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Posts by Prof. Tommy J. Curry

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UN’s landmark slavery ruling energises African Union’s fight for reparations Despite resistance from states who had role in chattel slavery, many feel this is an idea whose time has come

“We travel this long road, each step guided by a desire to be better and to do better, each step bringing us closer to the kind of world we would want to leave for our children,” www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

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Really enjoyed the hospitality and attendance. It was great to visit the Centre for Ethics and see Dr. Miron Clay-Gilmore in action. He was a graduate of @schoolofppls.bsky.social.

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Texas State Fires Philosophy Professor Over Off-Campus Talk on the Israeli-Palestine Conflict - Daily Nous Idris Robinson, a tenure-track assistant professor of philosophy at Texas State University, is suing several university officials for violating his constitutional rights after they told him he would h...

Another day, another violation of academic freedom in Texas. This time a university is firing a philosophy professor owing to complaints about an off-campus talk he gave on the Israeli-Palestine conflict...

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Yet again the problem of having national discussions based on using white men as the reference group with no attention to how Black men and other groups of men actually exist.

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Fantastic. I really enjoyed the draft of this article.

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Thank you for the compliment. I would venture to guess why.

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When Philosophy Enters the Criminal Court: Black Male Studies as Expert Testimony (guest post) - Daily Nous To what extent should theoretical approaches to understanding the world offered up by the humanities sensitive to empirical evidence? And how might the humanities be different if its scholars took the...

“Philosophers have much to contribute… by engaging in the messiness of the real world” rather than succumbing to "humanities-based academic lethargy". Here's one example.

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This evening, St Andrews Philosophy Society will be hosting a talk by Tommy Curry.

The talk, entitled They Refused to See: Criminalizing Black Male Vulnerability to IPV in State v Atkins, will be in School II from 7.30 pm.

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Neighbours before strangers Many see populism with its focus on immigration and nationalism as not only politically dangerous but morally wrong. This reflects the universalist morality of the main Western moral frameworks. But c...

Does moral universalism pose dangers to us, or is it essential to our value system? | https://iai.tv/video/neighbours-before-strangers

Click here to watch renowned philosophers Alain de Botton, Tommy Curry, and Seyla Benhabib to debate these critical questions.

#philsky

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The idea of the universal good is dangerous <p><em>We think morality must be necessarily universal and apply to everyone equally. But, following his debate with Alain de Botton at the <a href="https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/hay" target...

Is the “universal good” an illusion? | https://bit.ly/4qlAKED

This article sees Tommy Curry delve further into the themes from our recent debate “The one and the many” to explore the deep-rooted racial and political hierarchies concealed within democracy, equality, and liberty.

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Increasing the visibility of psychology in non-Western traditions | School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences | School of Philosophy, Psychology and language sciences Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Dr. Suilin Lavelle, reflects on recent PPLS activities aimed at building awareness of research from non-Western traditions.

New article by Dr Suilin Lavelle reflects on recent PPLS activities aimed at boosting visibility of psychology beyond the West & tackling epistemic injustice. Featuring insights from Dr Adeyemi Adetula of Alex Ekwueme Federal University. Read more: edin.ac/4aUB6eM #Psychology #EpistemicJustice

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When Philosophy Enters the Criminal Court: Black Male Studies as Expert Testimony (guest post) - Daily Nous To what extent should theoretical approaches to understanding the world offered up by the humanities sensitive to empirical evidence? And how might the humanities be different if its scholars took the...

Very excited to have this co-authored piece with Dr. Timothy Golden out on Black male victims of IPV and the Daubert standard.

dailynous.com/2026/02/25/w...

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This Black History Month, be sure to hear and tell your stories. In the Green Book Project, we’re using that oral history to map out how Black people navigated segregation. Your contributions to the community map preserve history: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu #GreenBookProject
#CommunityMap

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It is all the same. It is amazing.

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Under-MAN: A Genre Analysis of the Ethnological and Psycho-analytic Demonization of the Black Male A seminar presented by Prof. Tommy J. Curry (University of Edinburgh) as part of the SOAS History Seminar Series

The SOAS History seminar series continues next Wed, 18 Feb, 4pm: @proftjcurry.bsky.social will speak on Under-MAN: A Genre Analysis of the Ethnological and Psycho-analytic Demonization of the Black Male.

Hosted & co-sponsored by (see next skeet):

Register here:
www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

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Really enjoyed the talk and discussion.

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PPLS Graduate Joins Black Historic University to Build Philosophy Programme | School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences | School of Philosophy, Psychology and language sciences Dr Tony Baugh completed his doctoral studies in January.

Congratulations to Dr. Tony Baugh. So proud of his work and placement. ppls.ed.ac.uk/news/ppls-gr...

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Under-MAN - a talk by Prof. Tommy J Curry Prof. Tommy J Curry (University of Edinbrugh) wil speak on the ethnological and psycho-analytic demonization of the Black Male.

Really excited to speak at SOAS on the cosmogenic foundation of racial dehumanization and misandric aggression.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/under-man-...

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Who wants to "Venture into Black Philosophy" in Year 3 from next week with me (before getting hit so hard by @DrTJC in Year 4 & PG)? http://www.drps.ed.a

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Surprised but nevertheless appreciative that my work on the racism of the liberal university was taken up in Slovakia.

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Skryté predsudky liberálnej univerzity: Analýza Curryho Skryté rasové predsudky liberálnej univerzity? Filozof Tommy Curry argumentuje, že liberalizmus potláča kritické myslenie a ignoruje históriu. Po hnutí za občianske práva bol Black Power úmyselne podk...

Skryté predsudky liberálnej univerzity: Analýza Curryho altky.sk/skryte-preds...

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In a world of Sundown Towns where Black people weren’t allowed after nightfall, Green Book businesses were tiny spots of light. Traveling while Black was about survival. The Green Book Project documents that history:
greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky

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In October @proftjcurry.bsky.social became the first Black philosopher to have expert testimony pass the Daubert Standard, the benchmark US courts use to assess the reliability of evidence. Read about Prof Curry's testimony and experience here: edin.ac/3Mnz7qM

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Interview #23 w/ Dr. Tommy J Curry YouTube video by Ask a Brotha Podcast w/ Jeff St. James

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Introducing the Clay-Gilmore Institute for Philosophy, Technology, and Counterinsurgency Notes on New Developments in Black Male Studies & the Use and Misuse of Counterinsurgency as a Lens of Analysis in Black Scholarship, Digital Punditry and Popular Media

Introducing the Clay-Gilmore Institute for Philosophy, Technology, and Counterinsurgency
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This was a tremendous pleasure and extraordinary burden.

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Prof Tommy Curry Provides Expert Testimony for Murder Defence | School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences | School of Philosophy, Psychology and language sciences Last month, Professor Tommy Curry (Personal Chair in Africana philosophy and Black male studies) spoke at the Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews (DARDRs)/Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) and Crimin...

In October, I had the tremendous pleasure of working with Attorney Ryan Thompson as part of the defense team for Mr. Kelvin Atkins. Mr. Atkins was a victim of domestic abuse, specifically police utilization and violent threats.

ppls.ed.ac.uk/prof-tommy-c...

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The presumption is that white boys socialization is the norm for all boys. For decades we have seen Black boys mistreated in classrooms, profiled as dangerous, and abused by white female teachers. This is not an issue of misogyny. It is a/b trying to make the boy issue a white issue.

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This is a great opportunity for scholars to come to the University of Edinburgh and produce work without the stress of U.S. political racism.

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Happy Birthday

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