Department of Political Science

Gates, Logan

Dissertation:

The theories of rights of Bartolomé de Las Casas and John Locke

Biography

Logan Gates is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science, specializing in political theory. He holds a BA (with highest distinction) in Political and Social Thought and Latin American Studies from the University of Virginia and an MTh in Applied Theology from the University of Oxford. His research interests lie in comparative political theory between the ancient, biblical, and modern traditions. His dissertation compares the political thought of John Locke and Bartolomé de Las Casas, the sixteenth-century Dominican friar and advocate for Indigenous peoples, as forerunners of distinctly Anglo-Saxon and Latin American traditions of human rights. He is currently a Doctoral Fellow at UofT’s Centre for Ethics and a Junior Fellow of St. Michael’s College.

Research Interests

comparative political theory, history of political thought, early modern political thought

Previous Degrees

B.A. University of Virginia,
M.Th. University of Oxford