Professor Nicholas Smith‘s essay “Punk as Praxis” was featured on the UConn Daily Campus. Professor Smith answers the question of “What is Punk?” in his essay. “It challenged conformity and complacency. Part of it was a refusal of things, and I think those things still need refusing,” Smith said about the things punk challenged […]
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Lewis Gordon: Radio Interview with “This is Hell!”
“When we think about what oppression is, oppression is an effort to disempower a people, and this is a very crucial thing to think through, because we’re living in a period right now where people mistakenly look at power exclusively as coercion. To put it very bluntly, what power is, is the ability to make […]
Dorit Bar-On: Students Selected to Speak at “Practical Mental Representation” Conference
Congratulations to Professor Bar-On‘s graduate students Nimra Asif and Drew Johnson for being selected to give talks at the “Practical Mental Representation” conference at Chapman University! There were only two slots available for contributed talks and both will be discussing the aspect of Ruth Millikan’s work. The “Practical Mental Representations” conference focuses on exploring solutions […]
Heather Battaly: Templeton/Applied Research on Intellectual Humility
Congratulations to Professor Heather Battaly, one of the Principal Investigators on a $6.6 Million grant that supports Applied Research on Intellectual Humility, funded by the John Templeton Foundation and the Center for Stress, Trauma, and Resilience at Georgia State University. The request for proposals can be found below. The deadline for letters of intent is […]
Lewis Gordon: Seminary Co-Op Book for 2022
Congratulations to Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon‘s, whose book Fear of Black Consciousness has been chosen as one of the Seminary Co-Op Notable books for 2022! Now in its seventh year, the Seminary Co-op Notables list celebrates the books published in 2022 that helped define scholarship and inquiry. With the release of this annual […]
Dorit Bar-On: Walter C. Murray Lecture
We encourage you to join Dr. Dorit Bar-On in discussing how language might have evolved from animal communication. This exciting event is hosted by the University of Saskatchewan Department of Philosophy on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023 at 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
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Check out these short lectures from Visiting Professor John Carney!
Lewis Gordon: Interview with Tavis Smiley
Why does Black consciousness pose such a threat to racist power structures? In his celebrated book Fear of Black Consciousness, Professor, Head of the Philosophy Department at UConn, and leading philosopher Lewis Gordon answers this question while unpacking “the historical development of racialized Blackness, the problems this kind of consciousness produces, and the many […]
Tracy Llanera: Symposium on “Richard Rorty”
Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Philosophy Dr. Tracy Llanera on the symposium on her book Richard Rorty: Outgrowing Modern Nihilism! This symposium is now published (early view) in the journal The Philosophical Forum. Drawing on an original interpretation of Richard Rorty’s writings, [Richard Rorty: Outgrowing Modern Nihilism] challenges the orthodox treatment of nihilism as a malaise […]
Lewis Gordon: Best Philosophy Books for Beginners
Check out Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon’s picks for the best philosophy books for beginners!