Videos
An Interview: "The Brilliance of an Intellectual Philosopher & Scholar", Dr. Lewis Gordon Professor Man (25 May 2023).
"Frantz Fanon and The Wretched of the Earth": Lewis R. Gordon in conversation with Brad Evans The Philosopher (18 April 2023).
Dr. Lewis Gordon on Tavis Smiley (8 December, 2022).
Global Development Section of the International Studies Association Eminent Scholar Award presented to Lewis R. Gordon (August, 2022).
Lewis R. Gordon at the Einstein Forum's conference in Berlin, Germany:
“Hijacking Holocaust Memory as a Dehumanizing Practice,” Hijacking Memory: The Holocaust and the New Right, the Einstein Forum and Haus der Kulturen der Welt (10 June, 2022).
"Discussion: Philip Gorski, Lewis R. Gordon,” moderated by Susan Neiman, Hijacking Memory: The Holocaust and the New Right, the Einstein Forum and Haus der Kulturen der Welt (10 June, 2022).
“Shifting the Geography of Reason,” The Spinoza Lecture, presented by Lewis R. Gordon at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (24 May, 2022)
Lewis R. Gordon, “African Philosophy: Origins and Interpretations,” Conference on Comparative Philosophy, Oxford University (11 May, 2022).
Books Sandwiched In w/ Jane Anna Gordon & Drucilla Cornell - Creolizing Rosa Luxemburg (March, 2022).
“Decolonising Philosophy – Lewis Gordon for the Royal Institute of Philosophy,” The Royal Institute of Philosophy – The London Lectures 21 – 22: Expanding Horizons (10 March, 2022).
The Center for Global Justice, "Black Consciousness: Political Realities," presented by Lewis R. Gordon, Allende, Mexico (28 February, 2022).
The Crime Without a Name: Barrett Holmes Pitner with Lewis R. Gordon | LIVE from NYPL (21 October, 2021).
A Decolonial Philosophy of Indigenous Colombia" Interview with Juan Alejandro Chindoy Chindoy (May, 2021).
Pan-African Forums - Africa Day (May, 2021).
The 2021 Irving Glovin Lecture: "Africana Jewish Studies" by Dr. Lewis R. Gordon, Ph.D., Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada (March, 2021).
Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Yale University lecture on Decolonizing the American University (March, 2021).
"Freedom, Justice, and Decolonization" (March, 2021).
Lewis Gordon at "Georgia on my Mind: the third Reconstruction" (February, 2021).
Prof. Jane Anna Gordon - Creolising Theory in Africana Philosophy (13 November, 2020).
“Afrocubanas" A Discussion with Devyn Spence Benson and Jane Anna Gordon (September, 2020).
News
"Ep.64: Music w/Enji; US Jews of Color: Celebrating Sukkot, Journalist Robin Washington, Writer Hanah Bloom, Jews of Color Initiative CEO Ilana Kaufman & Philosopher Lewis R. Gordon" Stance Podcast (19 January 2024)
“‘É a extrema direita quem luta dos dois lados em Gaza’, afirma filósofo judeu Lewis R. Gordon,” Eduardo Graça, O Globo, December 3, 2023
What Does It Mean to Be Free? Lewis Gordon and Nathalie Etoke discuss the space for freedom opened up by Black existentialist thought. Boston Review, November 29, 2023
Dr. Lewis Gordon joins Tavis Smiley | The Tavis Smiley Podcast. November 21, 2023.
“Ep. 62: On Humanity w/ Philosopher & Historian Professor Lewis R. Gordon; Poet & Writer Fariha Róisín; Music w/Soul Singer-songwriter Danielle Ponder,” interviewed by journalist Chrystal Genesis, Stance Podcast (1 November 2023).
Three Faculty Awarded Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Title. UConn Today, June 28, 2023
Professor Gordon discusses the blues | The Tavis Smiley Radio Show. June 28, 2023.
Why one eminent thinker believes philosophy belongs in the pub - and kitchen Ideas for the Mind, “Philosophy from the Pub, with Lewis Gordon, CBC Radio (26 May 2023), recording from 19 March 2023 lecture in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Fear of Black Consciousness: A Conversation with Lewis Gordon | The Leadership Center for Social Justice Podcast (1 March 2023).
Press Release - The Caribbean Philosophical Association's 2023 Award Winners. January 31, 2023.
Fear of Black Consciousness / Lewis Gordon | This Is Hell! Podcast. January 31, 2023.
Five Questions with Lewis R. Gordon: Decolonizing Scholarship in Philosophy. Europe in the World, University of Notre Dame, January 30, 2023.
Fear of Black Consciousness Seminary Co-op Notable Book for 2022.
Honoring Jews Making a Difference at the GJC. Germantown Jewish Centre, February 7, 2022
Professor Lewis Gordon Speaks on "Freedom, Justice, and Decolonization." March 12, 2021
Inaugural Issue of Philosophy & Global Affairs Journal Available Now. March 4, 2021.
Press Release - The Caribbean Philosophical Association's 2021 Award Winners. February 12, 2021.
Weissman, Sara "Scholars Reflect on the Symbolism of a Black-Jewish Senate Runoff Election Win in Georgia" Diverse Issues in Higher Education. January 7, 2021.
“Afrocubanas" A Discussion with Devyn Spence Benson and Jane Anna Gordon. September, 2020.
Publications
Philosophy and Global Affairs, Vol. 3 no. 1, 2023
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Gordon, Jane Anna and Drucilla Cornell. Creolizing Rosa Luxemburg. Rowman & Littlefield, April 2021.
Gordon, Lewis R. "An Afro-Jewish Critique of Jews Against Liberation." Contending Modernities, The University of Notre Dame. March 26, 2021.
Gordon, Lewis R. "Storming the Capitol Building Is Not a Privilege." Black Issues in Philosophy, Blog of the American Psychological Association (APA). January 12, 2021.
Gordon, Lewis R., Fear of Black Consciousness, Macmillan, January 11, 2021. [Audiobook available here. UK/Anglophone countries outside USA available here.]
German translation: Angst vor Schwarzem Bewusstsein, trans. Anna Jäger and Dominique Haensell. Berlin: Ullstein Verlag, 2022
Portuguese translation in Portugal, Medo da Consciência Negra (Lisbon: Penguin-Portugal, 2022); U.S. paperback, NY: Picador, 2023
Brazilian Portuguese translation, São Paulo: Todavia, forthcoming.
Gordon, Lewis R., Freedom, Justice, and Decolonization, Routledge, December 31, 2020.
Gordon, Lewis R. "A Reflection on Loss." Black Issues in Philosophy, Blog of the American Psychological Association (APA). October 6, 2020.