CONWAY,
Ark. (February 15, 2019) – Visiting Mellon Scholar Dr. Lucius T. Outlaw Jr. on
Wednesday, March 6 will present “Philosophizing Born of African American
Struggles in the United States of America.” The talk begins at 7 p.m. in
Lecture Hall C of the Mills Center for Social Sciences on the Hendrix College
campus. The event is free and open to the public, and a reception will follow
in Mills Library.
Outlaw is a
professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University. His specialties include
racial matters in socio-political life, Africana philosophy, and American
philosophy. In this lecture, he will examine how and why race impacts the ways
individuals produce and articulate their philosophies.
“Professor
Outlaw has been thinking deeply about the intersection of race and philosophy
for the last 50 years. He’s a living legend of American philosophy,” said Dr.
C.J. Sentell ’03, an advancement officer for the College, who nominated his
mentor for the Visiting Mellon Scholar program. “His work offers a methodical
interpretation of race and ethnicity that values differences among human groups
in a provocative, yet approachable way. Drawing on critical theory, pragmatism,
post-structuralism, and African philosophy, Outlaw highlights how philosophers
have—or have not—attended to the lived experiences of exclusion, prejudice, and
oppression in the formation of philosophical ideas. Don’t miss this timely
lecture.”
Outlaw’s visit
to campus is made possible through a
grant from the Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation supporting diversity and inclusion initiatives
at Hendrix. For more information, contact the Hendrix College Office for
Diversity and Inclusion at diversity@hendrix.edu or
501-505-2951.
About Hendrix College
A private
liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas, Hendrix College consistently earns
recognition as one of the country’s leading liberal arts institutions, and is
featured in Colleges That Change Lives:
40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges. Its academic
quality and rigor, innovation, and value have established Hendrix as a fixture
in numerous college guides, lists, and rankings. Founded in 1876, Hendrix has
been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. To learn more,
visit www.hendrix.edu.