A Black Existential Look at Decolonial Futures and Fissures

Name: A Black Existential Look at Decolonial Futures and Fissures
Start: 2025-03-06T17:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-06T18:30:00-05:00
Location: 010 East Pyne

Lewis Gordon, University of Connecticut

March 6, 2025 · 5:00 pm—6:30 pm · 010 East Pyne

Department of Comparative Literature; Department of African American Studies; Humanities Council

The Department of Comparative Literature Lecture Series

Black existentialism offers a commitment to struggles for dignity, freedom, and love despite the challenges of a misanthropic present. This talk would outline that philosophy and what it offers for an understanding of building a future not only on decoloniality but also, crucially, beyond it.

Sponsored by the Department of Comparative Literature and co-sponsored by the Humanities Council and the Department of African American Studies