Berkley Center

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò is an assistant professor of philosophy at Georgetown University and is teaching a spring 2021 class supported through the Berkley Center's Doyle Seminars project. His theoretical work draws liberally from the Black radical tradition, anti-colonial thought, German transcendental philosophy, contemporary philosophy of language, contemporary social science, and histories of activism and activist thinkers. He is currently writing a book entitled Reconsidering Reparations that offers a novel philosophical argument for reparations and explores links with environmental justice. He also engages in public philosophy, including articles exploring intersections of climate justice and colonialism.