Tag: Political Philosophy
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Forests and Rivers: Rethinking Relation and Representation in Philosophy (Workshop)
Forests and rivers are ecosystems that not only harbour extraordinary biodiversity but also function as powerful images and metaphors through which the relationship between humans and the environment is articulated and rethought. As entities that are both material and symbolic, they call into question the ontological status of the relations between the human and the…
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Healing as a Philosophical Practice (Summer School)
This summer school investigates healing as a philosophical practice from interdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives. We will examine how philosophical traditions across societies, generations, and historical contexts have conceptualized and facilitated healing, particularly at the communal level.Human vulnerability manifests in diverse forms of suffering—physical, emotional, mental, epistemic, political, and relational. Throughout history and across cultures, individuals and communities…
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Haunted by Language (International Workshop)
Multilinguality seems to be one of the fundamental conditions of philosophizing on a global scale. But — which language does philosophy speak? The respective mother tongue, a transitional or translational language, any of the world’s lingua francas or an universal language not bound to a specific grammar and context? And in which language can philosophy…
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Sanya Osha Joins GloPhi to Explore Yorùbá Thought and Afro-Brazilian Epistemic Continuities
Prof. Sanya Osha will join the Center for Advanced Studies “Philosophizing in a Globalized World” as a Fellow from March to June 2026. As part of GloPhi’s Yoruba language/philosophy focus, Osha will contribute to the Center’s ongoing work on African languages, intellectual traditions, and global histories of philosophizing. His research engages Pre-Socratic systems of thought, West African philosophy, Southern…
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Philosophizing in Yoruba (Language Focus)
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 has not received much attention or development. Nonetheless, Yorùbá philosophy shows potential due to the depth of intellectualism demonstrated by…
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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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Migrating Ideas from East to West: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay on the Race Question (Priyanka Jha)
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 dialogical.By situating race within colonial modernity and anti-colonial struggle, the lecture foregrounds how Indian nationalist and anti-caste thinking engaged in…
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Decolonial Activist and Scholar Fernando David Márquez Duarte Joins GloPhi to Research Cucapáh Thought
Dr. Fernando David Márquez Duarte is joining the Center for Advanced Studies “Philosophizing in a Globalized World” as a Short-Term Fellow from March to July 2026. A Mexican decolonial activist and scholar from Mexicali, Mexico, Márquez Duarte works at the intersection of decoloniality, Indigenous studies, and environmental justice, with a regional focus on Latin America / Abya Yala. He…
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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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Relating to the Ocean (Monika Rohmer & Liliana Gómez)
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 into a boundless ocean (of speculative claims), our joint lecture explores the potentials and requirements of relating to the ocean…
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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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Cosmopolitical Encounters in the Americas and Beyond: Ecology, Indigenous Knowledge, and Philosophy (Falk Parra-Witte)
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 often seen through epistemic debates about reason, belief and representation pertaining to (un-scientific) worldviews. Since the 1990’s, anthropology took an…
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Nepantla as a Transitional Space: The Colonial and Decolonial Destiny of a Nahuatl Concept (Lorena Grigoletto)
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 the middle,” the term Nepantla is first mentioned in a 16th-century chronicle to describe the existential and ontological condition of…
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Travelling Concepts: Ubuntu as a Particular Universal (Lindokuhle Shabane)
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 has been compelled to travel under colonial and postcolonial conditions of legibility. Ontologically, ubuntu typically explicates being as constitutively relational:…
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Yorùbá Philosophy: Critical Perspectives on Indigenous Concepts and Phenomena (International Workshop)
The study and conceptualization of subjects and concepts across different disciplines in indigenous languages have been gaining significant traction in recent times. To expand academic curricula, challenge rigid disciplinary canons, and decolonize scholarship, scholars are increasingly appreciating the cruciality of examining ideas and concepts in languages that have long been excluded from knowledge generation and…
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Generative Contradictions: Logic, Language, and Philosophizing in isiZulu (Lindokuhle Shabane)
In conversation with Monika Rohmer, research fellow Lindokuhle Shabane discusses his doctoral research, his approach to conceptual decolonization, and his current work on philosophizing in isiZulu.Shabane’s dissertation examines the role of logical contradiction in the history of African philosophy. He argues that the law of contradiction – introduced into African thought systems by European logicians…
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South-South Circulation of Ideas? The Uptake of Decolonization in South African Universities (Lerato Posholi)
