Film Screening: The Quiet Girl by Colm Bairéad
The CHR’s Documentary Film Programme, European Film Festival, and the Charlotte Maxeke-Mary Robinson Research Chair, will be co-hosting a screening of The Quiet Girl, byColm Bairéad, on Tuesday 15...
View ArticlePuppet animation in the digital stage
a dynamic interaction between bodies, silhouettes, and video-mapped animations within a micro-stage space The post Puppet animation in the digital stage appeared first on The Centre for Humanities...
View ArticleA conversation on biographies between Margaret Kelleher and Ciraj Rassool
On Thursday 31 October, the CHR will be hosting a conversation on biographies between Margaret Kelleher (University College Dublin) and Ciraj Rassool (UWC) under the auspices of the Charlotte...
View ArticleDocumentary film screening and Roundtable discussion: Soundtrack to a Coup...
The CHR will be screening Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat by Johan Grimonprez on Wednesday 30 October, followed by a roundtable discussion The post Documentary film screening and Roundtable discussion:...
View ArticleExploring the Fruitful Relationships Between Text, Puppets, and Objects
Facilitated by Isabelle Matter, Puppeteer-Director and Director of the Théâtre des Marionnettes de Genève. The post Exploring the Fruitful Relationships Between Text, Puppets, and Objects appeared...
View ArticleACIP: Call for workshop proposals and for Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award...
The CHR is pleased to announce that applications for the 2026 African Critical Inquiry Programme (ACIP) workshop and Doctoral Research awards for 2025 are now open. The post ACIP: Call for workshop...
View ArticlePro-Vocation: Roots and Wings, Puppetry for all ages at the Theatre Arts
In November 2024, the Centre for Humanities Research at UWC present Pro-Vocation: Roots and Wings, the 4th iteration of Pro-Vocation, in partnership with the UNIMA Professional Training Commission, the...
View ArticlePhysical and Vocal Scores Creation
In November 2024, the Centre for Humanities Research at UWC present Pro-Vocation: Roots and Wings, the 4th iteration of Pro-Vocation, in partnership with the UNIMA Professional Training Commission, the...
View ArticlePro-Vocation: Roots and Wings
In November 2024, the Centre for Humanities Research presents Pro-Vocation: Roots and Wings, in partnership with the UNIMA Professional Training Commission, the UNIMA Africa Commission, and UNIMA SA....
View ArticlePuppet and Spirit: Ritual, Religion, and Performing Objects.
The CHR is pleased to announce the publication of Puppet and Spirit: Ritual, Religion, and Performing Objects, which includes a chapter by senior lecturer and convenor of the Laboratory of Kinetic...
View ArticleFilm Screening: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
The Centre for Humanities Research, in partnership with the Mzansi National Phillharmonic Orchestra, invite you to a preview screening of a concert film of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. The post Film...
View ArticlePro-Vocation: Roots and Wings 20-24 December 2024
The Centre for Humanities Research welcomed puppetry practitioners and researchers in kinetic objects and object theatre for the first major international puppetry and kinetic objects conference hosted...
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