Please take a moment to check out two amazing pieces from members of our UConn community on the Blog of the APA: an essay written by visiting scholar Dr. Mouhamadou El Hady Ba, and a piece by UConn Philosophy alumnus Thomas Meagher. Congratulations!
Nelson Maldonado-Torres: Sobre a Colonialidade doSer and El Mostrador
Please check out two new items from Professor Nelson Maldonado-Torres: a new translation of his writings in Portuguese, and a reference to his work in El Mostrador, a Chilean newspaper.
Congratulations, Nelson!
Tracy Llanera: CLAS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Grant
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera, who has been awarded a CLAS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Grant to support her work titled “Resilience: A Workshop for Women Doing Philosophy.”
Ayanna De’Vante Spencer: me.too International Social and Political Framework
Assistant Professor Ayanna De’Vante Spencer and her collaborators launched the me.too International’s Social and Political Framework.
Lewis Gordon: Interview in Newsweek
Check out Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon’s recent interview in Newsweek, “Kanye West Confused About Antisemitism and Racism, Professor Says.”
Lewis Gordon: Kanye West and the Age of the Unmanageable
Check out Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon’s comments on Kanye West in the Financial Times, “Kanye West and the Age of the Unmanageable.”
Tracy Llanera: Keynote at Notre Dame School of Virtue and Character
Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera gave a keynote at the 2022 Notre Dame School of Virtue & Character presented by the Institute for Ethics & Society. Held over two weeks, the third NDSVC allows selected participants to engage with new research on the topic of cultivating good character.
Lewis Gordon: Philosophy and Global Affairs Vol. 2
Check out the second volume of Philosophy and Global Affairs, co-edited by Professors Lewis Gordon and Jane Anna Gordon. You can also read Professor Tracy Llanera’s contributed article, linked below.
Nelson Maldonado-Torres: “Decolonizing Academia”
Check out Professor Nelson Maldonado-Torres’ recent interview in “Decolonizing Academia: Obstacles and Paths Forward,” published in Chinese Social Sciences Today.
Lewis Gordon: History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
Listen to Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon as he discusses Frantz Fanon on “History of Philosophy without any gaps.” In this podcast Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King’s College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, “without any gaps.” The series looks at the ideas, lives and historical context […]