Check out Spectrum magazine’s series on Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Lewis Gordon’s book Freedom, Justice, and Decolonization (Routledge 2021). There are currently four installments.
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Lewis Gordon: DDT Jabavu Lecture
Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 4th, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Lewis Gordon will be delivering the DDT Jabavu Public Lecture at the University of Fort Hare. This lecture will examine Black Existentialism and Jabavu’s contributions to the topic. Additionally, it will explore the application of these philosophical insights to contemporary and prospective contexts.
Featured Lecture: “Decolonizing Philosophy, Decolonizing Theory”
Check out the featured lecture “Decolonizing Philosophy, Decolonizing Theory” with Lewis Gordon!
Featured Lecture: ” Decolonising Philosophy”
Check out the featured lecture “Decolonising Philosophy” – Lewis Gordon for the Royal Institute of Philosophy!
Lewis Gordon: UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
Congratulations to Professor and Department Head, Lewis Gordon, for receiving the honor of being named one UConn’s Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors!
Lewis Gordon: Featured in Inside Higher Ed Article
Professor Lewis Gordon was featured in Inside Higher Ed‘s article “Addressing an ‘Epidemic’ of Hatred” where he highlights ways the histories of Black and American Jewish communities intersect. Check out the article 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: 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 […]
Lewis Gordon: Interview with Tavis Smiley
Why does Black consciousness pose such a threat to racist power structures? In his celebrated book Fear of Black Consciousness, Professor, Head of the Philosophy Department at UConn, and leading philosopher Lewis Gordon answers this question while unpacking “the historical development of racialized Blackness, the problems this kind of consciousness produces, and the many […]
Lewis Gordon: Best Philosophy Books for Beginners
Check out Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon’s picks for the best philosophy books for beginners!