This public panel is part of a workshop hosted by Bo Strath, John Noyes & Dominic Sachsenmaier. It will discuss some of the major themes, contours, contexts, interventions, challenges, or potential pitfalls of the humanities understood as a planetary endeavor. The two panels (about one hour each) will be broadcast on youtube livestream.

Part One: June 24th, 16.00-17.15 Central European Time

Chair: Selcuk Esenbel (Bogazici University)

- Dipesh Chakrabarty (University of Chicago)

- Rochona Majumdar (University of Chicago)

- Walter Mignolo (Duke University)

- Henning Trüper (Free University Berlin)

- Achille Mbembe (University of the Witwatersrand)

Part Two: June 25h, 9.00-10.15 am Central European Time

Chair: Dominic Sachsenmaier (Göttingen University)

- Wang Hui (Tsinghua University)

- Selcuk Esenbel (Bogazici University)

- Nkatha Kabira (University of Nairobi)

- Hsiung Ping-Chen (Academia Sinica)

- Premesh Lalu (University of the Western Cape)