On Non Western Marxisms
The Other Universals Consortium Virtual Talk The post On Non Western Marxisms appeared first on The Centre for Humanities Research.
View ArticleIn Memory of Professor Jane Taylor
The Centre for Humanities Research (CHR) at UWC is deeply saddened by the passing of our friend and colleague, Emerita Professor Jane Taylor on the 6th of September. The post In Memory of Professor...
View ArticleCHR Winter School, 2023: ‘The After’.
The CHR hosted its annual Winter School in August at the Greatmore Humanities Hub in Woodstock, Cape Town. The post CHR Winter School, 2023: ‘The After’. appeared first on The Centre for Humanities...
View ArticleWinter School 2023: Heidi Grunebaum, ‘Opening Address’
The CHR hosted its annual Winter School in August at the Greatmore Humanities Hub in Woodstock, Cape Town. The post Winter School 2023: Heidi Grunebaum, ‘Opening Address’ appeared first on The Centre...
View ArticleMaxeke-Robinson Research Chair: Professor Ruth Barton
The CHR welcomes Ruth Barton as a visiting professor on the Charlotte Maxeke–Mary Robinson Research Chair to present a public lecture and documentary film screening about the legacy of the Irish...
View ArticleACIP: Call for workshop proposals and for Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award...
The CHR is pleased to announce that applications for the 2025 African Critical Inquiry Programme (ACIP) workshop and Doctoral Research awards are now open. ACIP invites proposals from scholars and/or...
View ArticlePublication: Patricia Hayes, ‘Our Nightly Bread’.
The CHR is delighted to announce the publication of ‘Our Nightly Bread: Women and the city in Ricardo Rangel’s photographs of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique (1950-1960s)’, by Patricia Hayes, which...
View ArticleGhent Africa Platform Lecture in Honour of Nelson Mandela 2023: The future of...
We are pleased to announce the 2023 Ghent Africa Platform Lecture by Premesh Lalu in Honour of Nelson Mandela, which will take place at the Greatmore Humanities Hub on 13 November 2023. The post Ghent...
View ArticleOn Non Western Marxism and Empire
The Other Universals Consortium Virtual Talk The post On Non Western Marxism and Empire appeared first on The Centre for Humanities Research.
View ArticleCTV teaser
The Centre for Humanities Research research is pleased to anounce the debut broadcast on Cape Town Television of a collection of films made in its Documentary Film Programme on 1 December 2023. The...
View ArticleMoving Mountains: The 2023 Barrydale Parade
Come move mountains at the Barrydale annual giant puppet parade and performance, Saturday 16 December 2023 at the Barrydale Sports Ground Dahlia Avenue Barrydale. The post Moving Mountains: The 2023...
View ArticleWRITING A DECENTERED AND ENTANGLED HISTORY OF CINEMA-GOING: Epistemological...
The CHR’s Fernanda Pinto de Almeida presented a paper at the Writing a Decentred and Entangled History of Cinema-Going conference in November. The post WRITING A DECENTERED AND ENTANGLED HISTORY OF...
View ArticleUN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory
The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel is undertaking a mission to South Africa from 29 January...
View ArticleFlipside: The inadvertent Archive, by Kim Gurney
Architectural plans of a former house inspire the narrative structure of a new book by Kim Gurney, called Flipside: The inadvertent Archive, which takes the reader on a thematic journey from room to...
View ArticleMoving Mountains: The 2023 Barrydale Parade
Through the years the annual parade and performance in Barrydale has brought together artists, scholars, researchers and publics not only from across Barrydale and Cape Town, but nationally and...
View ArticleKronos, Oral/Aural: Pastness and sound as medium and method
We are pleased to announce the publication of Kronos: Southern African Histories under the theme of Oral/Aural: Pastness and Sound as Medium and Method, edited by Dr Valmont Layne, CHR, and Dr Aidan...
View ArticleFilm Screening: The Mother of All Lies, Bertha House, 28 Feb
The CHR and DFA DocLOVE invite you to a free screening of award-winning Moroccan documentary, The Mother of All Lies. The post Film Screening: The Mother of All Lies, Bertha House, 28 Feb appeared...
View ArticleJustice and Sacrifice in the myths of Iphigenia, Antigone, and Medea
A Conversation in the Humanities in Session seminar series at the Centre for Humanities Research, part of the Advanced Research Seminar. The post Justice and Sacrifice in the myths of Iphigenia,...
View ArticleImagining futures: Conversations from Ireland to South Africa
This event is scheduled to take place at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art on March 13, 2024, as part of the Embassy’s St. Patrick’s Day programme. The post Imagining futures: Conversations...
View ArticleInaugural Seminar for the New Ecologies of the Subject research platform
A Conversation in the Humanities in Session seminar series at the Centre for Humanities Research, part of the Advanced Research Seminar. The post Inaugural Seminar for the New Ecologies of the Subject...
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