Month: September 2020

Afrocubanas

September 28, 2020 | Professor of Political Science Jane Anna Gordon and Associate Professor of Africana Studies Devyn Spence Benson discuss how the translation of a Cuban collection of works called “Afrocubanas: History, Thought, and Cultural Practices” came to be, and next steps in a broader translation project funded by UConn’s Office of Global Affairs.

Global Thinking on Conversation Shaped by Racist Roots

September 2, 2020 | The Conversation | By Prakash Kashwan, Associate Professor of Political Science | The United States is having a long-overdue national reckoning with racism. From criminal justice to pro sports to pop culture, Americans increasingly are recognizing how racist ideas have influenced virtually every sphere of life in this country.