Archive Archives - The Centre for Humanities Research

May 30, 2022

New Archival Visions: 2022 Doctoral Fellows

We are delighted to announce the appointment of four Doctoral fellows to the New Archival Visions Programme in 2022. This is part of the university's effort to revitalise its humanities archival holdings and arises from recommendations contained in a White Paper titled: Revitalising UWC Research Archives that was produced by Professor Patricia Hayes, Dr Valmont Layne and Dr Anthea Josias.

December 17, 2021

Restitution, Technics and Disciplinary Objects in the Preservation of African Music Institution Making

Next Generation Scholar Valmont Layne examines the challenges and possibilities of music archives in Southern Africa.

September 16, 2021

Stealing Time

Join Prof. Patricia Hayes for “Photographs and the Long Inception of Colonialism in Southern Angola,” a lecture hosted by the Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures (IHGC) at the University of Virginia.

September 15, 2021

Archival Futures and Research: Preservation, Access and UWC’s Digital Infrastructure

Prof. Patricia Hayes and Dr Valmont Layne investigate how UWC can revitalise its archival holdings for preservation, teaching, research access, and public programmes.

June 15, 2021

Migrating Violence

The popular nature of xenophobia, the violence involved in labor disputes on the mines, and the violence of citizenship regarding who belongs, are vivid reminders of how migrancy continues to pose a challenge for critical thought, and provides insights into the nature of political practice and democratic promise in Africa.

October 20, 2015

New Archival Visions: 2022 Doctoral Fellows

Restitution, Technics and Disciplinary Objects in the Preservation of African Music Institution Making

Stealing Time

Archival Futures and Research: Preservation, Access and UWC’s Digital Infrastructure

Migrating Violence

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