February 16, 2024
Through the years the annual parade and performance in Barrydale has brought together artists, scholars, researchers and publics not only from across Barrydale and Cape Town, but nationally and internationally as well.
February 2, 2024
The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel is undertaking a mission to South Africa from 29 January until 9 February.
December 12, 2023
The CHR’s Fernanda Pinto de Almeida presented a paper at the Writing a Decentred and Entangled History of Cinema-Going conference in November.
November 29, 2023
Come move mountains at the Barrydale annual giant puppet parade and performance, Saturday 16 December 2023 at the Barrydale Sports Ground Dahlia Avenue Barrydale.
November 23, 2023
The Other Universals Consortium Virtual Talk
November 7, 2023
We are pleased to announce the 2023 Ghent Africa Platform Lecture by Premesh Lalu in Honour of Nelson Mandela, which will take place at the Greatmore Humanities Hub on 13 November 2023.
October 25, 2023
The CHR welcomes Ruth Barton as a visiting professor on the Charlotte Maxeke–Mary Robinson Research Chair to present a public lecture and documentary film screening about the legacy of the Irish Troubles on film. This lecture will be followed by an afternoon discussion on Irish cinema and ecocriticism.
October 13, 2023
The CHR hosted its annual Winter School in August at the Greatmore Humanities Hub in Woodstock, Cape Town.
October 6, 2023
The CHR hosted its annual Winter School in August at the Greatmore Humanities Hub in Woodstock, Cape Town.
September 26, 2023
The Other Universals Consortium Virtual Talk
September 7, 2023
ICGC Visiting Scholar and the CHR’s Convener of the Factory of the Arts, Itumuleng Wa Lehulere, will be giving a lecture at the ICGC Colloquium Series, on 8 September 2023, as part of his residency at the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change.
August 21, 2023
The Maxeke - Robinson Research Chair, Eoin Mcnamee, will be leading a creative writing workshop at the Wits Writing Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, on 24 August.