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            Publication: Instituting Worlds

            The CHR is pleased to announce the publication of a chapter by Kim Gurney in an edited volume about architecture and islands, Instituting Worlds. The book, edited by Catharina Gabrielsson and Marko Jobst, is published by Routledge.             READ MORE             Tectonic: TOMBWA - A solo performance by Victor Gama

            A Conversation in the Humanities in Session Series at the Centre for Humanities Research, part of the Advanced Research Seminar.             READ MORE             African Studies Annual Lecture 2025: ‘The Becoming Technical of the Human: Race After Apartheid’, Premesh Lalu

            The CHR’s Premesh Lalu will be giving the annual African Studies Lecture at the African Studies Centre, Oxford University, on Monday 12 May.             READ MORE
            July 26, 2016

            On the Subject of Citizenship: A colloquium marking 20 years since the publication of Mahmood Mamdani’s Citizen and Subject

            A colloquium marking 20 years since the publication of Mahmood Mamda-ni’s Citizen and Subject
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            July 22, 2016

            Podcast: Timothy Campbell: The Generosity of the Mancus: Biopower, Neoliberal Gifts and Comedy

            Professor Timothy Campbell (Cornell University, New York) delivered a lecture on the 16th of October 2014.
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            July 22, 2016
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            Seminar: The Performance of Race: Passing-Out Parades, Street Soccer, the ‘Civilized Body’, and the Creation of the ‘Perfect Other’ (c. 1940s-1960s)

            Centre for Humanities Research & Department of History South African Contemporary History and Humanities Seminar Virgil Slade (Department of History
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            July 19, 2016

            Transitional Justice in the Making: The Case of Colombia and Lessons from South Africa

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            July 19, 2016

            For The Water: A Presentation by Sandy Spieler (Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, Minneapolis)

            We are excited to invite you to a presentation by visiting artist, Sandy Spieler from In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, Minneapolis,
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            • Publication: Instituting Worlds
              May 20, 2025
            • Tectonic: TOMBWA – A solo performance by Victor Gama
              May 16, 2025
            • African Studies Annual Lecture 2025: ‘The Becoming Technical of the Human: Race After Apartheid’, Premesh Lalu
              May 7, 2025
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