Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera and her co-author James Tartaglia (Keele University) were recently interviewed on the radio show Ideas (CBC Radio Canada). It will also air on Australia’s Radio National: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/good-news-for-nihilists-life-is-meaningless-after-all-say-philosophers-1.6036427. The focus was their book A Defence of Nihilism (Routledge, 2021).
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Tracy Llanera: “Combatting Toxic Cultures in Academia”
Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera gave the opening remarks and a lecture titled “Subordination, Submission, and Suppression” on the theme “Combatting Toxic Cultures in Academia,” hosted by Women Doing Philosophy and Beyond the Ghetto, on May 21, 2021. The recorded public lecture can be found here.
Lewis Gordon: 47th Connecticut People’s World African-American History Month Celebration
Read about the 47th Connecticut People’s World African-American History Month Celebration, “Georgia On My Mind, The Third Reconstruction,” in People’s World. Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon served as the keynote speaker for the event.
Colena Sesanker: Should Two- and Four-Year Degrees Be Free?
Check out alumna Colena Sesanker’s (2017) op-ed with Stephen Adair in The New York Times, “Should Two- and Four-Year Degrees Be Free?”
Christopher Rahlwes: From the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā in The Hudson Review
Read graduate student Christopher Rahlwes’ translation of Nagarjuna’s Mūlamadhyamakakārikā published in The Hudson Review (Spring 2021, Volume LXXIV, No. 1).
Heather Battaly and Casey Johnson: Character, Vices, and Authority
Tune into Character, Vices, and Authority with UConn Professor of Philosophy Heather Battaly and UConn alumna Casey Johnson (now Assistant Professor at the University of Idaho) on Thursday, May 13th, at 2:00 PM! When trying to make sense of the world, we rely on other people – for information, ideas, alternative perspectives, criticisms, and objections. […]
Stewart Shapiro: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Distinguished Visiting Professor Stewart Shapiro has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Academy is both an honorary society that recognizes and celebrates the excellence of its members and an independent research center convening leaders from across disciplines, professions, and perspectives to address significant challenges. Founded in 1780, the American Academy […]
Lewis Gordon: “How the Court of Law Needs to Change for Racial Justice in America”
Listen to Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon’s recent interview on Let’s Go There with Shira & Ryan, “Racial Justice in America: Police Officers Need to be Subject to the Law and Not Above the Law.” **Episode Description** “Minnesota is in a state of crisis. During the high profile trial of Derek Chauvin trial for […]
Lewis Gordon: “Derek Chauvin Trial”
Read Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon’s recent article, “Derek Chauvin Trial: 3 Questions America Needs to Ask About Seeking Racial Justice in a Court of Law.” **Excerpt from the article** There are three questions I find important to consider as the trial unfolds. These questions address the legal, moral and political legitimacy of any […]
Drew Johnson: “Disjunctive Luminosity”
Read graduate student Drew Johnson’s recent article in Thought: A Journal of Philosophy, “Disjunctive Luminosity.” *Abstract* Williamson’s influential anti‐luminosity argument aims to show that our own mental states are not “luminous,” and that we are thus “cognitively homeless.” Among other things, this argument represents a significant challenge to the idea that we enjoy basic self‐knowledge of […]