Lewis Gordon

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. 

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 […]