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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Join us for a livestreamed keynote by Prof. Marion Eggert (Ruhr-Universität Bochum): “An Outsider’s View: On and In Korean (Confucian) Philosophy” Read the full announcement: glophi.com/2026/10/01/k...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

At GloPhi, we gathered to say farewell to three valued fellows who will return to their home institutions in the coming days. Thank you, Souleymane, Bado, and Dorothy, for your generosity, ideas, and warmth. We wish you safe travels and look forward to continuing our conversations!

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How might a novel develop a philosophical account of the good life? A new Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry by Dismas A. Masolo takes up this question through the Kiswahili writing of Tanzanian poet and novelist Shaaban Robert: plato.stanford.edu/entries/shaa...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We are delighted to announce the publication of a new article by our fellow Lorena Grigoletto, “Rievocare Antigone: spazio, luoghi, porosità” (“Recalling Antigone: Space, Places, Porosity”). More information: glophi.com/2026/09/25/r...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Modern Korean Thinkers: Late 19th Century to 1945 International Workshop Organized by Sool Park, Dobin Choi, and Hyojin Lee Fromell 7–8 October 2026 University of Hildesheim Room HC.G.2.07 More information: glophi.com/2026/09/24/m...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Our new language focus, coordinated by Anke Graness and Monika Rohmer within GloPhi’s research focus “Philosophies in Africa,” explores philosophical sources in Portuguese while engaging critically with the language’s colonial legacies. glophi.com/2026/09/18/p...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We are deeply saddened by the death of Tanella Boni, the Ivorian philosopher, poet, and novelist. Her time at the GloPhi gave us the opportunity to engage with a body of work that moved across philosophical inquiry and literary creation: glophi.com/2026/09/19/r...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Widely recognised as an anticolonial thinker and liberation leader, Amílcar Cabral was also an agronomist whose work connected the study of soil with questions of human well-being, colonial exploitation and political freedom. Learn more about the book: www.rienner.com/title/To_Def...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Comment la Côte d’Ivoire peut-elle façonner son avenir à l’ère de l’intelligence artificielle tout en préservant les libertés et la dignité humaine ? En savoir plus: glophi.com/2026/09/17/i...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The 2026 Annual Conference of the Institute of Global Value Inquiry (IGVI) brought together scholars from several continents to examine the epistemic, ethical, and political potential of Indigenous values in contemporary social transformation. Full report: glophi.com/2026/09/16/r...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📢 Job opportunity: Philosophy at Georgetown University in Qatar 📅 Apply by October 15, 2026, for full consideration. 🔗 Full announcement and application details: philjobs.org/job/show/31969

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A Brief History of Chinese Philosophy traces Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist traditions, Mozi’s ethics, Gongsun Long’s logic and philosophy of language, Legalist thought, and the metaphysical inquiries of the Wei–Jin period, among others. Publication details: doi.org/10.4324/9781042011049

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

On September 4, the UN General Assembly adopted “Correct the Map,” a resolution introduced by Togo on behalf of the African Union. Supported by 164 countries, it encourages wider use of equal-area projections, particularly Equal Earth. UN Article: press.un.org/en/2026/ga12...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

African Philosophies are often approached from relational perspectives on the human and personhood. But what about the non-human in African thought? In "The Nonhuman in African Philosophy," Alena Rettová presents her research into exactly this question. Open Access: doi.org/10.4324/9781...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Last week, GloPhi welcomed scholars, practitioners and participants to Hildesheim for five intensive days devoted to “Healing as a Philosophical Practice.” Find out more: glophi.com/2026/02/23/h...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

How China Shaped the Enlightenment: A Transcultural History of Modern Thought, edited by Shuchen Xiang and Martin Powers, explores how ideas from China, and European ideas about China, shaped the development of modern thought. 🔗 Learn more: www.routledge.com/How-China-Sh...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Ratnakīrti was an eleventh-century Buddhist scholar at Vikramaśīla monastery and one of the final major figures in India’s Buddhist epistemological tradition. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy published its first entry devoted to this thinker: plato.stanford.edu/entries/ratn...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

