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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...
READ MORE CHR statement on the cancellation of Gabrielle Goliath's Elegy from the South African Pavillion at the Venice Biennale

The Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape adds its voice to many others who are deeply concerned about the cancellation of Gabrielle Goliath’s Elegy that was officially selected for the South African Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of 2026.
February 13, 2023

Rui Assubuji: Jackman Humanities Institute Fellowship

The CHR congratulates Rui Assubuji on his recent appointment as Research Fellow at the Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto. Rui is currently a Research Associate within the SARChi Chair of Visual History and Theory and will be joining colleagues in Toronto in September where he will be working on his book manuscript and a multi-media exhibition based on the below proposal.
November 15, 2022

Panya Routes: Independent Art Spaces in Africa

The CHR is delighted to announce the publication of CHR Research Fellow Kim Gurney’s new book Panya Routes: Independent art spaces in Africa (Motto, 2022), which was carried out in her capacity as an affiliated Research Associate at UCT’s African Centre for Cities.