Lectures
Our lectures bring together leading scholars and emerging voices to present current research in global and intercultural philosophy. Topics range from African, Latin American and Asian philosophical traditions to comparative and historical inquiries into the nature of philosophical practice. These events are central to GloPhi’s mission of fostering intellectual exchange and advancing the study of philosophy in global perspective.
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The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804), carried by San Domingo’s African descendants, should be placed, in the so-called “universal” philosophy of history, as a turning point into modern times, parallel to and in combination with the French…
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In the early 1970s, Latin America and the Caribbean witnessed the emergence of Liberation Theology. An intellectual and spiritual expression of Liberation Christianity (M. Löwy), this theological movement had a significant impact on both the…
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The evolution of African and Afro-Brazilian philosophical discourses has never really trailed the accepted genealogies created by Euro-American philosophy. The path it adopted, rather, is checkered by the seismic ordeals of slavery, colonisation, chronic demotic…
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Among the philosophical traditions engaging the human condition in Modern India, a significant strand is gendered and feminist thought. This tradition has co-existed within broader philosophical discussions. Yet, larger historical accounts often overlook this tradition.…
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The aim of this presentation is the systematic analysis of the concept of wisdom developed by Nahua people of Mexico based on historical sources and archaeological evidence, but also on the knowledge of contemporary indigenous…
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This lecture challenges the Eurocentric view that emancipatory ideas such as liberty, equality, and human dignity flowed solely from the West to the non-West. Instead, it argues that intellectual exchange has always been multidirectional and…
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This double lecture sheds light on the consequences of taking a fluid, oceanic space as point of departure of this series. While Immanuel Kant has warned us to leave the shores (of experience) to venture…
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In numerous traditions and cultures, anthropology has faced premises about humanity, life, truth and reality that challenge modernity’s materialist, rationalist and intellectual paradigms. Be it spiritual domains, cosmic forces or non-human entities, the issue was…
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My contribution investigates the genealogy and philosophical meaning of the Nahuatl term Nepantla, tracing it back to its original indigenous philosophy and exploring its subsequent reinterpretations in contemporary postcolonial and feminist thought. Originally meaning “in…
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It is a truism that the Southern African concept of ubuntu is not a stable concept, or even, despite being typically treated as such, a cultural essence. Rather, it is a historically situated orientation that…
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The ‘fallist’ student movements of 2015/16 precipitated renewed debates on the issue of decolonization in South African universities. Although the term ‘decolonization’ has a long history and was a framing concept in the political independence…
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This presentation aims to analyze the analytical category of Ameafricanity as a practice of political, cultural, and philosophical resistance in the Brazilian context, situating it within the transatlantic dialogue between Africa and the Americas. In…
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This lecture series takes the transatlantic space between Africa and the Americas as its contextual point of departure to explore the complex processes of philosophical exchange that have emerged on both sides of the Atlantic.…
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The School of Arts of the College of Humanities at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) invites you to a guest talk by Dr. Lindokuhle Shabane, UKZN alumnus and postdoctoral fellow at the Center for…
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We are pleased to announce an upcoming lecture by our fellow Yoko Arisaka, hosted by the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig.In this lecture, Arisaka introduces the concept of an epistemology of ignorance as a critical tool for analyzing contemporary…
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This talk explores the relation of wutum xam-xam (the quest for knowledge) and the practice of writing Wolof. Wolof is the contemporary lingua franca of Senegal, which is officially a Francophone country. The presentation introduces…
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In jüngerer Zeit gibt es vermehrt Debatten um „relationale Ontologien“. Mit diesem Begriff bezeichnet man Ansätze, in denen das Sein nicht isoliert oder als Eigenschaften voneinander unabhängiger Einheiten gedacht wird, sondern von vornherein als in…
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In einer Welt, die immer stärker durch globale Verflechtungen, kulturelle Übersetzungsprozesse und vielfältige Wissensformen geprägt ist, steht auch die Philosophie vor der Aufgabe, ihre eigenen Voraussetzungen kritisch zu befragen.Um Orientierung in einer globalisierten Welt bieten…
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Die Philosophie hat es sich seit jeher zur Aufgabe gemacht, scheinbar selbstverständliche Ideen, Weltdeutungen und Begriffe in Frage zu stellen, neu zu begründen – oder sie zu verwerfen und Alternativen zu entwickeln. Infolge der kolonialen…
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In this lecture, Prof. Bado Ndoye offers a critical reflection on the historical, political, and epistemic dimensions of philosophy teaching in postcolonial Senegal. Tracing the persistence of French curricular models and the dominance of Marxist…
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The African continent was often denied recognition as the home of philosophical schools, traditions or concepts – in part because African languages were considered too underdeveloped to form abstract concepts or grasp complex relationships. This…
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The purpose of the lecture is to explore the linguistic politics of Ethiopian philosophy through the examination of the ways in which philosophical inquiry developed in the three primary languages of Ge’ez, Amharic and English.…
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Double Lecture on Alexis Kagame’s Philosophy Chantal Gishoma (Bayreuth University)Vedaste Kayisabe (Catholic Seminary Kabgayi, Rwanda) July 3, 2025, 2:15 pm (CEST)Cultural Campus, Aula & Live Stream Part of the Lecture Series Philosophizing in African Languages…
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Yoruba is the language and culture of a people primarily found in Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone, Cuba, and Brazil. Their philosophical ideas prominently feature in their culture, language, and traditions. In this lecture, I…