Dr. Nicholas Cole

Biography

Nicholas Cole studies the political thought of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, working on a digital project that examines the constitutions and treaties negotiated over a hundred years. His particular interests encompass the influence of classical political thought on America's politicians and the search for a new 'science of politics' in post-Independence America. He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at University College, Oxford, and has served as a Visiting Fellow at the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. Cole has held research and teaching positions at St Peter's College and the History Faculty of the University of Oxford. His doctoral work focused on how classical antiquity was utilized by Jefferson's generation, and he retains a strong interest in the reception of classical antiquity in the modern world. He has written extensively on these topics and supervises undergraduate and graduate theses on early American politics, ideology, and the history of ideas.

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