Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- Political Theory
Areas of Interest
• Black Political Thought
• Decolonial Thought
• Contemporary Social & Political Thought
• Critical Race Theory
• Africana Studies
Biography
Derefe's research examines black liberation and black radical thought in the modern world, writing at the intersection of political theory and black studies. He has published in journals such as Perspectives on Politics, Political Research Quarterly, PS: Political Science & Politics, Philosophy & Global Affairs, The CLR James Journal, Comparative Education Review, Theory & Event, among others, including several book chapters in edited volumes. His work interrogates the racial logics of colonial modernity and draws on Africana thought for critically rethinking the human condition, with particular interest in theories of freedom.