Neema Parvini

Neema Parvini is a British YouTuber, academic, and writer. He is currently a senior fellow at the Centre of Heterodox Studies at the University of Buckingham.^[1] He has worked at Richmond American University London,^[2] Brunel University of London,^[3] Royal Holloway, and the University of Surrey.

Neema Parvini
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Royal Holloway, University of London (BA) University of Oxford (MA) Royal Holloway, University of London (PhD)
Known for	Elite theory, historic recurrence, literary criticism

External videos
Dr Neema Parvini: The Prophets Of Doom
Dr Neema Parvini, AKA Academic Agent on The Octopus And Elite Theory

He was trained as a literature scholar, and his books on William Shakespeare mainly discuss the influence of new historicism, cognitive approaches to Shakespeare studies, and ethical thinking in Shakespeare's works. He has written for the online magazine Quillette^[4] and the Ludwig von Mises Institute,^[5] and has spoken at the think tank Traditional Britain.^[6] Parvini is a member of the Heterodox Academy and the Evolution Institute, and attended the Battle of Ideas event run by the Institute of Art and Ideas.^[7] He is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Heterodox Social Science.^[8]

Parvini discusses political theories on the rule of elites on his YouTube page "Academic Agent".^[9]

In Bournbrook Magazine, Alexander Adams describes Parvini's book The Populist Delusion as "an informative, succinctly-written and accessible handbook for those who wish to understand the core principles of elite theory discussed by reactionaries and the dissident right".^[9]

In 2024 the anti-racist advocacy group Hope not Hate described his views as "extreme" in nature.^[10][11] In 2025 Hope not Hate described him further as "a disgraced academic who has called black people 'impulsive and low IQ' and has spoken admiringly of the Nazi Brownshirts" ^[12] The group also specifies that he has "a large international following" and "has spoken at a range of conferences. These included the Traditional Britain Group in 2022 and 2023, Nomos in London alongside Colin Robertson (AKA Millennial Woes), and Scyldings alongside Carl Benjamin (AKA Sargon of Akkad) and Curtis Yarvin."

Publications

• Shakespeare’s History Plays: Rethinking Historicism (Edinburgh University Press, 2012).^[13]
• Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory: New Historicism and Cultural Materialism (Bloomsbury, 2012).^[14]
• Shakespeare and Cognition: Thinking Fast and Slow Through Character (Palgrave, 2015).^[15]
• Shakespeare and New Historicist Theory (Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2017).^[16][17]
• Shakespeare's Moral Compass: Ethical Thinking in his Plays (Edinburgh University Press, 2018).^[18][19]
• The Defenders of Liberty: Human nature, Individualism, and Property Rights (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020).^[20]
• The Populist Delusion (Imperium Press, 2022).^[9]
• The Prophets of Doom (Imprint Academic, 2023).^[21]