Albert Kasanda

Researcher in Political Philosophy and social sciences, Center of Global studies, Institutes of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences

Albert Kasanda is a researcher at the Centre of Global Studies of the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. He has an expertise in intercultural and comparative philosophy, as well as Latin American and African philosophy. Kasanda’s recent book is Contemporary African Social and Political Philosophy: Trends, Debates and Challenges (2018). His current research focuses on African youth and civil society as well as on African intercultural philosophy.

Experience

2013–2019

Senior research fellow, Centre of Global Studies, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences

Education

1997

Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, Diplôme in Sociology
1996

Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, PhD

Publications

2018

Contemporary African social and political philosophy, London/New York: Routledge
2018

The African Youth Civic Movements and the Struggle for Peace: The Case of Balai Citoyen and Filimbi, Critical Sociology, https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920518796165
2018

Afropolitanism as a Critique of conventional African narratives of identity and emancipation ITY AND EMANCIPATION, HUMAN AFFAIRS 28, 379–394, 2018

Professional Memberships

Czech Association of African Studies
Réseau international pour l'éducation plurilingue et interculturelle
International School of Intercultural Philosophy