Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Global Affairs Lewis Gordon is featured in the award-winning documentary, Rediscovering Fanon, which is being screened on February 20th in the Pan-African Film Festival in Los Angeles. The Philosophy Department wishes to extend our congratulations to Professor Gordon!
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Elena Comay del Junco: Published in Belladonna* Collaborative and Parapraxis
Professor Elena Comay del Junco has two new publications! The first, an essay on the novelist Pierre Guyotat titled “Morality, Obscene: Pierre Guyotat’s Empire of Filth” for Parapraxis and the second, a translation of an 18th century French comic opera with an accompanying essay titled “The Philosopher, Harnessed” for Belladonna* Collaborative. The Philosophy Department wishes to […]
Lewis Gordon: To be the Keynote Speaker at the University of the West Indies’ Academic Conference
Professor Lewis Gordon is set to be the keynote speaker at the upcoming conference, “Reimagining the Landscape of Identity: Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Approaches”, hosted at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus. The Philosophy Department wishes to extend our congratulation to Professor Gordon!
Lewis Gordon: Delivered African Studies Review Distinguished Lecture at Annual ASA Meeting
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Lewis Gordon delivered the African Studies Review Distinguished Lecture, titled “Fanon’s African Dream,” at the annual meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA) in late November 2025. The Philosophy Department wishes to extend our congratulations!
Lynne Tirrell: Featured in El Confidential
Professor Lynne Tirrell has been interviewed by El Confidential, an online Spanish newspaper, about the rhetoric of the current US regime. The article is titled “Miedo y sangre en Mineápolis: “ICE va a por ciudadanos americanos”. The Philosophy Department wishes to extend our congratulations to Professor Tirrell!
Lewis Gordon: Featured in PBS Documentary “Family Recipe: Jewish American Style.”
Professor Lewis Gordon has been featured in the PBS documentary “Family Recipe: Jewish American Style.” Congratulations, Professor Gordon!
Lewis Gordon: 30th Anniversary Edition of ” Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism” Published
The 30th Anniversary Edition of Professor Lewis Gordon’s Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism, with a Foreword by the eminent South African philosopher Mabogo P. More and Afterwords by Jacqueline M. Martinez (President of the Caribbean Philosophical Association) and the eminent Antiguan philosopher and sociologist Paget Henry, was published on December 11, 2025. The Philosophy Department […]
Lewis Gordon: To Deliver Lecture at the Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Lewis Gordon will deliver the Eleventh Balvant Parekh Memorial Lecture at the Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences next week. The lecture is titled, “A Phenomenology of Human Science, Metaphysics, and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence.” More information is available in the attached poster. The Philosophy department wishes […]
Margaret Gilbert: Distinguished Professor Emerita at University of California, Irvine
The Philosophy Department would like to extend our sincerest congratulations to Margaret Gilbert; Professor Emerita of Philosophy at UConn, she is now Distinguished Professor Emerita, UCI. Congratulations Professor Gilbert!
Lynne Tirrell: Quoted in The Guardian
On Saturday, December 6th, Lynne Tirrell was quoted in an article published in The Guardian titled, “From ‘criminals’ to ‘garbage’, Trump is Ramping Up Anti-Immigrant Language”. The Philosophy Department extends our congratulations!