Research Focus Areas
This section brings together the evolving thematic priorities of our Center. The Research Focus Areas present ongoing projects, emerging initiatives, and key lines of inquiry that shape our collaborative work. Developed within our team and in close dialogue with our fellows and partners, these areas respond to contemporary challenges in intercultural and decolonial philosophy while advancing innovative and polylogical approaches to historical and systematic questions.
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Yorùbá is the language and culture of a people primarily found in Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone, Cuba, and Brazil. Although Yorùbá literature and historical studies have experienced considerable growth over the years, Yorùbá philosophy…
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On 4 May 2026, Prof. Dr. Rolf Elberfeld and Dr. Leon Krings presented the Hildesheim Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sources (HePS) at the University of Münster’s Center for Advanced Studies “Access to Cultural Goods in the…
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Sesotho is a Southern Bantu language spoken in South Africa, where it is one of the 12 official languages, and in Lesotho, as its national language. It is also spoken in Zimbabwe by a minority…
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isiZulu is a Southern Bantu language of the Nguni branch. It is one of South Africa’s 12 official languages and widely understood in the country. IsiZulu is primarily spoken in the province of KwaZulu-Natal of South Africa. It is…
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The Center for Advanced Studies “Philosophizing in a Globalized World” (GloPhi) at the University of Hildesheim is proud to announce the start of its Database Initiative. Under the working title Hildesheim Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sources (HePS), the project aims…
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The academic discipline of philosophy is still defined by a Eurocentric framework that excludes vast regions of the globe and their respective philosophical traditions and actors from participating in mainstream discourses and being represented in…