February 6, 2020
Critical theorist, filmmaker, and associate professor of Italian and comparative literature at Northwestern University Domietta Torlasco will be hosted by the CHR from 24 February to 23 March 2020.
January 28, 2020
A seminar course on Global Apartheid co-taught by Professor Cesare Casarino and Dr. Ross Truscott will take place in the first semester of 2020.
January 28, 2020
Thozama April presented a paper at Sol Plaatje University on her research on Charlotte Maxeke on 9 January 2020.
December 10, 2019
A conference hosted by the CHR from 17 - 18 December 2019 will explore the relationship between the genealogy, the concept and the practice of democracy.
December 2, 2019
The CHR is delighted to be participating to the thematic session “The arts and rethinking the subject” as part of the first edition of the French-South African Science and Innovation Days.
November 25, 2019
A new publication by Aja Marneweck explores the multifaceted process of creating the large-scale annual public puppetry event, The Barrydale Giant Puppet Parade, in the rural town of Barrydale, South Africa.
November 19, 2019
Professor David Scott is currently Extraordinary Professor in the CHR from 2019-2021.
November 18, 2019
Professor Suren Pillay of the CHR participated in a conversation around xenophobic violence in South Africa.
November 18, 2019
The Centre for Humanities Research warmly congratulates Professor Huey Copeland on the award of the $225,000 Sawyer Seminars grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to convene the international project, “The Black Arts Archive: The Challenge of Translation.”
November 18, 2019
Nsima Udo, CHR Doctoral Fellow with the SARChI Chair in Visual History and Theory wins prestigious Africa Thesis Award from the African Studies Centre of the University of Leiden in The Netherlands.
November 14, 2019
The Centre for Humanities Research and partners Net vir Pret present the ninth annual Barrydale Giant Puppet Parade and Performance.
November 12, 2019
The African Critical Inquiry Programme is pleased to announce the 2020 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Awards to support African doctoral students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who are enrolled at South African universities and conducting dissertation research on relevant topics.