READ MOREIFAA summit
The CHR was delighted to host and be associated with the Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA), who held a summit at Iyatsiba Lab in April 2026.READ MOREWorkshop announcement: ‘Transitional Justice in Illiberal Times’
The term “transitional justice” rose to prominence after 1995, when the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) published its three-volume series Transitional Justice (Kritz, ed). In the decades since, and corresponding to the end of the Cold War and defeat of the Soviet Union, the field appeared to flourish.READ MOREBook Launch: A Will for the Machine: Computerization, Automation, and the Arts in South Africa, by Mark Sanders.
A Conversation in the Humanities in Session Series at the Centre for Humanities Research, part of the Advanced Research Seminar.
The 2017 annual meeting of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI) explored the multiple ways in which improvisation has enabled and facilitated the study of the humanities, not least in times of great social upheaval.
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.
Open Design Festival, Cape Town City Hall, 13 – 23 August 2014
Quarter Gallery, Regis Centre for Art, University of Minnesota, 18 November – 10 December 2014
The Community Arts Project (CAP) Collection was acquired by the CHR at UWC in 2009 through a donation from the Arts and Media Access Centre (AMAC), which had previously operated as CAP. The collection consists of various bodies of visual work, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, posters, prints and photographs.