January 2025 - The Centre for Humanities Research

January 27, 2025

UK-SA Bilateral Chair in the Digital Humanities: Postdoctoral Fellowships.

The Centre for Humanities Research (CHR) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) invites applications for postdoctoral awards in 2025 convened under the auspices of the UK-SA Bilateral Chair in the Digital Humanities. In this round, the CHR will make two fellowship awards.

January 20, 2025

Cover illustration: Berni Searle, ‘Lifeline’

Texturing Difference: “Black Consciousness Philosophy”and the “Script of Man”, by Maurits van Bever Donker.

Maurits van Bever Donker’s Texturing Difference “Black Consciousness Philosophy”and the “Script of Man”, was published with Polity Press in December 2024.

January 13, 2025

Erich Hörl appointed as Extraordinary Professor at the CHR.

The CHR is delighted to announce that Erich Hörl has been appointed as extraordinary professor at the CHR, strengthening our partnership with the Leuphana Institute for Advanced Studies (LIAS) in Culture and Society, University of Lüneburg.

January 13, 2025

Professor Premesh Lalu Awarded UK-SA Bilateral Research Chair in Digital Humanities

The CHR is delighted to announce that Professor Premesh Lalu has been awarded the British Academy/NRF UK-SA Bilateral Chair in the Digital Humanities.

January 10, 2025

Minister De Lille joins Net Vir Pret and the CHR at Barrydale’s annual Reconciliation Day Festival.

The CHR was delighted to host Minister De Lille, at the annual Reconciliation Day Festival in Barrydale.

January 7, 2025

Call for Proposals: “Every Artist Must Take Sides − Resonances of Eslanda and Paul Robeson”

The Akademie der Künste, Berlin, and the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), Cape Town, are organizing a joint residency program for artistic research at the Paul Robeson Archives in Berlin and the UWC Research Collections, including the UWC Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archive in Cape Town.