READ MOREIAAF summit
The CHR was delighted to host and be associated with the Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA), who held a summit at Iyatsiba Lab in April 2026.READ MOREWorkshop announcement: ‘Transitional Justice in Illiberal Times’
The term “transitional justice” rose to prominence after 1995, when the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) published its three-volume series Transitional Justice (Kritz, ed). In the decades since, and corresponding to the end of the Cold War and defeat of the Soviet Union, the field appeared to flourish.READ MOREBook Launch: A Will for the Machine: Computerization, Automation, and the Arts in South Africa, by Mark Sanders.
A Conversation in the Humanities in Session Series at the Centre for Humanities Research, part of the Advanced Research Seminar.
We are delighted to announce that New Archival Visions Fellows, Ingrid Masondo and Tammy-Lee Lakay, have been awarded Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Proposal Fellowships with the Social Sciences Research Council (SSRC).
The Artists Forum, convened at the Centre for Humanities Research, emerges out a longstanding conversation between artists and academics working in and through the CHR.
The Centre for Humanities Research (UWC) and the Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival cordially invite you to the opening session of ENGAGE/REFLECT/CREATE: The CHR-Encounters Documentary Series, a monthly screening programme which will run from now until December 2025.
The book launch of Research and Activism: Ruth First & Activist Research, will take place on Wednesday 3 September (3:00pm-5:00pm) at the Iyatsiba Lab.
A Conversation in the Humanities in Session Series at the Centre for Humanities Research, part of the Advanced Research Seminar. Hosted under the auspices of the UK-SA Bilateral Digital humanities chair in culture and technics.