READ MOREWinter School 2026: Liminalities: Thinking, Thresholds
Liminality has been theorised as a condition of transition. Whether in its original anthropological form as a movement from one state to another through a rite of passage or in its postcolonial rendering via Homi Bhabha's notion of hybridity, liminality has come to mark a condition of being “not quite” and “not yet.”READ MORECall for Papers: International Workshop in Visual History and Theory, October 2026
Application deadline: 17 July
READ MOREPublic Lecture: 'Moving Between Facts and Fabulations: Some Notes' with Marcos Martins, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
A public lecture in conjunction with the CHR annual Winter School Programme.
The Centre for Humanities Research, in partnership with the Mzansi National Phillharmonic Orchestra, invite you to a preview screening of a concert film of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.
The CHR is pleased to announce the publication of Puppet and Spirit: Ritual, Religion, and Performing Objects, which includes a chapter by senior lecturer and convenor of the Laboratory of Kinetic Objects (LoKO), Aja Marneweck, and Handspring Puppet Company co-founder Jill Joubert.
In November 2024, the Centre for Humanities Research presents Pro-Vocation: Roots and Wings, in partnership with the UNIMA Professional Training Commission, the UNIMA Africa Commission, and UNIMA SA.
In November 2024, the Centre for Humanities Research at UWC present Pro-Vocation: Roots and Wings, the 4th iteration of Pro-Vocation, in partnership with the UNIMA Professional Training Commission, the UNIMA Africa Commission, and UNIMA SA.
In November 2024, the Centre for Humanities Research at UWC present Pro-Vocation: Roots and Wings, the 4th iteration of Pro-Vocation, in partnership with the UNIMA Professional Training Commission, the UNIMA Africa Commission, and UNIMA SA.