‘We are delighted to welcome Professor Lloyd to King’s. His profound theological thought is bound to invigorate, deepen and challenge us, and we are much looking forward to a collaboration that promises to bring mutual theological enrichment.
Professor Susannah Ticciati
30 April 2026
Professor Vincent Lloyd joins King's as Leverhulme Visiting Professor
The Department of Theology and Religious Studies has been awarded a Leverhulme Visiting Professorship for Professor Vincent Lloyd to join for 2026–2027.
Professor Lloyd, who joins King's Department of Theology and Religious Studies in May is Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University, USA, where he also directs the Center for Political Theology. He is the author of seven monographs and two co-authored books, and editor or co-editor of six edited volumes. His authored works include What Is Political Theology? (with Luke Bretherton and Valentina Napolitano; Columbia University Press, 2025), Black Dignity: The Struggle Against Domination (Yale University Press, 2022), Break Every Yoke: Religion, Justice, and the Abolition of Prisons (with Joshua Dubler; Oxford University Press, 2019), Religion of the Field Negro: On Black Secularism and Black Theology (Fordham University Press, 2017), Black Natural Law (Oxford University Press, 2016), and The Problem with Grace: Reconfiguring Political Theology (Stanford University Press, 2011). Professor Lloyd’s research has been recognised by numerous prestigious fellowships, including Guggenheim Fellowship, Henry Luce Foundation, and the American Council of Learned Societies, among many others.
Professor Lloyd will be joining King’s as Leverhulme Visiting Professor from May to August in 2026 and in 2027. During his visits, he will work closely with Dr King-Ho Leung (lead applicant and correspondent for this collaboration), Professor Susannah Ticciati, alongside other researchers at King’s Department of Theology and Religious Studies, while he completes a manuscript for a co-authored book with Professor Jonathan Tran (Duke University) on Christianity and race.
Professor Lloyd’s Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at King’s is a major event in the British theology and religious studies. Professor Lloyd's expertise in the study of race, religion and philosophy will not only offer a much-need perspective to important emerging conversations within British theology, but also contribute to King's Department of Theology and Religious Studies' goal of bridging the study of theology and religion and highlighting how religious and theological insights can speak to the most urgent social and political issues we face today.
Dr King-Ho Leung
Leverhulme Lecture 2026
To launch his Leverhulme Visiting Professorship, Professor Lloyd will be delivering his 2026 Leverhulme Lecture on the topic of ‘Performing Grace, Performing Race’ on Wednesday 3 June 2026 at 5:30 pm, in the Anatomy Lecture Theatre (KIN 625) at King’s College London (King’s Building, WC2R 2LS).
The lecture is free and open to the public, but registration is required at: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kingscollegelondon4/2175013
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