Congratulations to Visiting Assistant Professor, Christopher Rahlwes, for his article “Silence and Contradiction in the Jaina Saptabhangi” in the Journal of Indian Philosophy!
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Faculty
Lewis Gordon: UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
Congratulations to Professor and Department Head, Lewis Gordon, for receiving the honor of being named one UConn’s Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors!
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Three Faculty Awarded Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Title
Lewis Gordon: Philosophy from the Pub
Check out CBC Radio‘s coverage of Professor Lewis Gordon‘s lecture in St John’s, Newfoundland, where he presented a lecture in a historic pub!
Read the article here, included with a recording of Professor Gordon’s lecture.
Paul Bloomfield and Alumna Alycia LaGuardia-LoBianco featured in New Work in Philosophy
Professor Paul Bloomfield and Alumna Alycia LaGuardia-LoBianco’s article, “The Axiology of Pain and Pleasure,” has been featured in New Work in Philosophy!
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2023 -2024 UCHI/CLAS Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to the 2023 – 2024 UCHI/CLAS Undergraduate Research Fellows who have been supervised by our wonderful junior faculty members!
Breanna Bonner (Project advisor: Ayanna De’Vante Spencer)
“‘The Space Between Black and Liberation’: Analyzing Black Women’s Experiences of Intersectional Invisibility Within Liberation Movements”
Annabelle Bergstrom (Project advisor: Julian J. Schlöder)
“Minds Among Minds: A Pragmatist View of the Social and Spiritual Self in a Hyperconnected World”
Nathan Howard (Project advisor: Tracy Llanera)
“Homofascism: The Queering of Hate”
Tracy Llanera: Awarded Humanities Institute Faculty Fellowship
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera for being awarded a Humanities Institute Faculty Fellowship! Professor Llanera will write a new book titled The Misfits of Extremism.
Her book aims to place non-traditional extremist agents of Islamic fundamentalism and white supremacy at the front and center of philosophical and political debates. The work will offer a new theoretical framework for understanding the nature and character of extremism and extremist commitment, the dynamics of power and agency, and the problems of blame and moral accountability.
Lewis Gordon: Featured in Inside Higher Ed Article
Professor Lewis Gordon was featured in Inside Higher Ed‘s article “Addressing an ‘Epidemic’ of Hatred” where he highlights ways the histories of Black and American Jewish communities intersect.
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Heather Muraviov and Tracy Llanera: Talk at California State Fullerton Philosophy Symposium
Congratulations to PH.D. student, Heather Muraviov, and Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera for presenting at the California State Fullerton Philosophy Symposium on Examining Extremism this week!
Heather’s talk is titled “Countering Extremist Mindsets through Liberatory Epistemic Virtues” and focuses on an application of Cassam’s view of extremist mindsets and radicalization to agents who resist oppression and engage in liberatory struggles.
Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera’s talk is titled “Extremist Women and Fanaticism,” and focuses on women and their propensity to become fanatics in extremist groups.
Tracy Llanera: “Vain Feminists” Published in Forma de Vida Journal
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera for her essay, “Vain Feminists” (or “Feministas Vaidosas”), being published in Portuguese and English in the Forma de Vida journal! Forma de Vida is the journal of the Program in Theory of Literature at the University of Lisbon.
Check out Dr. Llanera’s essay here!
Tracy Llanera: “The Misogyny Paradox and the Alt-Right” featured in New Work in Philosophy
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera for her article, “The Misogyny Paradox and the Alt-Right” being feature in New Work in Philosophy. Dr. Llanera’s article offers a philosophical analysis of the misogyny women experience in the alternative right (alt-right) movement.
Check out the article here!