Professor Lewis Gordon is set to be the keynote speaker at the upcoming conference, “Reimagining the Landscape of Identity: Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Approaches”, hosted at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus. The Philosophy Department wishes to extend our congratulation to Professor Gordon!
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Lewis Gordon: Delivered African Studies Review Distinguished Lecture at Annual ASA Meeting
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Lewis Gordon delivered the African Studies Review Distinguished Lecture, titled “Fanon’s African Dream,” at the annual meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA) in late November 2025. The Philosophy Department wishes to extend our congratulations!
Lewis Gordon: Featured in PBS Documentary “Family Recipe: Jewish American Style.”
Professor Lewis Gordon has been featured in the PBS documentary “Family Recipe: Jewish American Style.” Congratulations, Professor Gordon!
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 […]
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” […]
Lewis Gordon: To Give “African Studies Review” Distinguished Lecture at Annual ASA Meeting
This month, at the 68th annual African Studies Association meeting, Lewis Gordon will deliver the African Studies Review distinguished lecture. The title of Prof. Gordon’s lecture is “Fanon’s African Dream.” Find more information on ASA’s website, and in the attached photo. Congratulations, Professor Gordon!
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: […]
Featured Lecture: ” Existentialism, Myth, and Film”
Check out the featured lecture, “Existentialism, Myth, and Film” with Dr. Lewis Gordon!