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READ MORE Announcement: Centre for Humanities Research and W. E. B. Du Bois Centre MOU

We are delighted to announce that the Centre for Humanities Research and the W. E. B. Du Bois Centre at the University of Massachusetts have recently signed a Memoranda of Understanding.
READ MORE ACIP: Call for workshop proposals and for Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award Applications, 2026

The African Critical Inquiry Programme is pleased to announce the 2026 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Awards to support African doctoral students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences and invites proposals from scholars and/or practitioners in public cultural institutions in South Africa to organise a workshop to take place in 2027. ACIP is a partnership between the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the...
READ MORE CHR statement on the cancellation of Gabrielle Goliath's Elegy from the South African Pavillion at the Venice Biennale

The Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape adds its voice to many others who are deeply concerned about the cancellation of Gabrielle Goliath’s Elegy that was officially selected for the South African Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of 2026.
January 21, 2026

ACIP: Call for workshop proposals and for Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award Applications, 2026

The African Critical Inquiry Programme is pleased to announce the 2026 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Awards to support African doctoral students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences and invites proposals from scholars and/or practitioners in public cultural institutions in South Africa to organise a workshop to take place in 2027. ACIP is a partnership between the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape and the Laney Graduate School of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia (USA).
September 26, 2025

Romario Cloete

PhD Fellow: UK-RSA Bilateral Digital Humanities Research Chair in Culture and Technics.
August 27, 2025

Nosipho Gxekwa

Master’s Fellow: UK-RSA Bilateral Digital Humanities Research Chair in Culture and Technics.
August 27, 2025

Yonelisa Nakani

Honours Fellow, UK-RSA Bilateral Digital Humanities Chair in culture and technics
August 27, 2025

Brooke Alhadeff

PhD Fellow, UK-RSA Bilateral Digital Humanities Chair in culture and technics
August 27, 2025

Aneesah Hoosain

PhD Fellow, UK-RSA Bilateral Digital Humanities Chair in culture and technics
August 27, 2025

Jeaneth Ngwenya

Honours Fellow, UK-RSA Bilateral Digital Humanities Chair in culture and technics
August 27, 2025

Solethu Ncapayi

Honours Fellow, UK-RSA Bilateral Digital Humanities Chair in culture and technics
August 27, 2025

Ava van Huyssteen

PhD Fellow, UK-RSA Bilateral Digital Humanities Chair in culture and technics