Congratulations to Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon, whose upcoming book Fear of Black Consciousness (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) has been named to Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2022. *** Professor Lewis R. Gordon, the Philosophy Department Head at the University of Connecticut, offers an expansive nonfiction work that critically examines the historical roots of […]
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Dorit Bar-On: “How to do things with nonwords” (Biology & Philosophy)
Check out Dorit Bar-On’s recent article in Biology & Philosophy, “How to do things with nonwords: pragmatics, biosemantics, and origins of language in animal communication.” This article features Ruth Millikan’s biosemantic framework, and benefited from several ECOM-based collaborations. ***Abstract*** Recent discussions of animal communication and the evolution of language have advocated adopting a ‘pragmatics-first’ approach, according […]
Tracy Llanera: “The Misogyny Paradox and the Alt-Right” Accepted by Hypatia
Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera’s article, “The Misogyny Paradox and the Alt-right,” has been accepted for publication in Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. ***ABSTRACT*** This essay offers a philosophical analysis of the misogyny experienced by women in the alternative right (alt-right) movement. I argue that this misogyny takes on a paradoxical form: the better alt-right […]
Philosophy Major Wins 2022 SHARE Award
Please join us in congratulating Jeremy Bachman, a sophomore Philosophy major selected to receive a 2022 Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts Research Experience (SHARE) Award! With faculty mentor Keith Simmons, Jeremy (’24) will research Truth and Logic in Spring 2022.
Lewis Gordon: Philosophy and Global Affairs, Vol. 1 Issue 2
Check out the second issue of Philosophy and Global Affairs, co-edited by Lewis Gordon and Jane Anna Gordon. You can also read their contributed articles, linked below. “A Forum on Creolizing Social and Political Theory” by Lewis Gordon The author discusses Jane Anna Gordon’s proposal, in the 2006 international meeting of the Caribbean Philosophical Association, […]
Lewis Gordon: The Crime Without a Name
Can new language reshape our understanding of the past and expand the possibilities of the future? Barrett Holmes Pitner seeks better words to reframe discussions about race and culture and to change the way we understand our diverse and rapidly evolving political climate. In his new book, he examines ethnocide in America, the systematic erasure […]
Ayanna De’Vante Spencer: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Check out the “Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy” written by Ann Gary, where Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Ayanna De’Vante Spencer, is recognized for her piece of work entitled “Say Her Name: Maladjusted Epistemic Salience in the Fight against Anti-Black Police Brutality.” Ayanna De’Vante Spencer is among those writing about the […]
Ayanna De’Vante Spencer: New Faculty Bring Antiracism and the Environment to the Forefront
Check out UConn Today’s recent article “New Faculty Bring Antiracism and the Environment to the Forefront,” where they introduce the new CLAS faculty, including our newest member to the department Ayanna Spencer who will work across disciplines to advance Antiracism and Human Interactions with the Environment. ***Excerpt from article*** Ayanna De’Vante Spencer is an incoming assistant professor in […]
Tracy Llanera and Nicholas Smith: Egotism in Higher Education
Check out Tracy Llanera and Nicholas Smith’s recent essay, “Egotism in Higher Education,” in the Cardiff University blog, Open for Debate. This essay is based on the chapter “A Culture of Egotism: Rorty and Higher Education,” The Promise of the University: Reclaiming Humanity, Humility, and Hope, ed. Áine Mahon, forthcoming with Springer. ***Excerpt*** Universities, ideally speaking, can […]
Tracy Llanera: Women, the Alt-right and the Liberal Centre
Why do women join white nationalist and other far-right movements? Misogyny is rampant on the alt-right, along with the notion that women’s primary role is to be wives and child-bearers. But the liberal centre can be an ambivalent place for women too. Feminism was founded on the ideal of equality, and on the belief that […]