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John Mac Kilgore is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Florida State University, within the College of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on literature and liberation, examining the intersection of aesthetic labor with political activism, protest, and historical revolutions. He is the author of Mania for Freedom: American Literatures of Enthusiasm from the Revolution to the Civil War (2016) and is currently writing a book on the Civil War in Florida and racial politics of public memory. Kilgore’s teaching spans early American literature, critical theory, and interdisciplinary approaches to cultural studies.
His research interests include 18th- and 19th-century U.S. literature, American studies, and the application of critical theory to historical texts. His work analyzes how literature serves as a medium for resistance, revolution, and social change, particularly through themes of enthusiasm, dissent, and utopian thought.
Kilgore has taught a wide range of courses, including seminars on early American poetry, the Civil War era, affect theory, and the critique of racial capitalism. His courses often integrate digital humanities methods and interdisciplinary theory.
His publications explore topics such as anti-capitalist narratives in early republic texts, the role of literature in public memory, and the intersection of political economy with literary form. Kilgore’s scholarship bridges literary analysis with broader social and historical contexts, emphasizing the transformative potential of literature.
