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March 25, 2026

Art effects: sensory education in uncertain times, by Premesh Lalu

The CHR would like to thank the publisher, K. Verlag, for their generous donation of Bernard Stiegler’s The Immense Regression - What is Called Caring? Vol. 1. to the CHR and fellows of the UK-SA Bilateral Digital Humanities Chair in Culture & Technics.

March 13, 2026

The Invasion of Melos: An Adaptation of Thucydides’ Melian Dialogue, by Colin Murphy

The Invasion of Melos, an adaptation of Thucydides’ Melian Dialogue, by Colin Murphy will be performed by the Performing Arts Collective on Thursday 19 March, 2026. This performance is being staged as part of the Charlotte Maxeke - Mary Robinson Research Chair, and will be followed by a discussion with Colin Murphy.

March 6, 2026

Johannesburg as Imaginarium: Public Art and Placemaking in the City

On Wednesday, 11 March, the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) and the Goethe-Institut Johannesburg will co-host a discussion titled Johannesburg as Imaginarium: Public Art and Placemaking in the City.

March 6, 2026

FRAYMWURX, by Scott Eric Williams

FRAYMWURX (2025) is a limited edition zine created as a companion artefact for ‘Tales of History Retold’ (2025), a group exhibition co-curated by Kim Gurney and Carlyn Strydom at Iyatsiba Lab, University of the Western Cape, and is now available in digital form.

March 3, 2026

Donation: The Immense Regression – What is Called Caring? Volume 1.

The CHR would like to thank the publisher, K. Verlag, for their generous donation of Bernard Stiegler’s The Immense Regression - What is Called Caring? Vol. 1. to the CHR and fellows of the UK-SA Bilateral Digital Humanities Chair in Culture & Technics.

February 27, 2026

Humanities in Session: Artists Forum with Themba Tsotsi

A Conversation in the Humanities in Session Series at the Centre for Humanities Research, part of the Advanced Research Seminar.

February 19, 2026

Bitter Aloe: Using Machine Learning to reframe Human Rights research in South Africa.

Prof. Stephen Davis will be giving a public lecture on Thursday, February 26th on his ongoing Bitter Aloe project.

February 13, 2026

Patricia Parker appointed as Extraordinary Professor at UWC.

The CHR is delighted to announce that Patricia Parker has been appointed as extraordinary professor at the CHR, strengthening our partnership with the Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH), University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill.

February 10, 2026

The Global Silencing of Racism: A book discussion on Colorblind Tools: Global Technologies of Racial Power

A Conversation in the Humanities in Session Series at the Centre for Humanities Research, part of the Advanced Research Seminar.

February 9, 2026

New Publication: Kim Gurney reviews Jay Pather’s edited volume, Restless Infections – Public Art and a Transforming City.

There is a double bind to writing about performance art, or live art as it is also called. Generally speaking, live art involves combinations of the body, time and space.

February 5, 2026

Seminar: The Klopse/Minstrel tradition as intangible heritage

The CHR’s Valmont Layne will be giving a keynote at ‘The Klopse/Minstrel tradition as intangible heritage’, a seminar organised by the Salt River Heritage Society.

February 2, 2026

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.