Faculty Profiles

Born in Okinawa, but a native of St. Louis, Dr. Haskins first discovered the field of political theory in college. His teaching and research interests in the field have been sustained over the years by a deeply felt need to grapple with the complex histories of imperialism, colonialism, and Christianity in the modern world--particularly in Africa, the Americas, and Asia--and what implications such grappling might have for global justice, international law, multiculturalism, and global missions. He is currently revising his book manuscript on the "glocalization" of non-domination in the political thought of Montesquieu (1689-1755), Wei Yuan (1794-1856), and W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963).

The University of Chicago
Ph.D., Political Science, 2020
M.A., Political Science, 2015

Harvard University
M.T.S., Religion, Ethics and Politics and East Asian Religions, 2013

Bowdoin College
B.A., Government & Legal Studies and Asian Studies, 2011

• History of Political Thought (Asian, European, and African diasporic)
• Modern Political Thought
• Global and Comparative Political Theory
• Empire & Colonialism
• International Law & Legal Thought
• Religion & Politics

• American Political Science Association (APSA)
• Association for Political Theory (APT)

• Alex Haskins, "Montesquieu's Paradoxical Spirit of Moderation: on the Making of Asian Despotism in De l'esprit des lois," Political Theory 46.6 (December 2018).

• Political Philosophy

• Black Political Thought

• Chinese Political Thought

• Immigration

• Empire

• East Meets West

• International Law

Dr. Haskins' website

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