READ MOREPatricia Parker appointed as Extraordinary Professor at UWC.
The CHR is delighted to announce that Patricia Parker has been appointed as extraordinary professor at the CHR, strengthening our partnership with the Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH), University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. READ MOREThe Global Silencing of Racism: A book discussion on Colorblind Tools: Global Technologies of Racial Power
A Conversation in the Humanities in Session Series at the Centre for Humanities Research, part of the Advanced Research Seminar.READ MORENew Publication: Kim Gurney reviews Jay Pather’s edited volume, Restless Infections - Public Art and a Transforming City.
There is a double bind to writing about performance art, or live art as it is also called. Generally speaking, live art involves combinations of the body, time and space.
The African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) is inviting panel proposals for their 4th Biennial Conference on the theme of “Africa and the Human: Old questions, new imaginaries.”
The CHR’s Flagship fellowship programme for early career scholars is at the heart of a deep commitment to transforming higher education at the doctoral level in South Africa.
Contributions by Staff and Fellows of the Centre for Humanities Research to edited volumes represent a diverse engagement with the centre’s academic inquiries. The following list shows publications from the latter years of the centre’s output.
The South African Contemporary History and Humanities Seminar is pleased to announce that Kim Gurney will be presenting “Flipside: The Inadvertent Archive” on 22 June 2021 at 14:00.
With construction underway on Greatmore, a sod-turning ceremony was held to celebrate the coming to fruition of the proposal for an arts and humanities hub supported through the DSI-NRF Flagship and the NIHSS.