READ MOREPublic Workshop: In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World
The CHR, in collaboration with the Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice at Brown University, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and Iziko Museums of South Africawill be hosting in Slavery’s Wake: making Black Freedom in the World, on 27 May 2026.READ MOREFacts and Fabulations
The exhibition Facts and Fabulations is the outcome of a Digital Curatorial Fellowship from the New Archival Visions Programme at the UWC Centre for Humanities Research. The project demonstrates how academic research can become a public, accessible, and participatory cultural experience.READ MOREDSTI-NRF Call for Application Endorsements: UK-SA (NRF) Bilateral Chair in Culture and Technics, & SARChI Chair in Visual History and Theory.
The Centre for Humanities Research (CHR) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) invites applications from candidates seeking grantholder endorsement for DSTI-NRF Master’s and Doctoral Student Funding for the academic year 2027. Successful applicants will work alongside a team of leading researchers at the CHR under either the UK-SA Bilateral Chair in Culture and Technics, or the SARChI Chair in Visual History and Theory....
In April, the CHR had the pleasure of hosting Prof Patricia Parker (University of North Carolina) for a series of seminars and discussions in Cape Town.
Su-ming Khoo (School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, Ireland and CriSHET, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa) will be in conversation with CHR Fellows on Tuesday 25th April (14.00-16.00 SAST) at the CHR.
The Centre for Humanities Research and the Other Universals Consortium invites you to the following event, organised by the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.
On 3 April, 2023, Neils Pagh Anderson joined editors, filmmakers, and CHR fellows for a masterclass in editing at Bertha House, Mowbray. Facilitated by CHR PhD fellow and independent editor and filmmaker, Khalid Shamis, this one-day workshop is now available,