As part of the Research Focus Philosophies in Africa, our Center for Advanced Studies is launching its first Language Focus under the title Philosophizing in isiZulu. Coordinated by Lindokuhle Shabane, the focus explores isiZulu as a medium of philosophical articulation. glophi.com/2026/02/12/i...

Can a seventeenth-century Ethiopian thinker reshape the global history of philosophy? In our latest interview, Jonathan Egid and Fasil Merawi discuss Zera Yacob, the Hatäta, modernity and rationality, and the future of African philosophy. Full interview: youtu.be/UFONVjBcHCQ

New Open-Access Article: Philosophising in Wolof: Beyond Translation (Monika Christine Rohmer, Phronimon Vol. 26, 2025) doi.org/10.25159/241...

We are pleased to welcome Prof. Rutte Faizah Andrade as a Long-Term Fellow at our Center. Prof. Andrade specializes on African philosophy, Afro-diasporic thought, and Afrocentric epistemologies. For more information, please follow this link: glophi.com/fellows/rutt...

Prof. Mogobe Ramose reflects on philosophy as a lived ethical practice grounded in Ubuntu. He challenges epistemic injustice and the silencing of indigenous languages, calling for a way of philosophizing attentive to experience, truthfulness, and justice. youtu.be/iJZLhkbG4xI

New publication by Nikita Dhawan at Duke University Press: Rescuing the Enlightenment from the Europeans: Critical Theories of Decolonization www.dukeupress.edu/rescuing-the...

We had the pleasure of hosting a research talk with Lorena Grigoletto on her recent article “Rhythm, Contagion, ‘Cosmic Race’: New Paths of Mimesis in Post-Colonial Mexico,” an exploration of José Vasconcelos’ rereading of ancient Pythagoreanism and the notion of mimesis in a postcolonial context.

Futures of Philosophizing: On the Transformation of the Philosophy Curriculum International Workshop March 10th to 13th, 2026, University of Hildesheim glophi.com/2026/01/22/f...

Anke Graness and Monika Rohmer examined African Feminist Philosophies such as intersectionality (Awa Thiam, Kimberlé Crenshaw), African womanism (Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi), nego-feminism (Obioma Nnaemeka), STIWA feminism (Molara Ogundipe-Leslie), Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí, Hudā Shaʿrāwī and Nawāl as-Saʿdāwī

Prof. Anke Graness' lecture traced philosophical engagements with slavery across European, Islamic, and African traditions, with a central focus on Aḥmad Bābā of Timbuktu and his Miʿrāj al-ṣaʿūd, a powerful early critique of the racialized enslavement of free Muslims from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Epistemology of Ignorance: What We Don’t Know About Race and Racism, Lecture by Yoko Arisaka www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2026/... Date: Thursday, 22 January 2026 Time: 6:00 pm Venue: MOGI 06/030 Host: Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Eduardo Mendieta on December 17, 2025. Professor Mendieta was scheduled to join our Center as a research fellow next summer. We mourn the loss of an outstanding philosopher and colleague. www.shookscedargrove.com/obituaries/E...

La philosophie africaine à l’ère des technologies émergentes Entretien avec Ouandé Armand Regnima youtu.be/z-RKlj9J_lk

« Du métissage à la pensée métisse » (Rue Descartes 105, 2025) explores métissage as lived experience and philosophical method—between history and aesthetics, politics and phenomenology. Edited by Abbed Kanoor. shs.cairn.info/revue-rue-de...

Our Thursday lecture series explores philosophy beyond Eurocentric canons — from early origins to East Asian, Islamic, and Arabic-language traditions. Recent sessions covered Ibn Khaldūn (J. Kynes) and al-Kindī & al-Fārābī (S. Dhouib). Up next: Persian philosophy, then Africa.

Talk by our team member Monika Rohmer TOMORROW at the University of Vienna! Wutum xam-xam The quest for knowledge through writing Wolof Tuesday, 9th December 2025, 5:15 pm afrika.univie.ac.at/veranstaltun...

We spoke with Prof. Dorothy Oluwagbemi-Jacob about what it means to teach philosophy in Nigeria today — from Igbo cultural traditions to the challenges of academic practice. Watch the full interview with one of Nigeria’s leading philosophers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSum...

We’re thrilled to celebrate our former fellow Tanella Boni, who has been awarded the 2025 Tchicaya U Tam’si Prize for African Poetry in Morocco. Her powerful and deeply human poetic work continues to shape contemporary African literature. Congratulations to one of the major voices of our time!

EJJP 10 (2025) is out now! Our 10th anniversary issue features a major focus on leftist Kyoto School philosopher Nakai Masakazu, new translations (including Tanabe’s “Logic of Social-Being”), articles on Japanese phenomenology, memory, aesthetics, Zen & Dada, and more. Open access: ejjp-journal.org

What can literature teach philosophy—and how does a society rebuild after genocide? Chantal Gishoma reflects on Alexis Kagamé, Rwandan oral traditions, and the philosophical rupture of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. A powerful reflection on memory, resilience, and rethinking humanity.

Denken in Beziehungen: Relationale Ontologien und Epistemologien aus Afrika, den Amerikas und der Māori-Philosophie www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/...

Honorary Doctorate for Anke Graness from the University of Luzern “This honorary doctorate is not only recognition of my work to date, but also [...] encourages me to continue promoting an open scientific culture, dialogue across borders, and a culture of listening and recognizing our diversity.”

Our latest interview features Prof. Simphiwe Sesanti in conversation with Monika Rohmer on the philosophical and political significance of thinking in African languages—particularly isiXhosa—within the broader movement of Re-Africanization and the African Renaissance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=35q4...

