Congratulations to Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon, honoree of the Global Development Studies Eminent Scholar Roundtable 2021-2022 organized by the International Studies Association.
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Tracy Llanera: The Ambivalence of Resistance
Check out Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera’s recent piece on resilience, which examines the extent to which it can, albeit virtuous, be used as weapon for further exploitation of the already exploited.
Ayanna De’Vante Spencer: Believing Black Girl Survivors?
Check out Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Ayanna De’Vante Spencer, in The Review’s recent articled titled “Believing Black Girl Survivors?” Spencer addresses unjust treatment of Black female survivors, incorporating the justice system and criminalizing survivors over supporting them.
Tracy Llanera: “Yes, You Do Deserve a Little Treat”
Check out Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera’s recent article in The New York Times, “Yes, You Do Deserve a Little Treat” *Excerpt* Tracy Llanera, 35, a philosophy professor at the University of Connecticut who studies nihilism, said that this treat-forward approach is one way people are reclaiming some of the freedom and stability that has been lost […]
Tracy Llanera: “I Am An American Philosopher”
Check out Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera’s recent interview with the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (SAAP), “I Am An American Philosopher.” *Excerpt* The pragmatist tradition has no problem about being level-headed and getting muddy. There’s no bizarre or elitist hang-up in using (and re-forging) concepts from philosophy or other disciplines to make sense […]
Steven Núñez-#SpookySZN, Autumn 2021 Collection
Check out PhD Student Steven Núñez, #SpookySZN- Autumn 2021 Collection, where he displays a collection of photo’s he has taken this fall around New England! His goal was to capture images that represented what fall is truly from the bright colors to the scenery around town.
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 […]
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 […]
Tracy Llanera: Resentment, Guilt, and Shame Under Patriarchy Panel
Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera will be participating in a public panel on resentment, guilt, and shame under patriarchy live on Zoom on August 9, 2021. The event will begin with three short talks: Dr Louise Richardson-Self (UTAS) — “Affirmative Action, Gender, and Merit” Dr Tracy Llanera (UNDA/UConn) — “Misogyny, Feminism, and the Alt-Right“ Dr Filipa Melo Lopes (Edinburgh) […]