Education
PhD (2026 expected), History, Cambridge University.
Thesis: The history of how public speaking and private conversations helped end the transatlantic slave trade.
Graduate Certificate (2017), Theology, Ryle Seminary.
MA (2013), History, University of Ottawa.
Thesis: The Acoustics of Abolition: Recovering the Evangelical Anti–Slave Trade Discourse Through Late-Eighteenth-Century Sermons, Hymns, and Prayers.
BA (2010), History and Philosophy, University of Ottawa.
Courses
- Introduction to Christian Worldview (CTS-110)
- Western Culture & Tradition I (HUM-110)
- Western Culture & Tradition II (HUM-120)
- Faith and Philosophy (PHL-210)
- Teaching Scripture and the Christian Faith (REL-354)
- The Abolition of Slave Trade (HIS-370)
About
Daniel Gilman is a Sessional Assistant Professor of History at Redeemer University, where he teaches history and core courses. He is completing a PhD at Cambridge University on the art of public speaking and conversations in the campaign to end the slave trade. Daniel serves as an apologist with Apologetics Canada. He is a former speechwriter in Canada’s Parliament and now advises the Interparliamentary Taskforce on Human Trafficking as a Legislative Assistant. Through FEUER Academics, he trains scholars in Europe to share Christ with clarity and courage in university settings. He also directs the Centre for Public Speaking, coaching Members of Parliament, professors, and pastors in speaking and preaching. He and his wife Alexandra love hosting faculty and students for brunch at their home.
Research Interests
- Slavery and abolition
- The Holocaust
- Women orators and advocates in history
- The history of preaching
- The art of public speaking and private conversation
- Apologetics and evangelism in post-Christian contexts
- Language and theology in children’s fiction
- C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, and MacDonald
- Freedom of speech and academic freedom
- Historical evidence for the Bible and the resurrection
Selected Publications
Gilman, Daniel. “‘An Absurd Rage for Public Speaking’: An Abolitionist Fair Orator in the London Debating Societies, 1788–1791.” Slavery & Abolition 46, no. 4 (November 12, 2024): 1-22.
Research Funding
Dr Lightfoot Studentship, University of Cambridge’s Faculty of History, 2024
Gospel in Academia Prize, The Gospel in Academia Project, 2023
The Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC), 2022-26
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Province of Ontario, 2011
University of Ottawa Excellence Scholarship, University of Ottawa, 2010
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC), Government of Canada, 2010-12