Sylvia Wynter: Rethinking the Human | Great Thinkers with scholar of religion Justine Bakker | Denkwerk 2026

Who is Sylvia Wynter, and why should anyone interested in decolonialism get to know her? Sylvia Wynter is a prominent Caribbean artist and thinker. In her work which includes philosophical essays, novels, and texts for theatre and film she expresses radical criticism of Western humanism. She argues that this humanism excludes black, indigenous and colonised peoples from the definition of “human”. Wynter develops new frameworks for existence outside colonial constructs. Join scholar of relgion Justine Bakker and learn why Sylvia Wynter is a Great Thinker.

Saturday 7 March 2026 | 20.40 - 21.05 hrs | Valkhofzaal (100 p.) | De Lindenberg, Nijmegen

Student assessor Dagmar Esselink opens the program.

This program is English spoken.

Do you have a question for the speaker afterward? Save it for Let’s Rethink. After the program ends, the speaker will be available for you in the Exporuimte.

This program is part of Denkwerk Festival of Radboud Reflects and Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies of Radboud University, on Saturday, 7 March 2026 at De Lindenberg in Nijmegen. Through (silent) interviews, lectures music, films, and more, philosophers, theologians, and scholars of religion from Radboud University will encourage you to think more deeply about the major questions of our time.

Sylvia Wynter: Rethinking the Human | Great Thinkers with scholar of religion Justine Bakker | Denkwerk 2026

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