LIVE TODAY | MOGOBE BERNARD RAMOSE AT UCT Taking up the changing names and meanings attached to the Cape, together with UCT’s motto Spes Bona, Ramose asks what responsibilities universities bear in sustaining dialogue, critical thought and academic freedom. uct.ac.za/rsvp-60th-tb...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“No one colonizes innocently.” Decadent, Stricken, Dying returns to one of Césaire’s central claims: that fascism was not an inexplicable rupture within European civilization, but violence returning to Europe after having been normalized through colonialism. cup.columbia.edu/book/decaden...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Now online: Prof. Dorothy Oluwagbemi-Jacob asks why reparations must address colonial damage to knowledge, language, and intellectual self-determination—not material loss alone. Watch the lecture: glophi.com/2026/08/24/r...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

New Publication: “A Relational Theory of Justice: African Economic, Political, and Legal Philosophy in and Beyond the Continent,”by Thaddeus Metz, Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pretoria, published by Oxford University Press. Learn more: academic.oup.com/book/63132

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

How can philosophy help replace violence with dialogue and open paths toward a shared future? In our newly published interview, José P. Castiano speaks with Anke Graness about philosophizing in Mozambique—from sage philosophy and African languages to democracy, reconciliation, and realizable utopias

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Philosophy as Dialogue and Utopia: Philosophizing in Mozambique (José P. Castiano) – GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World

In this interview with Professor Anke Graness, GloPhi fellow Prof. José P. Castiano discusses the institutional presence, social function, and future of philosophy in Mozambique.He identifies three pr...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Can an island be the addressee of a letter? Do “walls, rocks, and plants” — perhaps even robots — take part in a practice of awakening? What may sound paradoxical has long been a matter of serious reflection in the Buddhist traditions, and it might help us find new answers to the current polycrisis:

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We are delighted to announce the publication of a new reference work entry by our colleague Leon Krings, “Buddhist Images of the Human and the Anthropocene,” which has appeared in the living edition o...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

How AfroLatinx artists transform the body into an archive of resistance through a decolonial ciguapa aesthetic In Ciguapa Unbound, Omaris Z. Zamora reimagines the Dominican myth of La Cigüapa to explore the untold stories of Black Dominican women. nyupress.org/978147984539...

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How AfroLatinx artists transform the body into an archive of resistance through a decolonial ciguapa aestheticIn Ciguapa Unbound, Omaris Z. Zamora reimagines...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

That's a wrap on "Practices of Epoché", our phenomenological retreat in Hildesheim. Five days of practicing the epoché with the whole body: meditation, yoga, defocused gazes, East Asian art, landscape walks. Thank you all for a week of phenomenology as living, shared practice!

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Land and Self-Determination: Philosophical Perspectives from the Cucapáh and Rabelados. Online Presentation by Fernando Márquez Duarte & Rutte Andrade. More information: glophi.com/2026/08/13/l...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

In our new interview on “Curriculum Transformation, Post-Comparative Philosophy, and Philosophizing in Sesotho,” GloPhi Fellow Lerato Posholi speaks with Monika Rohmer about the interconnected strands of her current research. Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d08G...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Haunted by Language — International Workshop How does language shape philosophy — and what happens when philosophical thought moves between languages, grammars and traditions? A workshop on multilinguality, translation, and philosophizing across linguistic boundaries. glophi.com/2026/08/07/h...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

New on Polyglot: Article #5 In “Abya Yala and Latin America: Naming to Philosophise from the Territory,” Fernando David Márquez Duarte, Lorena Grigoletto, and Falk Parra-Witte explore the philosophical, political, and ontological dimensions of naming in Latin America. glophi.com/2026/08/04/p...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Falk Parra-Witte as a Long-Term Fellow. His project includes exchanges with Pajé Tchydjo, a Kariri Xoco Shaman from Brazil, and representatives of the Kogi people: glophi.com/2026/08/03/f...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

