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            August 25, 2022

            The Hottest August

            The CHR is co-hosting with DocFilmSA's docLOVE free screenings program a film screening and discussion of The Hottest August, Wednesday 31 August 2022 at 18:00pm screening at the Bertha House in Cape Town.
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            August 24, 2022

            Dear Comrade President: Oliver Tambo and the Foundations of South Africas Constitution

            The CHR warmly congratulates Andre Odendaal, The Vice Chancellor's Writer in Residence hosted by the CHR, on the publication of his latest book, Dear Comrade President: Oliver Tambo and the Foundations of South Africas Constitution.
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            August 19, 2022

            Legacies of Enslavement in the Cape: Black Life in the Archive

            Join us for Seminar 559 of the South African Contemporary History and Humanities seminar with Efuah Prah.
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            August 12, 2022

            Transience & the Image

            Workshop in Visual History & Theory 2022
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            August 12, 2022

            GIRL, TAKEN

            A documentary feature film co-directed, co- filmed and co-produced by the CHR documentary film course convenor Francois Verster with fellow filmmaker Simon Wood, has just garnered the Best South African Documentary Award at the 2022 Durban International Film Festival.
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            August 8, 2022

            Decolonisation, Africa, and International Law: Two Frames of Epistemic Violence

            The Other Universals consortium will be hosting a webinar with Dr Mohsen al Attar is an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick and a Visiting Lecturer at UCL and Beijing Foreign Studies University.
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            The Sound Working Group at the CHR invites you to a listening session with composer, sound artist, and textile researcher Leila Bencharnia. Leila is an artist in residence at the CHR on "Every Artist Should Take Sides: The Resonances of Paul and Eslanda Robeson", a joint project between the Akademie Der Künste and the CHR. Date: Sunday, 8 June 2025Time: from 17:00Venue: Iyatsiba Lab, Greatmore Street, Woodstock (Entrance on Regent Road) Seating is limited and informal. Cushions and refreshments are welcome. RSVP: centreforhumanitiesresearch@uwc.ac.za ... See MoreSee Less

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            The Sound Working Group at the CHR invites you to a listening session with composer, sound artist, and textile researcher Leila Becharnia. Leila is an artist in residence at the CHR on "Every Artist Should Take Sides: The Resonances of Paul and Eslanda Robeson", a joint project between the Akademie Der Künste and the CHR.Date: Sunday 8 JuneTime: 17:00Venue: Iyatsiba Lab, Greatmore Street, Woodstock (Entrance on Regent Road)Seating is limited and informal. Cushions and refreshments are welcome. RSVP: centreforhumanitiesresearch@uwc.ac.za ... See MoreSee Less

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            The CHR invites applications from candidates seeking grantholder endorsement for DSTI-NRF Master’s and Doctoral Student Funding for the academic year 2026. Successful applicants will work under either the UK-SA Bilateral Chair in the Digital Humanities or the SARChI Chair in Visual History and Theory.Internal Deadline: 10 JunePlease note: this is a two-stage application process. Once candidates have received endorsements from the CHR, they are then expected to apply through the DSTI-NRF for Master’s and Doctoral Student Funding for the academic year 2026.For more info: www.chrflagship.uwc.ac.za/dsti-nrf-call-for-application-endorsements-uk-sa-bilateral-chair-in-the... ... See MoreSee Less

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            Please join us for the next Humanities in Session Seminar, 'In Defence of the Ontological Category of Ubuqaba', with Siseko Kumalo. Date: Thursday 5 JuneTime: 2:00pm – 4:00pmVenue: The CHR’s Iyatsiba LabFor RSVP details and more info: www.chrflagship.uwc.ac.za/in-defence-of-the-ontological-category-of-ubuqaba/ ... See MoreSee Less

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            Happy to announce that the CHR's Artists Forum is back, kicking things off in 2025 with South African Theatre Director, Playwright and Producer, Fatima Dike. Date: Wednesday 28 May 2025Time: 11:00am - 1:00pmVenue: The CHR’s Iyatsiba Lab,66 Greatmore Street, Woodstock(enter via Regent St)More info and RSVP details: www.chrflagship.uwc.ac.za/artists-forum-with-fatima-dike/ ... See MoreSee Less

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