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 movements of different African nations in the 1950/60s, it was taken up with new energy and fervor – both locally…
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Amefricanity and Black Resistance in the Transatlantic Context (Rutte Andrade)
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 this reflective exercise, we will duly consider the contributions of Afro-Brazilian philosopher, feminist, and activist Lélia Gonzalez and her systematizations…
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Transatlantic Resonances: Philosophical Entanglements between Africa and the Americas (Lecture Series)
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. The history of relations between Africa and the Americas is marked by experiences of racism, slavery, and colonialism, but also…
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Philosophizing in Sesotho (Language Focus)
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 group of Basotho people. For an initial exploration of oral and written sources in Sesotho, our fellow Lerato Posholi travelled…
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Talks within the Ambivalence of Africa, Her Languages, and Philosophising in isiZulu – An Outside Perspective (Lindokuhle Shabane)
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 Advanced Studies “Philosophizing in a Globalized World” (GloPhi) at the University of Hildesheim, Germany.Dr. Shabane’s work sits at the intersection…
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Nie das Ende, immer nur der neue Anfang: Nachruf auf Bernhard Waldenfels (Barbara Schellhammer)
Am 23. Januar 2026 starb Bernhard Waldenfels im Alter von beinahe 92 Jahren in München. Es lag mir auf der Zunge und einige sprachen es aus: Da ist ein Großer von uns gegangen – ein großer Denker, Philosoph und Phänomenologe. Bernhard Waldenfels war nach Martin Heidegger, Edith Stein und Max Scheler sicherlich einer der bedeutendsten…
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Bilingual Workshop on German–Korean Poetry Translation
This bilingual workshop aims to foster sustained exchange between the Korean and German literary fields and to create a space for cultural and historical dialogue through poetry and translation. Bringing together poets and professional translators from both countries, the workshop explores translation not merely as a technical practice, but as a mode of deep literary…
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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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Philosophizing in isiZulu (Language Focus)
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 mutually intelligible with some other Nguni languages, e.g. isiSwati and isiXhosa.Similar to other Bantu languages, Zulu nouns are classified into noun…
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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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Philosophizing in Wolof: Beyond Translation (Monika Rohmer)
This article examines academic endeavors that philosophize in Wolof, tracing a rich intellectual lineage from Cheikh Anta Diop to Souleymane Bachir Diagne. Through contextual analysis of key texts, Dr. Rohmer explores how questions of translation and multilingualism are fundamentally linked to the definition of philosophy itself.Rohmer discusses Wolof notions proposed for core philosophical concepts including…
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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…
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Futures of Philosophizing: On the Transformation of the Philosophy Curriculum (Workshop)
In an era marked by intensified global interconnectivity, technological transformation, and resurgent political polarizations, the role and responsibility of philosophy – and philosophy education – require urgent rethinking. Philosophy, as both a discipline and a pedagogical practice, is undergoing profound questioning regarding its relevance, accessibility, and epistemological foundations. What does it mean to philosophize in a world that is simultaneously global and…
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Chroniques de Ndogbong: Sur la décolonialité et la transcolonialité (Charles Romain Mbele)
Je reviens d’un colloque très couru à Douala. Des philosophes du monde entier quasiment et de multiples nationalités sont venues d’Asie (notamment de l’Iran), de l’Amérique latine, des États-Unis, de l’Europe (Allemagne, Tchéquie, etc.), de toutes les régions de l’Afrique (avec de fortes délégations de l’Ouganda, du Nigéria, de l’Afrique du Sud, etc.), avec pour…
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Ancestralidade e Encantamento: Filosofar desde a Diáspora Africana (Adilbênia Freire Machado)
Na entrevista, Adilbênia Freire Machado desenvolve uma reflexão articulada sobre as filosofias africanas a partir da experiência afro-diaspórica no Brasil, enfatizando especialmente os conceitos de ancestralidade e encantamento como eixos ontológicos, éticos, políticos e estéticos. Falando desde uma diáspora forçada e violenta, a filósofa sublinha que as filosofias africanas no Brasil não são meras sobrevivências culturais, mas processos ativos de recriação,…
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Epistemology of Ignorance: What We Don’t Know About Race and Racism (Yoko Arisaka)
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 forms of racism. Rather than treating racism solely as a matter of individual prejudice or moral failure, the talk explores…
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Phänomenologie der Kata-Übung: Versuch einer interkulturellen Philosophie leibgeistiger Praxis
Wir freuen uns, die Veröffentlichung einer neuen Monographie von Leon Krings bekannt zu geben. Sein Buch Phänomenologie der Kata-Übung: Versuch einer interkulturellen Philosophie leibgeistiger Praxis ist kürzlich im Alber Verlag erschienen.Die Monographie bietet eine systematische Untersuchung leiblicher Praxis als einer Weise des Philosophierens an der Schnittstelle zwischen klassischem japanischem Denken und der gegenwärtigen Phänomenologie der…