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            October 8, 2024

            What does apartheid mean for Israel: Reflections in a time of genocide

            This Humanities in Session Series seminar is based on Tareq Baconi’s ongoing research into the conflict in Palestine/Israel.
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            October 4, 2024

            Public Arts Museums and their futures

            A Conversation in the Humanities in Session seminar series at the Centre for Humanities Research, in partnership with Art Africa.
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            October 2, 2024

            The CHR and Boschendal’s joint Heritage Day Arts Education Workshops and Puppetry Parade

            On Tuesday 24 September 2024, the CHR took part in the Boschendal Heritage Day festivities, which involved puppet making workshops with school learners, and a giant puppet parade through Boschendal farm.
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            September 10, 2024

            Visual History and Theory International Workshop: Deep Time, Shallow Time

            The 2024 Visual History and Theory Workshop will take place on 19-20 September at the CHR’s Iyatsiba Lab.
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            August 20, 2024

            Prof. Marcos Martins

            Superior School of Design, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro
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            July 31, 2024

            Legitimising Theatre in the Postcolony: Six Myths

            A Conversation in the Humanities in Session seminar series at the Centre for Humanities Research, part of the Advanced Research Seminar.
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            July 8, 2024

            Charlotte Maxeke-Mary Robinson Research Chair public lecture: Neither Here Nor There, by Rita Duffy.

            The CHR welcomes the Maxeke–Robinson Research Chair, Rita Duffy, will be giving a public lecture as part of the CHR’s Winter School programme on Wednesday 24 July and the launch of the CHR’s Humanities hub on 30 July.
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            July 4, 2024

            2025 African Critical Inquiry Workshop: We Need New Names

            We are pleased to announce that the 2025 African Critical Inquiry (ACIP) Workshop will be We Need New Names: On Cultures of Care and Difficult Knowledge in African University Museums.
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            June 28, 2024

            Imperfect Solidarities: On Collecting and History Telling in Nepal.

            A Conversation in the Humanities in Session seminar series at the Centre for Humanities Research, part of the Advanced Research Seminar. NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati in conversation with Candice Jansen (New Archival Visions Digital Curatorial Fellow).
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            June 12, 2024

            Dr Kurt Campbell

            Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town
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            May 27, 2024

            Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI) annual meeting: …At Risk

            From May 28-June 1, 2024, the Townsend Center for the Humanities at UC Berkeley will host the CHCI’s Annual Meeting. On 30 May, the CHR’s Professor Maurits van Bever Donker will chair a discussion on ‘Humanities at Risk’.
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            April 22, 2024

            Workshop: What is the University?

            Between the 12th and the 18th of March CHR faculty and colleagues from the Leuphana Institute of Advanced Studies (LIAS) in Culture and Society met for a ten-day workshop on the question: What is the University for?
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              June 2, 2025
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