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            February 11, 2025

            Film screening: James Joyce’s Ulysses by Adam Low

            The Charlotte Maxeke-Mary Robinson Research Chair and the Documentary Film Programme of the CHR, will be screening James Joyce's ULYSSES  (88 minutes, UK, 2022) by Adam Low on Thursday 27 February 2025, followed by a Q&A with the director.
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            January 10, 2025

            Minister De Lille joins Net Vir Pret and the CHR at Barrydale’s annual Reconciliation Day Festival.

            The CHR was delighted to host Minister De Lille, at the annual Reconciliation Day Festival in Barrydale.
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            December 3, 2024

            Pro-Vocation: Roots and Wings 20-24 November 2024

            The Centre for Humanities Research welcomed puppetry practitioners and researchers in kinetic objects and object theatre for the first major international puppetry and kinetic objects conference hosted at the University of the Western Cape.
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            November 28, 2024

            Film Screening: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony

            The Centre for Humanities Research, in partnership with the Mzansi National Phillharmonic Orchestra, invite you to a preview screening of a concert film of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.
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            November 19, 2024

            Pro-Vocation: Roots and Wings

            In November 2024, the Centre for Humanities Research presents Pro-Vocation: Roots and Wings, in partnership with the UNIMA Professional Training Commission, the UNIMA Africa Commission, and UNIMA SA.
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            November 11, 2024

            Physical and Vocal Scores Creation

            In November 2024, the Centre for Humanities Research at UWC present Pro-Vocation: Roots and Wings, the 4th iteration of Pro-Vocation, in partnership with the UNIMA Professional Training Commission, the UNIMA Africa Commission, and UNIMA SA.
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            November 6, 2024

            Pro-Vocation: Roots and Wings, Puppetry for all ages at the Theatre Arts

            In November 2024, the Centre for Humanities Research at UWC present Pro-Vocation: Roots and Wings, the 4th iteration of Pro-Vocation, in partnership with the UNIMA Professional Training Commission, the UNIMA Africa Commission, and UNIMA SA.
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            October 31, 2024

            Exploring the Fruitful Relationships Between Text, Puppets, and Objects

            Facilitated by Isabelle Matter, Puppeteer-Director and Director of the Théâtre des Marionnettes de Genève.
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            October 22, 2024

            Documentary film screening and Roundtable discussion: Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

            The CHR will be screening Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat by Johan Grimonprez on Wednesday 30 October, followed by a roundtable discussion
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            October 22, 2024

            A conversation on biographies between Margaret Kelleher and Ciraj Rassool

            On Thursday 31 October, the CHR will be hosting a conversation on biographies between Margaret Kelleher (University College Dublin) and Ciraj Rassool (UWC) under the auspices of the Charlotte Maxeke-Mary Robinson Research Chair (CMMR).
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            October 21, 2024

            Puppet animation in the digital stage

            a dynamic interaction between bodies, silhouettes, and video-mapped animations within a micro-stage space
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            October 21, 2024

            Tareq Baconi

            Research fellow at the Centre for Humanities Research, UWC
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            • Global dis:connect Academic Advisory Board announcement
              June 9, 2025
            • A listening session with Leila Bencharnia
              June 6, 2025
            • DSTI-NRF Call for Application Endorsements: UK-SA Bilateral Chair in the Digital Humanities and SARChI Chair in Visual History and Theory.
              June 2, 2025
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