READ MOREACIP: Call for workshop proposals and for Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award Applications, 2026
The African Critical Inquiry Programme is pleased to announce the 2026 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Awards to support African doctoral students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences and invites proposals from scholars and/or practitioners in public cultural institutions in South Africa to organise a workshop to
take place in 2027. ACIP is a partnership between the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the...READ MORECHR statement on the cancellation of Gabrielle Goliath's Elegy from the South African Pavillion at the Venice Biennale
The Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape adds its voice to many others who are deeply concerned about the cancellation of Gabrielle Goliath’s Elegy that was officially selected for the South African Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of 2026.READ MOREBarrydale 2025: Steek my Weg
Join us for the Barrydale annual giant puppet parade and performance, 14 December 2025 at the BFO Primary School, Tinley Street, Barrydale.
Kitso Lelliot is an Andrew W. Mellon Artist in Residence at the Centre for Humanities Research. The show is at The Södertälje Konsthall and will run from the 7th March until the 10th of May.
The CHR’s Professor Premesh Lalu to present a paper titled: ‘Theatrical Politics: Ubu and the Truth Commission Revisited’ at The University of Stellenbosch.