October 2, 2024
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.
September 23, 2024
The launch of the latest edition of Kronos, ‘God, Grievance and Greed: War in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique’, takes place at the Iyatsiba Lab on Thursday 3 October 2024.
September 10, 2024
The 2024 Visual History and Theory Workshop will take place on 19-20 September at the CHR’s Iyatsiba Lab.
September 10, 2024
This year’s Visual History and Theory Workshop Keynote will be delivered by Christopher Morton, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.
September 5, 2024
The CHR is delighted to announce that Sound Working Group Convenors, Aidan Erasmus, Valmont Layne and Lee Walters have received a joint Creative Arts Output Award for their outstanding contributions to Research and Innovation at the University of the Western Cape.
August 26, 2024
In August 2024, a CHR delegation met with leadership and Humanities and Social Sciences colleagues at Sol Plaatje University to discuss future collaborations and joint research initiatives.
August 22, 2024
With the recent launch of the next phase of the CHR’s DSTI-NRF Flagship in the Humanities at its new Greatmore facility, we would like to thank our partners, alumni and academic cohorts for bringing the centre to this next phase of its development.
August 14, 2024
The CHR’s Iyatsiba Lab was launched on 30 July 2024 by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Western Cape and the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Blade Nzimande.
July 31, 2024
A Conversation in the Humanities in Session seminar series at the Centre for Humanities Research, part of the Advanced Research Seminar.
July 17, 2024
The CHR welcomes Robert Trent Vinson who will be giving a public lecture as part of the CHR’s Winter School programme on Tuesday 23 July and the launch of the CHR’s Humanities hub on 30 July.
July 17, 2024
The CHR welcomes Mongane Wally Serote, South Africa’s National Poet Laureate, and Thozama April, who will be giving a public lecture as part of the CHR’s Winter School programme on Thursday 25 July and the launch of the CHR’s Humanities hub on 30 July.
July 15, 2024
The CHR’s annual Winter School will be held at the CHR’s Iyatsiba Lab between 22 and 26 July 2024 at the Iyatsiba Lab in Cape Town (66 Greatmore St, Woodstock).