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            November 3, 2021

            Pamuk’s Istanbul: The Self and the City

            The CHR congratulates colleague Dr Pallavi Narayan on the publication of Pamuk’s Istanbul: The Self and the City.
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            November 3, 2021

            Keynote Address: The Conjuncture of 1956

            Professor David Scott will be delivering a keynote address titled “The Conjecture of 1956” as part of the Other Universals Virtual Institute 2021 inquiry into The Question of the Political: Thinking Difference in the Aftermaths of the Colonial Political Economy.
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            August 11, 2021

            In the Press: Tony Bonani Miyambo

            CHR Artist in Residence Tony Bonani Miyambo confronts the momentous challenges facing theatre makers with his solo show Commission Continua, performed online for the 2021 National Arts Festival.
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            July 21, 2021

            ACLS Visiting Postdoctoral Fellows

            The following fellows were hosted through the Centre for Humanities Research as visiting postdoctoral fellows of the American Council of Learned Societies African Humanities Programme.
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            July 21, 2021

            Carla Meyer

            Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, MA
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            July 21, 2021

            Zikhona Kokoma

            Department of Anthropology, MA
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            July 19, 2021

            My House is a Spaceship

            CHR Early Career Doctoral Fellow Reza Khota debuted his new improvisation on guitar and pedals as part of NewMusicSA’21 Digital Indaba.
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            July 13, 2021

            Aso Ebi: Dress, Fashion, Visual Culture, and Urban Cosmopolitanism in West Africa

            The CHR congratulates former doctoral fellow Okechukwu Nwafor on the publication of Aso Ebi: Dress, Fashion, Visual Culture, and Urban Cosmopolitanism in West Africa by University of Michigan Press.
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            July 13, 2021

            African Critical Inquiry Programme Announces 2021 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award

            The CHR congratulates Doctoral Fellow Robert Uys for being named recipient of the African Critical Inquiry Programme’s 2021 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award.
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            June 23, 2021

            Commission Continua

            CHR Artist in Residence Tony Bonani Miyambo performs Commission Continua for the 2021 National Arts Festival Experience.
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            June 21, 2021

            Book Chapters List

            Contributions by Staff and Fellows of the Centre for Humanities Research to edited volumes represent a diverse engagement with the centre’s academic inquiries. The following list shows publications from the latter years of the centre’s output.
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            May 31, 2021

            List of Articles (2016-present)

            Staff and Fellows of the Centre for Humanities Research regularly publish articles and reviews in local and international journals, applying the centre’s intellectual inquiries across a wide range of disciplines and interests.
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