Philosophies of Justice in Acholi: Responsibility in Times of Collective Suffering, Book Launch with Benedetta Lanfranchi December 10, 2025, 5 p.m. (CET) Hildesheim University, GloPhi Center www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/...

From our associate member Namita Herzl. You can access the book here: hilpub.uni-hildesheim.de/server/api/c...

Engaging Philosophies of Religion: Thinking Across Boundaries New publication edited by Gereon Kopf , Purushottama Bilimoria, and Nathan R. B. Loewen www.bloomsbury.com/us/engaging-...

A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy New publication edited by Mohammed Rustom equinoxreligionlibrary.com/projects/sou...

New on our website: an interview with Prof. Ike Odimegwu, President of the African Philosophy Society, on Dialogics — an African method that expands Hegelian dialectics for philosophizing in a globalized world. He speaks about politics, personhood, and the power of dialogue over conflict.

„Geschichten der Philosophie in globaler Perspektive“ Vorlesungsreihe WiSe 2025/26, Universität Hildesheim Donnerstags, 10 Uhr, Kulturcampus www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/... Rolf Elberfeld, Anke Graneß, Sool Park, Sarhan Dhouib, Abbed Kanoor, Monika Rohmer, Jordan Kynes, and Leon Krings

How can phenomenology help us rethink African philosophies from within their own horizons? In our latest interview, we speak with Dr. Dominik Ekweariri about philosophizing from Igbo life-worlds, exploring place, lived experience, and language. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g74m...

Philosophizing in Akan: The Genetic-Analytic Method and Bottom-Up Approaches to Conceptual Translation Research Talk with Richmond Kwesi www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/...

New Vacancy at Leiden University: Assistant Professor in African and Comparative Philosophy Deadline: December 1, 2025 Start date: August 1, 2026 careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistan...

From Habermas to Timbuktu: Teaching African Philosophies in Morocco Interview with Mohamed Lachhab www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTar...

개념-요가로서의 철학 / Philosophie als Begriffs-Yoga Sool Park (Universität Hildesheim) Polyglot, Article #2 October 7, 2025 www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/...

Podcast-Folge zu afrikanischen Schöpfungsmythen: Perspektiven aus Nigeria, Südafrika und Ghana Podcast Episode on African Creation Myths: Perspectives from Nigeria, South Africa, and Ghana With Abosede Ipadeola, Lindokuhle Shabane, and Nikitta Dede Adjirakor www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/...

The Shabaka Stone and Entangled Histories in African Philosophy: Prof. Amr El Hawary highlights that the Shabaka Stone (25th Dynasty, 712 BC) documents how the central Egyptian concept of a ‘Creation through the Word’ was influenced by other African traditions of thought coming from the South.

New Publication: La philosophie en Afrique précoloniale. Archéologie de la pensée critique à travers les textes et les concepts José Do Nascimento www.editions-harmattan.fr/catalogue/li...

Displacement and Solidarity: Reflections on African Phenomenology, Interview with Abraham Olivier www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVUw... #africanphilosophy #phenomenology #displacement #Positionality #community #communality #Ubuntu #liberation #solidarity #colonialism #Apartheid #epistemicide

Hildesheim Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sources (HePS) New Database Initiative Currently in Development www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/datab...

French tribute to the great Congolese philosopher Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, who recently passed away. It is the first entry in our new multilingual philosophy blog "polyglot". www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/...

Altägyptische Philosophie: Sprache, Denken und geschichtliche Verflechtungen Interview with Amr El Hawary Language of the Interview: German Conducted by Anke Graness youtu.be/DHhlUc8OTII #africa #africanphilosophy #ancientegypt #decolonization #Egypt #multilingualism #philosophy

Korean Confucianism as Philosophy? Workshop September 26–28, 2025 Universität Hildesheim, Germany Organized by Sool Park and Lucian Lechler www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/... #Confucianism #koreanphilosophy #neoconfucianism #translation

Namita Herzl (ed.): Women Beyond the Canon: Philosophies and Feminisms, Hildesheim: Universitätsverlag Hildesheim, 2025. Full Open Access: doi.org/10.18442/hpg... #philosophy #feminism

Beyond Recognition: African Philosophy as a Source of Conceptual Innovation, Interview with Bruce Janz www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/...

Teaching Philosophy in Senegal: An Experience of Decolonizing the Minds, Lecture by Bado Ndoye Part of the Workshop Places of African Philosophies www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/... #africanphilosophy #colonialism #IslamicPhilosophy #marxism #senegal

learning the existence of Nwulite Obodo Open Data License for sharing African datasets datasciencelawlab.africa/nwulite-obod... - #dh2025 session on Rethinking the Ethics of “Open” in the Shadow of AI

Philosophizing in Many Languages: Translation, Proto-Philosophy, and Middle Voice Agency Research Talk with Rolf Elberfeld www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/... #africanphilosophy #agency #Heidegger #japanesephilosophy #multilingualism #persian #language #translation

The last lecture of this semester‘s series on ”Philosophizing in African Languages“ by Prof. Anke Graness will start in about 30 minutes: www.youtube.com/live/4u7F0Yq...

Between Faith and Justice: Philosophizing as an African Nun Interview with Dr. Christiana Idika www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9bu... Language of the Interview: English Conducted by Jordan Kynes #africanphilosophy #christianity #church #Faith #identity #justice #mercy

Philosophizing in African Languages: Past, Present, Future Lecture by Anke Graness July 17, 2025, 2:15 pm (CEST) Cultural Campus, Aula & Live Stream www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2025/... #africanphilosophy #Decolonization #IndigenousLanguages #language #multilingualism #PhilosophyOfLanguage