Angela Roothaan, Associate Professor
My research focuses on Intercultural and African philosophy, criticism of modernity, spirituality, and spirit ontologies. Approaches I use are critical theory, postcolonial theory, hermeneutics, deconstructivism and pragmatism.
I supervise PhD candidates whose projects span African and Intercultural Philosophy, Continental Philosophy and Philosophy of Race. From 2020 on I coordinated the Graduate Winter Course (VU) on Intercultural Philosophy and Postcolonial Theory. At the Master's level I teach Social and Political Philosophy, Environmental Humanities and Philosophy of Culture and Governance (from a perspective of Race Theory), at Bachelor's level I teach Intercultural Philosophy (Diversifying), the Bachelor Thesis Seminar, and Intercultural Philosophy for non-philosophy students.
Next to my research and teaching I aim to bring philosophy out of the ivory tower by writing a blog, giving lectures, and connecting to philosophers and philosophy students all over the world through social media.
