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 […]
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Lewis Gordon: Eminent Scholar Roundtable
Congratulations to Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon, honoree of the Global Development Studies Eminent Scholar Roundtable 2021-2022 organized by the International Studies Association.
Lewis Gordon: The Chronical of Higher Education
Check out Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon in a recent article published on The Chronicle of Higher Education titled “A Philosopher Laughs at Death — and the Public Listens.” Gordon discusses the German philosopher Martin Heidegger and his impact on society today.
Lewis Gordon: LARB Radio Hour
Check out Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon on The Los Angeles Review of Books Radio Hour with Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher. In this episode Professor Gordon discusses his new book, Fear of Black Consciousness, and the historical development of racialized Blackness and the larger issues this type of consciousness leads too. Gordon also discusses the responses Black and non-Black […]
Lewis Gordon: “Fear of Black Consciousness”
Check out Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon on WAMAC’S Northeast Public Radio show “The Roundtable.” In this episode Professor Gordon discusses his new book, Fear of Black Consciousness, and the historical development of racialized Blackness and the larger issues this type of consciousness leads too. Gordon also discusses the responses Black and non-Black communities display in contemporary struggles for […]
Lewis Gordon: Most Anticipated Book of 2022
Congratulations to Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon, whose upcoming book Fear of Black Consciousness (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) has been named to Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2022. *** Professor Lewis R. Gordon, the Philosophy Department Head at the University of Connecticut, offers an expansive nonfiction work that critically examines the historical roots of […]
Lewis Gordon: Philosophy and Global Affairs, Vol. 1 Issue 2
Check out the second issue of Philosophy and Global Affairs, co-edited by Lewis Gordon and Jane Anna Gordon. You can also read their contributed articles, linked below. “A Forum on Creolizing Social and Political Theory” by Lewis Gordon The author discusses Jane Anna Gordon’s proposal, in the 2006 international meeting of the Caribbean Philosophical Association, […]
Lewis Gordon: “Race on Campus” Interview in The Chronicle
Read Lewis Gordon’s recent interview in The Chronicle, “Race on Campus.”
Lewis Gordon: 2021 International Studies Association Eminent Scholar
Lewis Gordon is this year’s Eminent Scholar, an award given by the Global Development Section of the International Studies Association. In addition to the plaque documenting the award, a panel devoted to the honoree’s work, followed by a reception, will take place at the association’s international meeting, which will take place next March in Nashville, […]
Lewis Gordon: Pan-African Forums, Africa Day
Professor Lewis Gordon served as a panelist on the Pan-African Forums: Africa Day event hosted by The Elephant. *** To commemorate Africa Day, we think about how Pan-Africanism has reproduced itself, evolved theoretically and practically in different spaces through reflection and critique, and catalysed a range of important initiatives all over Global Africa, focusing on […]