Brandon Terry in Conversation with Eddie S. Glaude Jr. - The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture 2025

Описание: This recording is presented in partnership by Princeton Public Library, Princeton Theological Seminary and Labyrinth Books. The Harvard social sciences professor joins Princeton's Eddie S. Glaude Jr. in conversation at Princeton Theological Seminary’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture.

Professor Brandon Terry, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University, joins a public conversation with Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University.

FROM THE PRESENTERS:
Brandon M. Terry is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University and the co-director of the Institute on Policing, Incarceration, and Public Safety at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. Born in Baltimore, Terry earned a PhD with distinction in Political Science and African American Studies from Yale University, an MSc in Political Theory Research at the University of Oxford, and an AB, magna cum laude, in Government and African and African American Studies from Harvard College. An award-winning scholar of African American political thought, political theory, and the politics of race and inequality, Brandon is the editor, with Tommie Shelby, of "To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr." (Harvard University Press, 2018) and the editor of "Fifty Years Since MLK" (Boston Review/MIT 2018). His forthcoming book is Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement (Harvard University Press). He is currently at work on a book on the political thought and judgment of Malcolm X, tentatively titled "Home to Roost: Malcolm X Between Prophecy and Peril" (Penguin/Random House). He has also published work in Modern Intellectual History, Political Theory, The New York Review of Books, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Boston Review, Dissent, The Point, and New Labor Forum and been interviewed by The Ezra Klein Show, Vox, the New York Times, and other media outlets. He currently serves on the boards of Boston Review, Nomos, and Embrace Boston.

One of the nation's most prominent scholars, Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr., is a passionate educator, author, political commentator, and public intellectual who examines the complex dynamics of the American experience. His writings, including "Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul," "In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America," and the New York Times bestseller "Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own," take an exhaustive look at Black communities, the difficulties of race in the United States, and the challenges we face as a democracy. His most recent book, "We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For," is a politically astute, lyrical meditation on how ordinary people can shake off their reliance on a small group of professional politicians and assume responsibility for what it takes to achieve a more just and perfect democracy. A highly accomplished and respected scholar of religion, Glaude is a former president of the American Academy of Religion. His books on religion and philosophy include "An Uncommon Faith: A Pragmatic Approach to the Study of African American Religion," "African American Religion: A Very Short Introduction," and "Exodus! Religion, Race and Nation in Early 19th Century Black America," which was awarded the Modern Language Association's William Sanders Scarborough Book Prize. Glaude is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies, a program he first became involved with shaping as a doctoral candidate in Religion at Princeton. He served as the inaugural chair of the department for more than fourteen years, and is also on the Morehouse College Board of Trustees. He frequently appears in the media, as a columnist for TIME Magazine and as an MSNBC contributor on programs like "Morning Joe" and "Deadline White House" with Nicolle Wallace. He also regularly appears on "Meet the Press" on Sundays. Combining a scholar's knowledge of history, a political commentator's take on the latest events, and an activist's passion for social justice, Glaude challenges all of us to examine our collective American conscience.

Presented with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this programming do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This event was recorded on April 3, 2025.