Professor Lewis Gordon has been featured in the PBS documentary “Family Recipe: Jewish American Style.” Congratulations, Professor Gordon!
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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 […]
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!
Lewis Gordon: Featured in Viennese Jewish Museum Exhibit
The Viennese Jewish Museum (Jüdisches Museum Wien) has an exhibit based on Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Lewis Gordon’s article “Rarely Kosher,” which focuses on “What color are Jews?”. Find more information on the Viennese Jewish Museum website. Prof. Gordon also wrote a special essay for the catalogue, entitled “Eine Schwarz-jüdische Reflexion über die Hautfarbe von Juden” […]
Nelson Maldonado-Torres: Delivered Keynote at UNESCO Conference Encuentro de Cátedras UNESCO de América Latina y el Caribe 2025
This past October, Nelson Maldonado-Torres was the keynote speaker at the UNESCO Conference Encuentro de Cátedras UNESCO de América Latina y el Caribe 2025! The meeting hosted, among a large number of scholars, UNESCO Chairs across all of Latin America. We extend our congratulations!
Professor Sam Wheeler to Appear in December Issues of Nonsite
Professor Sam Wheeler’s essay, “Does ChatGPT refer with Names? Design Intention and Derivative Reference in Large Language Models,” is forthcoming in the December issue of nonsite.org. You may also read a near final version here. Congratulations, Professor Wheeler!
Lewis Gordon: Featured in Podcast “Philosophy Bites”
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Global Affairs Lewis Gordon has recently featured in the podcast Philosophy Bites, in which the focus of discussion is the Martinican revolutionary philosopher, psychiatrist, and sociologist Frantz Fanon. The podcast is called Lewis Gordon on Frantz Fanon, listen to it here! Congratulations, Professor Gordon!
Lewis Gordon: Delivered Keynote at North American Sartre Society Meeting at ULV
In September of 2025, Lewis Gordon delivered the keynote speech at the American Sartre Society Meeting, which took place at LaVerne University. The conference focused on the thought of Sartre and Fanon. Click here for the conference schedule. There was also a session on Gordon’s work, which featured two alumni of the UConn Philosophy Department: […]
Michael Lynch: To Deliver Suter Distinguished Lecture at Michigan State University
Professor Micheal Lynch will be giving the Suter Distinguished Lecture on “Truth and History” next week on Friday, October 3rd at Michigan State University.