Abbie LeBlanc

Abbie LeBlanc is a PhD candidate studying political theory in Harvard's Department of Government. Her dissertation considers the relationship between voyages to the moon, real and imagined, and the history of political thought. Such voyages probe the limits of sovereignty, property, and empire—concepts that have undergirded our present global political structures since the beginnings of European colonization—and also highlight the importance of thinking beyond this colonial heritage. This project brings together a broad array of Abbie's interests in the history of political thought, including particularly early modern political thought, Indigenous political thought, settler colonialism, feminism, and the politics of the novel. She has published on Rousseau’s Émile, Míkmaw treaty-making, education, and Thomas Hardy. Prior to Harvard, she completed a BA (Hons) at St. Thomas University (New Brunswick, Canada) in 2019, and an MA at McGill University in 2021.