March, 23–24, 2026 – Nelson Mandela University, Ocean Sciences Campus, Gqeberha/South Africa

Increasingly, the humanities must respond to complex questions that cannot be reduced to a specific context. This is especially true for political theorizing. Paradigmatic cases include issues like climate change, the problems related to the outsized influence of social media on social interaction and politics, but also more generally the current geopolitical reconfigurations. This conference will explore how these developments call for reimagination of political philosophy and theory. Speakers and commentators will consider questions related to the nature, impediments, and prospects of globalizing political theorizing – considering the methodological and other substantive challenges that must be resolved.

Speakers and commentators include: Martin Ajei (University of Ghana), Eva Buddeberg (Marburg University), Christine Hobden (Witwatersrand University), Motlatsi Khosi (UNISA), Richmond Kwesi (University of Ghana), Karabo Maiyane (Nelson Mandela University), Ongama Mtimka (Nelson Mandela University), Andreas Niederberger (University of Duisburg-Essen), Uchenna Okeja (Nelson Mandela University), Anthony Oyowe (University of Western Cape), Christian Scheper (University of Duisburg-Essen), Lemohang Tebeli (Nelson Mandela University), Mpho Tsedu (Nelson Mandela University), and Eva Weiler (University of Duisburg-Essen)

The conference is organized by Uchenna Okeja (Nelson Mandela University) and Andreas Niederberger (University of Duisburg-Essen).

It is co-sponsored by the Centre for Philosophy in Africa, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha/South Africa (https://cfpa.mandela.ac.za/) and the Centre for Global Cooperation Research, University of Duisburg-Essen/Germany (https://www.uni-due.de/cgcr/index_en.php).