Curriculum Vitae of Michael A. Gillespie

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Michael A. Gillespie

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Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708-0204

+1 919 660 4300 (office)

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Education

Ph.D.	The University of Chicago	1981
Research fellow	Ruhr Universität-Hegel Archives, Bochum, Germany	1976
A.B. magna cum laude	Harvard University	1973

Areas of Interest: Political Philosophy,
Modern Continental Philosophy,
History of Political Philosophy

Professional Experience / Employment History

Duke University: Jerry G. and Patricia Crawford Hubbard Professor of Political Science in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, 2003 - 2009; Professor, Department of Philosophy, 1998-present; Professor, Department of Political Science, 1995-present; Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, 1991-1995; Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, 1983-1990

University of Chicago: Instructor, The College and Department of Political Science, 1981-1983

St. Olaf College: Instructor, Department of Political Science, 1979-1980

Loyola University of Chicago: Lecturer, Department of Political Science, 1975-1976

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions: Phi Beta Kappa-Honorary, Unknown, May, 2010
Fellow, National Humanities Center, September, 2004-2005
Bass Society of Fellows, Duke University, April, 2003
Leo Strauss Award, American Political Science Association, 1982
Earhart Fellowship, 1975-1976
Hawley Scholar, University of Chicago, 1974-1975

Recent Grant Support

Constitution Day 2023, Jack Miller Center, 2023/07-2024/06.
The John Locke Project for the Visions of Freedom Living Learning Community, Jack Miller Center, 2020/09-2023/12.
Constitution Day 2022, Jack Miller Center, 2022/07-2022/12.
The American Founding and Political Development in the Context of Western Civilization: A Proposal for funding PhD students in Political Science at Duke University, Department of Education, 2018/10-2022/09.

