I’m a writer, teacher and lecturer in political philosophy. I speak at colleges and institutes, run seminars for teams and groups, and advise founders, investors and executives, often on questions about technology and AI.
I have a PhD in political science from the University of Toronto. I’ve written three books, translated seven books by the Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin, and published in Telos, Interpretation, First Things and The American Mind. Since 2020 I’ve taught founders, investors, engineers and executives through my online school, Millerman School.
I live in Ottawa and travel for lectures and seminars.
Most of my work takes one of these four forms. If what you have in mind doesn’t fit any of them, write to me anyway.
For colleges, universities, institutes, conferences and private events.
A lecture on a subject you choose, followed by questions. I can also stay for a seminar with students or staff afterward. I’ve lectured for Hillsdale College’s Center for Constructive Alternatives and the University of Toronto’s Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies, and in September 2026 I spoke twice during the Open Source AI Summit in San Francisco.
For a team, a fellowship, a class or a private group.
We read one text closely, in person or online, over a single day or several weeks. I teach Plato’s Republic most often. I also teach Aristotle’s Politics, Nietzsche, Heidegger on technology, Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss, and I can put together a reading list around a question your group is working on.
For founders, investors and executives.
You bring a question or a document, and we work through it, one on one or with a few of your colleagues. That can be a single conversation, a regular meeting, or a written close reading of a text your organization needs to understand, such as a charter, a manifesto, a policy or a founder’s letter. One investor wanted to know how the ideology of a multipolar world might affect oil prices. Others have told me that our conversations about Heidegger helped them think about cryptography and AI.
For researchers, journalists, think tanks and anyone who needs to understand his ideas.
I’ve translated seven of Dugin’s books into English and written a book on his political philosophy, Inside “Putin’s Brain.” I can give a lecture, a background conversation or commentary on his ideas, including the fourth political theory, and on their sources in Heidegger and the Traditionalist writers. My work on Dugin is scholarship. I translate and interpret him so that readers can judge his ideas for themselves.
What I’m most often asked to speak and teach about.
Every engagement is priced separately.
The fee depends on the format, how long it runs, and whether I travel. Tell me what you have in mind and I’ll reply with a proposal and a price.
I read every inquiry and answer it myself.
From book endorsements, students, and clients.
“You may disagree with something Millerman writes about Dugin, but you cannot ignore him. He is the leading English-language interpreter of Dugin’s thought in general and its Heideggerian orientations in particular.”
“Michael is one of the most erudite, thorough and bold voices teaching at the intersection of philosophy and political theory today. His style is crystal clear, bringing complex and important material to life without compromising nuance or shying away from the big questions.”
“Michael’s enthusiasm for the real-world import of philosophy is immediately palpable, and his command of a wide-range of material, and fluency expressing it, is rare.”
“I rarely do this but I highly recommend a couple of hours with Michael Millerman if you want to learn the 1’s and 0’s of how our economic and political systems evolved. […] He’s already made me a better investor and overall thinker.”
“Michael has an extraordinary ability to understand complex literature and apply it into meaningful and easy to understand concepts. He is a quick and logical thinker, but also quite personable.”
“Millerman gets it.”
A conversation about Leo Strauss for the Claremont Institute, and a lecture from my YouTube channel.
Books, publications, talks and interviews.
PhD, political science, University of Toronto, with a collaborative degree in Jewish Studies. BA, University of British Columbia.
Telos, Interpretation, Studies in East European Thought, First Things, Compact, The American Mind, Chronicles, The European Conservative, IM—1776
Michael Millerman is a writer, teacher and lecturer, and the founder of Millerman School. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Toronto. He is the author of Beginning with Heidegger, Inside “Putin’s Brain,” and Straussian Witchcraft, and has translated seven books by Alexander Dugin into English. His writing has appeared in Telos, Interpretation, First Things and The American Mind. He lives in Ottawa.
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