The Atlantic, December 26, 2025.
"A Bronx Oasis: The Effect of College Programs in Prison and the Community of Ignacio House," Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, June 28, 2023.