Welcome to Donald Mark C. Ude (Epoché)’s Scholarspace!

Contact: donaldchinonso.ude@kuleuven.be OR donaldmarkcude@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org//0000-0002-6562-8515

Personal Website: https://epocheonline.com

Research Gate Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Donald-Ude-2?ev=hdr_xprf

• Current position: FWO Research Fellow and Teaching Staff at the Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Belgium (Research unit – RIPPLE).
• PhD (Philosophy, 2021), Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Belgium.
• Also studied at: University of Nigeria (BA Philosophy – Summa Cum Laude), Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kenya (BA Religion – Summa Cum Laude), and University of Alberta, Canada (MA Philosophy).
• Recipient of a number of research fellowship awards, notably from FWO (Belgium) and Humboldt (Germany).
• Research interests: African Philosophy, Postcolonial/Decolonial Theory, Non-Western Knowledge Systems, Critical Theory (esp. Habermas), Philosophy of Race, Social/Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion and Culture, Modernity, and Post-secularity.
• Published in Theory, Culture & Society; Philosophy Today; South African Journal of Philosophy; The Philosophical Forum; Philosophy & Social Criticism; African Today; Religions; Genealogy; Philosophia Africana.
• Author of Endangered African Knowledges and the Challenge of Modernity (Routledge, 2024).
• At freer moments, he writes on socio-political issues in Africa, using Nigerian dailies and Catholic newspapers as platforms.
• Convener: “Religion, Politics, and the Postsecular” (May 6th-7th, 2025, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Belgium)
• Languages: English, French, German, Portuguese, Igbo.