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            July 7, 2021

            2022 African Critical Inquiry Workshops

            The African Critical Inquiry Programme (ACIP) is pleased to announce that there will be two ACIP Workshops in 2022.
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            July 1, 2021

            Performing Charlotte Maxeke

            With 2021 being declared “The Year of Charlotte Maxeke,” the DSI-NRF Flagship on Critical thought in the African Humanities at the Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape, has embarked on a special production based on the life of Maxeke.
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            June 24, 2021

            ASAA2022: Call for Panels

            The African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) is inviting panel proposals for their 4th Biennial Conference on the theme of “Africa and the Human: Old questions, new imaginaries.”
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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 18, 2021

            Flipside: The Inadvertent Archive

            The South African Contemporary History and Humanities Seminar is pleased to announce that Kim Gurney will be presenting “Flipside: The Inadvertent Archive” on 22 June 2021 at 14:00.
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            June 2, 2021

            Of Moving and Being Moved: The Subject and the Object in Puppetry and AI

            Who am I in relation to what is going on? How can I mobilize questions that matter to me?
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            May 31, 2021

            Hamlet, Live and In Progress

            CHR Artists in Residence Buhle Ngaba and Tony Bonani Miyambo are set to perform a live reading of Neil Coppen’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet as part of KKNK 2021.
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            May 21, 2021

            Ambivalent at Jacana’s Virtual Book Theatre

            Ambivalent will be featured at Jacana Media’s Don’t Shut Up virtual book theatre on Sunday, 23 May 2021.
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            May 21, 2021

            The South African Contemporary History and Humanities Seminar with Carolyn Laubender

            Join us for Carolyn Laubender’s paper “Travelling Analysis: Black Hamlet, Ethnopsychology, and the (De)Colonial Clinic in South Africa” at the South African Contemporary History and Humanities Seminar on Tuesday, 18 May 2021.
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            May 12, 2021

            Remembering Tony Morphet

            The CHR turns to its archive to recall the life of Anthony Richard Morphet, who passed away on 2 May 2021.
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            May 6, 2021

            May Graduation 2021

            The CHR is proud to announce the graduation of fellows Dr Emma Minkley, Dr Shingirai Nyakabawu, Leslé Ann Arendse, and Kiasha Naidoo.
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            May 4, 2021

            Friends of Little Amal

            The CHR is delighted to celebrate and support the journey of young refugee and 3.5-meter puppet Little Amal as she walks 8000 km from Turkey to Manchester, UK.
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