The Alain Locke Society is a member of FISP (International Federation of Philosophical Societies, http://www.fisp.org). The society will sponsor a Session at the 23rd World Congress of Philosophy, Athens, 4-10, 2013. The two themes for […]
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Alain Locke entry added to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Alain LeRoy Locke By Jacoby Adeshei Carter Alain LeRoy Locke is heralded as the “Father of the Harlem Renaissance” for his publication in 1925 of The New Negro—an anthology of poetry, essays, plays, music and […]
CFP: The Inter – American Journal of Philosophy Special Edition
The Inter – American Journal of Philosophy Special Edition – 2012 The 1812 Constitution of Cádiz and Its Influence in the Americas Call for Papers This year marks the 200th anniversary of the 1812 Constitution […]
Leonard Harris in India
See Photo Album Visiting Scholar, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Lecture Series: Critical Pragmatism (Alain Locke) Philosophy of Liberation (Tolerance, Cosmopolitanism) Insurrectionist Ethics
UNESCO: PHILOSOPHICAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN AFRICA AND THE AMERICAS
UNESCO WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR FOR PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT “AFRICA AND ITS DIASPORA” Get the full report [pdf 1.2 mb] 18-20 April 2011 PURDUE UNIVERSITY, USA Conference languages: English, French, Portuguese, […]
Locke’s Philosophy: Philosophic Values and World Citizenship
“Philosophic Values and World Citizenship is a Sankofan knockout to the all too common conversations in American philosophy that continue to overlook the significance of Alain Locke in pragmatism, preferring instead the stolid rhetoric of […]
Open Letter of Support for Philosophy at Howard University
PURDUE U N I V E R S I T Y DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY Leonard Harris, PH.D. PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE, PH.D. PROGRAM November 1, 2010 To: Sidney Ribeau, President, Howard University and Presidential Commission on […]
Alain Locke’s Haiti Lectures in French
LE ROLE DU NEGRE DANS LA CULTURE DES AMÉRIQUES Alain LEROY LOCKE Présentation d’Anthony MANGEON Mangeon provides for the first time Locke’s six lectures on Haiti, translated and published in French. In addition, he translated […]
Carlin Romano Reviews New Alain Locke Biography
A fine first biography of thinker Alain Locke Alain L. Locke: The Biography of a Philosopher By Leonard Harris and Charles Molesworth University of Chicago Press 432 pp. $45 Reviewed by Carlin Romano Inquirer Book […]
Page 99 Test Applied to New Alain Locke Biography
The Page 99 Test blog has a motto by Ford Madox Ford: “Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you.” Here’s the test applied […]
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