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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Afrikanske Evrybates er sentral i Odysseen. Afrikanere grunnla byer i Spania og Italia, før de styrte det romerske imperiet. Nye bøker viser hvordan europeere ba om hjelp fra Etiopia på 1400-tallet. I Ny Tid-essayet «Å utfordre et eurosentriske perspektiv» skriver Dag Herbjørnsrud at Genova, i dagens Italia, allerede i 1306 […]
I vårutgaven av kvartalsavisen Ny Tid (mars 2021) har idéhistoriker Dag Herbjørnsrud et essay om nye bøker om Mali-riket, Timbuktur, Djenne, Ebo-folket og Benin-riket i dagens Nigeria. Inkludert en gjennomgang av boken The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution (2020) av Oxford-professor Dan Hicks, samt forbindelsen […]
As of March 2020, five articles of the global historian of ideas Dag Herbjørnsrud (founder of SGOKI) have been listed at the website of «Pieces on Non-‘Western’ Philosophy: for a General Audience: A List.» This list of texts on philosophy is made by Abiral Chitrakar Phuyal, New York University/Shanghai. LINK. The 5 […]
In December 2019, the leading French magazine Sciences Humaines (edition Historie) has published the article «L’histoire oubliée des pensées africaines» (The forgotten history of African ideas) by the global historian of ideas Dag Herbjørnsrud (founder of SGOKI). This text is part of a larger special issue on Africa – see […]
I desember 2019 utkom professor Tore Linné Eriksens omfattende og kritikerroste bok Afrika. Fra de første mennesker til i dag (Cappelen Damm). På side 112-113 omtales Dag Herbjørnsruds artikkel «Afrikas ukjente opplysningsfilosofer» (original: «The African Enlightenment«) i en egen boks. Tittelen er: «Er det bare europeere som kan tenke?» Linné […]
The journal Cosmopolis – a journal of cosmopolitics (Brussels, Belgium) – which is published twice a year, is planning a special issue on the topic “Decolonizing the Academy” in late 2020. We are looking for articles, papers, and texts that can illuminate the topic. Please send you proposal (a short […]
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. […]
Podcast: The podcast Seize The Moment (FB-link), by Leon Garber and Alan Ulman, devotes its episode 21 (Sept 15, 2019) to an hour-long conversation with the global historian of ideas, Dag Herbjørnsrud – the founder of SGOKI. The title of the episode is «The Colonization of Intellectual Thought«. Info from […]