New on Aeon: “The Taming of Black Thought”, by Takeshi Morisato Drawing on Tommy Curry’s concept of “epistemic convergence,” Morisato examines how non-Western thinkers are often interpreted through the assumptions of Western philosophy. Read the article: aeon.co/essays/epist...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We are delighted to announce that GloPhi Fellows Namita Herzl, Abosede Ipadeola, and Rutte Andrade will contribute to the session “Women Philosophers and Global Culture” at the Libori Summer School 2026. glophi.com/2026/07/27/f...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Discover our Igbo Language Focus, bringing together research, interviews, and the Igbo Philosophy Colloquium to explore how philosophical thought takes shape through Igbo language. The new focus page now offers an overview of the project and its activities: www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2026/...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Domingos da Cruz Joins GloPhi to Explore Liberation Philosophy and Human Rights in Africa: www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2026/...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The recording of our colloquium "Reclaiming Indigenous Wisdom: Sources, Expressions and Problematics of Philosophizing in the Igbo Language" is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=thRS...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

New lecture recording: Adilbênia Machado on Afro-Brazilian philosophies as movements of resistance, re-existence & enchantment – ancestry, the crossroads, the body as territory. From our workshop “African Philosophy, Reparations & Epistemic Justice”. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fc6...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

📗 Out now: polylog 55 – Philosophizing in African Languages, ed. Anke Graneß & Monika Christine Rohmer. On Geʿez, Amharic, Wolof, Kinyarwanda, Swahili & Digo: language politics, translation, poetry & epistemic sovereignty. polylog.net

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Reminder: Registration closes today for Zoom participation in the Igbo Philosophy Colloquium! Register today to receive the Zoom access details: glophi.com/2026/07/06/i...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

What if philosophy's future lies not in a single canon, but in the resonances between traditions? Join us tomorrow for the concluding roundtable of our lecture series chaired by Dorothy Oluwagbemi-Jacob. 🗓️ July 14, 2 p.m. CEST 📍 Hildesheim & Livestream glophi.com/2026/07/13/t...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Yesterday at GloPhi: a rich follow-up discussion on Fanon with Justin Daniel & Abbed Kanoor — and a warm farewell to our Short-Term Fellows José P. Castiano & Stélia Muianga (UP Maputo, Mozambique). Thank you for months of inspiring exchange — safe travels home!

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Join us today for a double lecture on Frantz Fanon’s reception in Martinique and his enduring significance for political phenomenology, anti-colonial thought, and contemporary philosophy. 7 July 2026, 2 p.m. (CEST) Universität Hildesheim + Livestream Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGPY...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Igbo Philosophy Colloquium: Reclaiming Indigenous Wisdom Organized by Dorothy Oluwagbemi-Jacob Thursday, 16 July 2026, 9:00 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. (CEST) GloPhi Center (H.0.10) & Online glophi.com/2026/07/06/i...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Warm congratulations from the GloPhi Center to our associate member PD Dr. phil. habil. Sarhan Dhouib on his appointment as Professor of Intercultural Philosophy of Religion at the University of Vienna!

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

What does it mean for a thinker to be celebrated globally while remaining only belatedly received at home? What could this tell us about postcolonial reception in small island societies? glophi.com/2026/07/04/f...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

How does colonial violence inscribe itself into the body—and how can embodied experience become a site of political critique and liberation? Dr. Abbed Kanoor examines Fanon’s decisive contribution to the emergence of what is now often called critical phenomenology. glophi.com/2026/07/03/f...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Elmar Holenstein‘s Philosophy Atlas: Translating and Expanding a Global Cartography of Philosophy Research Focus (2026–2027) Coordinated by Jordan Kynes glophi.com/2026/07/02/h...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Osiris González Romero as a Long-Term Fellow! He will work on his research project “Native American Philosophies in a Globalized World.” glophi.com/2026/06/28/o...

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

We bid a heartfelt farewell to four fellows: Dr. Arinpe G. Adejumo, Prof. Abimbola O. Adesoji, Prof. Sanya Osha, and Dr. Fernando David Márquez Duarte. We thank all four fellows for their intellectual commitment and look forward to continuing our conversations across languages and regions!

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