Congratulations to Steve Núñez for his article, “Swing on, Swing On”: Blue Note Hope and JID’s Forever Story, featured on The Blog of the American Philosophical Association! Check out the article here!
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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!
Ayanna Spencer: Keynote Lecture at Brown University
Congratulations to Professor Ayanna Spencer for being chosen to deliver a keynote lecture at Brown University! Dr. Spencer’s lecture will take place on Friday, April 7, 2023 from 2PM – 4PM. RSVP to join remotely or find more information here.
Lewis Gordon: Interview on The Leadership Center for Social Justice Podcast
Check out Professor Lewis Gordon‘s new interview on The Leadership Center for Social Justice Podcast where he discusses his latest book Fear of Black Consciousness. “He shares about Black Consciousness as a commitment to life, radical love, and to building a better world and discusses how he sees that playing out in the world.“ Listen Here
Lewis Gordon: New Interview with Tavis Smiley
Professor Lewis Gordon is back with a new interview on “The Tavis Smiley Podcast.” Professor Gordon and Tavis Smiley explore “how racist power structures can permeate the minds of Black people to act against their own – using the recent example of Tyre Nichols where Black officers were the face of police brutality against Black […]
Nicholas Smith: Interview with BBB Radio
Distinguished Visiting Professor Nicholas Smith joins Dan Tierney on BBB Radio 4 to discuss the philosophy of work. “Some think we’ve placed too much emphasis on wealth as a measure of worth and that work should be about seeking to do something well, regardless of the monetary reward. Others believe that argument is laden with […]
Nicholas Smith: Redefining the Punk Scene
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 […]
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 […]
Dr. Hady Ba: Dakar Direct Interview
Please take a moment to check our our visiting scholar, Dr. Hady Ba’s, interview on Dakar Direct – Itv Sénégal
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 […]