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READ MORE Iyatsiba Lab: a hub for creative cross-over, A talk by Premesh Lalu.

You are invited to attend an APES+ talk titled “Iyatsiba Lab: a hub for creative cross-over”, by Premesh Lalu.
READ MORE Announcement: Centre for Humanities Research and W. E. B. Du Bois Centre MOU

We are delighted to announce that the Centre for Humanities Research and the W. E. B. Du Bois Centre at the University of Massachusetts have recently signed a Memoranda of Understanding.
READ MORE ACIP: Call for workshop proposals and for Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award Applications, 2026

The African Critical Inquiry Programme is pleased to announce the 2026 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Awards to support African doctoral students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences and invites proposals from scholars and/or practitioners in public cultural institutions in South Africa to organise a workshop to take place in 2027. ACIP is a partnership between the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the...
February 2, 2018

Ne’er So Much The Ape

The CHR invites you to a performance of Ne’er So Much The Ape, a work produced, directed and written by Professor Jane Taylor, and performed by Jane Taylor, Tony Miyambo and Terry Norton .
November 18, 2016

Olifantland – Barrydale Parade 2016

The 2016 Barrydale Puppet Parade and Performance brings you Olifantland, a multilingual visual theatre show featuring five majestic life size elephant puppets by Adrian Kohler from Handspring Puppet Company in collaboration with UKWANDA Puppet and Design Collective.
January 29, 2016

Art Week Cape Town 2016

The Factory of the Arts, a satellite of the CHR at UWC will be participating in Art Week Cape Town 2016, an initiative of the […]
May 27, 2015

The Sea Comes to the Karoo

When the Sea Comes to the Karoo 2014 Produced by Handspring Trust for Puppetry Arts & the CHR, UWC and Net Vir Pret. A film by Jonathan […]
May 25, 2015

Qhawe, a Xhosa Fairytale

Ukwanda Puppet and Design Company (formerly Masiphumelele Youth Development Theatre Group), established by previous members of Handspring Puppet Company, produced a play with the assistance and […]
May 25, 2015

Skillie die Skilpad

During his stint as artist-in-residence in 2013, Mthombeni, in collaboration with Handspring Puppet Trust and the Magpie Art Collective, redeveloped the Net Vir Pret production, […]