Charles Villet taught philosophy and ethics at various universities in Johannesburg from 2002 to 2019. He earned his PhD from Monash University in 2018, his thesis is a study of whiteness and the struggle for recognition in post-Apartheid South Africa. His current research falls within the fields of postcolonial, whiteness and heterotopian studies as well as critical theory with a focus on the politics of recognition. He is now based in Düsseldorf (Germany) and is a research fellow with the Philosophy Department at the University of the Free State.

Experience

  • 2020–present
    Research Fellow, University of the Free State
  • 2018–2019
    Adjunct Lecturer, Monash South Africa / IIE MSA
  • 2010–2018
    Philosophy Lecturer, Monash South Africa

Education

  • 2018 
    Monash University, PhD
  • 2006 
    University of Johannesburg, MA

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