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Professor George Yancy, the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Philosophy at Emory University, is scheduled to visit Allegheny College for the coming fall semester, arriving each Monday to engage in lectures, discussions, course visits and other aspects of campus life. George Yancy is a regular contributor to and interviewer for the New York Times Opinions section and is author or editor of more than a dozen academic books focused upon study of race and whiteness, and critical phenomenology and embodiment. He can be considered among the most prominent scholars reflecting upon the Black experience in America. George Yancy’s visit is sponsored by the Bywater Fund for Social Justice Programming.
A partial schedule of Professor Yancy’s activities on campus has already been created. Students, staff and faculty who have any interest in including visits by Professor Yancy to meetings and courses may contact Eric Palmer, epalmer@allegheny.edu, to discuss further possibilities for scheduling George Yancy’s time.
Teaming with Emeritus Professor Bill Bywater, Professor Yancy will offer Philosophy 290, Whiteness and the Conceptualization of Race, a critical study of race as a structure of American society. The racial binary of black and white is explored through the lenses of African American philosophy, feminist theory, literature and pedagogy. Authors to be considered will include George Yancy, Frantz Fanon, Sara Ahmed, Lillian Smith, James Baldwin and Toni Morrison. The course is offered Mondays and Wednesdays at 11:00 – 12:15 (4 credits).
A complementary course offering, Philosophy 275 Black American Thinkers, will also draw upon Professor Yancy’s work and his presence at Allegheny College. The course is offered by Professor Bywater on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:00 – 4:15 (4 credits). Both course offerings serve as electives towards the Black Studies minor at Allegheny.