Antonia Alksnis

Antonia is a PhD candidate focused on early modern political thought. She's particularly interested in eighteenth-century thinking about the passions, political economy, and habit formation. Her research also examines the political-theoretic use of engraved illustrations. She's currently working on her dissertation, Rousseau and the Invention of Poverty.

Before coming to Berkeley, she received a B.A. from University of Toronto, with maximum financial aid.