Lewis R. Gordon is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Global Affairs and head of the Philosophy Department at the University of Connecticut. He lectures and is involved in political and artistic projects across the globe and holds appointments at universities and institutes in Senegal, South Africa, Jamaica, India, and France. He is also honorary president of the Global Center for Advanced Studies, distinguished scholar at The Most Honourable PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.