Tag: Intercultural Philosophy
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A Transcontinental Pendulum: African and Afro-Brazilian Epistemic Continuities (Sanya Osha)
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 displacement, cultural alienation and uneven socioeconomic development. Furthermore, it was shaped largely by disruptive scripts of resistance and the often…
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Silence, Exclusion, and Recovery: Feminist Philosophy in Modern India (Priyanka Jha)
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. Such omission arises from not recognising women thinkers as philosophers or relegating their work to abstract ‘musings’ rather than sustained…
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Phänomenologie der Situation & Situierte Lektüren (Workshop)
Im Gegensatz zur (post-)cartesianischen Philosophie der Moderne, die von einer homogenen und neutralen Räumlichkeit ausgeht, ist die Phänomenologie für eine Reflexion der Situiertheit prädestiniert, insofern der Ort und die Räumlichkeit grundlegende Bedeutung für die sinnhafte Orientierung in der Welt ist. Der Leib-Körper stellt hierbei nicht einfach eine Position unter anderen dar, die sich in einem…
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Tlamatiliztli: The Wisdom of the Nahua People. Intercultural Philosophy and Right to Land (Osiris González Romero)
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 communities and indigenous scholars. The aim of this study is to demonstrate how the cognitive structures embedded in indigenous languages…
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Practices of Epoché: A Phenomenological Retreat (Summer School)
Phenomenology did not begin with a doctrine but with a method: the epoché and phenomenological reduction. Husserl’s rallying invitation – Zu den Sachen selbst! – signalled not merely a theoretical shift but a transformation in how one lives, attends, and relates to phenomena. At its origin, phenomenology was as much a praxis as a philosophy: a chain of conscious acts…
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Making Global Philosophical Sources Visible: HePS in Dialogue with Experts on Digital Access to Cultural Goods
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 Digital Age.” The guest lecture, entitled “Hildesheim Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sources (HePS): An open-access digital infrastructure for the documentation, interconnection,…
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On the Affective Moods of Being: A Philosophical Exploration of Affects in Ibrahim Niasse’s Thought (Philipp Valentini)
The Center for Advanced Studies “Philosophizing in a Globalized World” invites you to a book launch and discussion with Philipp Valentini on his new monograph On the Affective Moods of Being: A Philosophical Exploration of Affects in Ibrahim Niasse’s Thought (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026). The book stages a sustained philosophical encounter between the Senegalese Sufi scholar and Shaykh…
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Korean Philosophy: From a Comparative and Intercultural Perspective (International Conference)
The North American Korean Philosophy Association (NAKPA) is holding its 11th Annual conference at the University of Hildesheim, Germany, on October 5–6, 2026. This year we are pleased to announce that the conference will be hosted by the Center for Advanced Studies “Philosophizing in a Globalized World” at the University of Hildesheim under the auspices of…
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Ethiopian Philosophy: Historiography, Modernity, and Global Dialogue (Jonathan Egid & Fasil Merawi)
In this interview, Dr. Jonathan Egid and Prof. Fasil Merawi discuss their intellectual trajectories, the current state of philosophy in Ethiopia, and the broader challenges of African philosophy in a global context.Both reflect on contingent beginnings that developed into sustained philosophical commitments. Prof. Merawi describes how, after initially aspiring to study archaeology, he encountered medieval…
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Ubuntu Beyond the Canon: Listening with Four Ears to African Philosophy (Mogobe Ramose)
In this interview, Prof. Mogobe Ramose reflects on his philosophical formation, the intellectual and political conditions shaping African philosophy, and the contemporary relevance and contested reception of Ubuntu as both a lived ethical framework and a philosophical concept. The conversation foregrounds the entanglement of biography, language, epistemic injustice, and ethical urgency as constitutive dimensions of…