Binyam Mekonnen Adera

Full Name Binyam Mekonnen Adera
Academic Rank/Status Lecturer
Working for AAU since 01/02/2018
Administrative positions held if any/ past and present

 

Head of Department of Philosophy, Mekelle University, November 14, 2016-January 31, 2018

Coordinator of Undergraduate Program, Department of Philosophy, AAU, September 9, 2018-

Education attended ·         BA, Philosophy, Addis Ababa University, 2008

·         MA, Philosophy, Addis Ababa University, 2011

Awards & recognitions  
Memberships of International bodies  
Publicity: Journals, editorial roles, initiatives etc.  
Research interest/ not more than hundred words My research interest focuses on;

ØCritical Theory
ØSocial and Political Philosophy
ØPhilosophy of Modernism and its Critique

ØAesthetics
ØLiberation Philosophy and Theology

Publications on reputable journals *        Binyam Mekonnen. Reinventing the World? Transmodernity’s Emancipatory and Communicative Possibilities.” The Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities  8(1) (2012):1-30.

 

*        Binyam Mekonnen. “Enlightening Global Communication: Liberation Philosophy and the Intercultural Stand of the ‘Other’.” The Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities 13(1) (2017):25-48.

Book Chapter

*        Binyam Mekonnen. “Eurocentrism, Violence and Liberation Philosophy: A Trans-modern Cosmopolitanism,” in Shakil, Abdul. (ed.). Essays in Social and Political Philosophy. Aligarh: Universal Book House, 2017, pp. 21-40.

 

Community Services such as board membership etc.  
Address Campus: 6 Killo

Building: NCR

Floor number: 02

Office no. 2004

Office telephone: +251-111239747

Mobile: 251-913023834

University email ID: binyam.mekonnen@aau.edu.et

Alternative email ID: binyamm@ymail.com