New book: On November 6, 2023 De Gruyter publishes the first critical translation of the Hatätas, written by Zera Yaqob and Walda Heywat, into English. The volume is edited by Ralph Lee, Mehari Worku and Wendy Laura Belcher in collaboration with Jeremy R. Brown. Translated by: Ralph Lee, Mehari Zemelak Worku and Wendy Laura Belcher. Preface by: Dag Herbjørnsrud. Info […]
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On December 7, 2021 (1-3 pm EST), the global historian of ideas Dag Herbjørnsrud held the first lecture in QBL’s “Decolonizing the History and Future of Knowledge” Series at Howard University (Washington DC, US). The title of the talk is «Redefining the Canon: Science from across the Global South and […]
The Aeon essay «The African Enlightenment« (Dec 2017) by SGOKI founder Dag Herbjørnsrud, is now translated into French and published in the 100th issue (September 2019) of the renowned magazine Books. The article, which covers the African philosophers Zera Yacob (1599-1672) of Ethiopia and Anton Wilhelm Amo (b. ca. 1703-d. […]