Political scientist Melvin L. Rogers from Brown University in Providence (USA) is to receive the James W.C. Pennington Award of Heidelberg University. This will honour a scholar who has done ground-breaking research on Afro-American history. The award is presented by the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) and the Faculty of Theology in commemoration of American pastor and former slave James W.C. Pennington. He received an honorary doctorate from Ruperto Carola in 1849, making him the first African-American to have this academic honour bestowed upon him by a European university. The prize will be presented in an award ceremony on 13 June 2023.
Prof. Rogers is Associate Director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Brown University. ...
