Northern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Grayson Gilmore

Political Theory (Early Modern), American Politics, American Political Thought

Office: Zulauf Hall 406
815-753-1011
ggilmore@niu.edu

Overview of Scholarly Activity

Grayson Gilmore (Ph.D., Boston College) is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Political Science. His research focuses on Early Modern Political Theory, American Politics and American Political Thought. 

Works in Progress

• Article in Progress: “Hobbes's Humanitarian Critique of Socratic Civil Science” 
• Book Manuscript in Progress: “Hobbes and the Birth of Civil Science” 
• Article in Progress: “Hobbes on Distributive Justice: Sovereignty versus Private Property”

Conferences

• Participant: Jack Miller Center Summer Institute 2015, “Science, Enterprise and Law in the Making of the Modern Commercial Republic: Creativity, Innovation and Free Institutions”
• Discussant on Panel: “War, Discord, and Fear in Early Modern Political Thought” - Midwest Political Science Association 73rd Annual Meeting April 18, 2015
• Paper Presentation: “The Egalitarian Basis of Hobbesian Reciprocity” - Northeastern Political Science Association 46th Annual Meeting November 13, 2014