Nathaniel Gilmore

Nathaniel Gilmore is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto.

His research focuses on

• Early-modern political and legal thought
• Roman influence in political philosophy
• Enlightenment thinkers like Montesquieu and Rousseau
• Classical reception in modern political theory

Recent publications explore intersections between Aristotelian economics, Rousseau's philosophy, and Machiavellian analyses of republicanism. His work often examines how classical antiquity informs Enlightenment political reasoning.

Professor Gilmore teaches courses spanning

• Capitalism and political psychology
• Tyranny and modern liberalism
• Classical political thought (Augustine, Hobbes, Montesquieu, Rousseau)
• Specialized seminars on Roman historians and Enlightenment figures