Selected Recent Invited Talks: “Human Rights Education,”, National Humanities Center, June 21, 2013; “Nietzsche, the Greeks, and Our Experience of Sports,”, Harvard University, February 20, 2013; Doing Nothing or Nothing Doing, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem, June 25, 2012; In the Shadow of Modernity, Melbourne Australia, July 4, 2012; Machiavelli and the Christian Tradition, Bryn Mawr College, Jan. 25, 2012; The Anti-Trinitarinian Origins of Liberalism, University of Chicago, Oct. 15, 2012; Religion and Politics, Boston College, April 27, 2012; Machiavelli and Dante, Boston College,, April 26, 2012; The Anti-Trinitarian Origins of Liberalism, Boston University, December 01, 2011; Machivelli's Modernism, Notre Dame, October 28, 2011; The Nature of Debt, University of Erlangen, July 19, 2011; The Future of Political Theory, Georgetown University, February 15, 2011; "Martin Heidegger's Messianism", Central European University, Budapest Hungary, July, 2010; Martin Heidegger's Messianism, Central European University, Budapest Hungary, 1 July 2010; "Strategic Planning in College Athletics", Conference on Sport and Society in America, St. Norber College, De Pere, WI, May 26, 2010; Strategic Planning in College Athletics, Conference on Sport and Society in America, St. Norber College, De Pere, WI, 26 May 2010; "Who are you?" Phi Bet Kappa Lecture, Duke University, May 13, 2010; Who are you? Phi Bet Kappa Lecture, Duke University, 13 May 2010; Beyond the Secular, Yale University, March 01, 2010; Beyond Secularism: The Inevitable Entanglement of Religion and Political Life, University of North Florida, November 06, 2009; Toward a New Aristocracy: Nietzsche Contra Plato on the Training of Warriors,”, University of Wisconsin, May 01, 2009; The Incommmenurability of the Good, East Tennessee State University, March 26, 2009; Radical Hopes: Apocalyptic Longing in Nineteenth Century German Philosophy, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, December 07, 2007; The Contradictions of Enlightenment, American University, Washington D.C., 2006; The Stoic Idea of Freedom, San Francisco, CA, November 3-6, 2005; "America and Europe", Amerikahaus Munich, Tutzing, Germany, Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2005; "The Fall of the Roman Republic", Newport Beach, CA, April 22-25, 2004; Individual and Political Liberty in Early Italian Humanism, Menaggio, Italy, May 20-23, 2004; Liberty and Responsibility in Sixteenth-Century Continental Humanism, Minneapolis, MN, August 12-15, 2004; "Arts and Politics", San Antonio, TX, January 30-February 2, 2003; "Biology and Morality", Key West, FL, July 2003; "Philosophy, Religion, and Liberty", Chicago, IL, April 24-27, 2003; "Reviving the Study of Free Institutions in America's Universities", Princeton University, January 9-12, 2003; "Skepticism, Liberty, and Morality", Arlington, VA, October 2003; "Sovereign Selves and Sovereign States: Political Theory for a New Millenium", Colorado College, January 28, 2003; "Sovereign Selves and Sovereign States: Political Theory for a New Millenium", University of Texas, January 30, 2003; "Interpreting Hobbes", San Francisco, CA, November 21-24, 2002; "Leadership", Indianapolis, IN, October 18-20, 2002; "Religion and Modernization", Durham, NC, April 12-13, 2002; "Self-Knowledge and Modernization", Park City, UT, August 15-18, 2002; "Shakespeare on Love and Power", Mountain Sky, MT, October 3-6, 2002; "Luther's Theological Political Philosophy", St. Olaf College, February 28, 2002; "Luther and Calvin on Romans", Montreal, Canada, May 3-6, 2001; "The Ties That Bind: Community and Responsibility", Durham, NC, March 30-31, 2001; "American Public Philosophy", University of Notre Dame, November 10, 2000; "The Power of Fate: Electra", Santa Fe, NM, August 3-6, 2000; "The Pursuit of God in English Poetry", Seattle, WA, May 4-7, 2000; "The Question of Modernity", Tucson, AZ, November 30-December 3, 2000; Templeton Institute for the Study of Freedom, Galloway, Ireland, June 9-17, 2000; "Directing Giving to Higher Education", American Council of Trustees and Alumni, Washington, D.C., May 14, 1999; "Democracy and Leadership", Durham, NC, November 11-14, 1999; "Liberty in the Western Tradition", Lake Tahoe, CA, July 13-18, 1999; "Rousseau and the Ancients", North American Rousseau Society, Duke University, Durham, NC, May 20-22, 1999; "The Future of the American University", Clearwater, FL, February 11-14, 1999; "The Political Philosophy of Pierre Manent", Albuquerque, NM, December 2-5, 1999; "Will in the Thought of Martin Luther", Williamsburg, VA, January 14-17, 1999; Templeton Freedom Institute, Newport, RI, May 22-30, 1999; "Jane Austen and Shakespeare: Responsibility and Freedom", Tucson, AZ, October 1998; "Liberty and Literature", Charleston, SC, July 20-26, 1998; "Liberty and Sin in Bach's St. Matthew's Passion", New York, NY, February 12-15, 1998; "Nietzsche and Nihilism", Center for Human Values, Princeton University, February 12, 1998; "Plato's Trilogy", Minneapolis, MN, April 16-19, 1998; "St. Augustine's Confessions", Pasadena, CA, May 7-10, 1998; "The American University as a Model for Higher Education: Lessons for German University Reform", University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, July 9, 1998; "The Political Philosophy of William and Ockham", Park City, UT, June 18-21, 1998; "Niezsche Today", Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, April 10-12, 1997; "The Culture of Hope", Provo, UT, July 10-13, 1997; "The Medieval University", Colorado Springs, CO, November 20-23, 1997; "Ford Foundation Colloquium in Political Philosophy", Carleton College, May 20-21, 1996; "Freedom and Responsibility in the Age of Technology", St. Paul, MN, June 27-30, 1996; "The Future of Higher Education", Harvard University, November 7-10, 1996; "Tyranny, Wisdom, and Responsibility", Tucson, AZ, January 4-7, 1996; "Ethics in Everyday Life: Leadership", New York, NY, April 7, 1995; "Nihilism in Philosophy and Literature", University of Warwick, England, November 4-5, 1995; "Socrates as a Teacher", Colorado Springs, CO, November 30-December 3, 1995; "Excellence in Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics", St. Paul, MN, August 18-21, 1994; "Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy", Tronoto, Canada, June 9-12, 1994; "The Political and Aesthetic Education of Romanticism", Durham, NC, November 1994; "Education and Responsibility", Colorado Springs, CO, December 9-12, 1993; "Oakeshott on Philosophy and Politics", Indianapolis, IN, January 7-10, 1993; "Plato's Laws", St. Paul, MN, June 25-28, 1992; "America, the West and the Liberal Arts", Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, February 20-23, 1991; "Ancient and Modern Ideas of Education", Colorado Springs, CO, October 3-November 3, 1991; "Liberty and Modern Science--The Influence of Descartes", Aspen, CO, May 2-5, 1991; "Pluralism in the Writings of Isaiah Berlin", Indianapolis, IN, October 18-20, 1991; "Aquinas on Natural Law and Liberty", Colorado Springs, CO, November 1-4, 1990; "Faulkner's Go Down Moses", Annapolis, MD, March 15-17, 1990; "Hamilton as Founder", Newport Beach, CA, January 18-21, 1990; "Nihilism", Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois, April 10, 1990; "Technology and Politics", Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, May 10-13, 1990; "The Future of Political Parties", Ashland University, Ashland, OH, November 10, 1990; "The Socratic Movement", Duke University, Durham, NC, April 6-7, 1990; "Restoring American Education", The Madison Center, Washington, D.C., October 27-29, 1989; "Revelation, Reason, Imagination and Social Justification", Annapolis, MD, June 8-11, 1989; "The Legacy of Lament for a Nation", Ottawa, Canada, Spetember 22-24, 1989; "Michael Oakeshott on Learning and Teaching", Colorado Springs, CO, November 3-6, 1988; "Reason, Choice, and Responsibility", Jackson Hole, WY, September 29-October 2, 1988; "The Ratifying Conventions: Elliot's Debates", Savannah, GA, April 14-17, 1988; "Liberty and Tyranny", Charleston, SC, March 19-22, 1987; "The Resurgence of Conservatism in Britain, Canada, and the United States", Chateau Lake Louise, Canada, May 1986; “Plato and Nietzsche on Warriors”, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 2007, 2007; “Sovereign States and Sovereign Individuals”, University of Toronto, April 2007, 2008

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