chr 500-0bchr 500-0bchr 500-0bchr 500-0b
  • Home
  • About
    • DSI-NRF Flagship
    • Partnerships
    • Funders
    • Staff
    • Reports
  • Research Platforms
    • Areas of Focus
      • Aesthetic Education and the Becoming Technical of the Human
      • Migrating Violence
      • Political Theory and Philosophy
      • Visual History and Theory
      • Kinetic Objects
      • Communicating the Humanities
    • NRF SARChI Chair in Visual History & Theory
      • Postgraduate bursaries and postdoctoral fellowships in Visual History & Theory
      • Postgraduate Module In Visual History, 2023 (HIS 735/835)
    • Andrew W. Mellon Chair of Aesthetic Theory and Material Performance
    • Factory of the Arts
      • About the Factory of the Arts
      • Convening the Factory of the Arts
      • Artists in Residence
    • Laboratory of Kinetic Objects
    • Other Universals
    • Seminar Programme
    • Publications
  • Greatmore
  • Fellowship Programme
    • Fellows
    • Winter School
    • Visiting Scholars
  • Media
    • Video
    • Podcast
    • Galleries
    • Film
  • Events
    • Workshops
    • Conferences
    • Lectures
    • Special Meetings
    • Colloquia
    • Seminars
    • Exhibitions
    • Arts Events
  • News
  • Contact
✕

From Ivory Towers to Ebony Towers: Transforming Humanities Curricula in South Africa, Africa and African-American Studies

The Political Studies Department and the Centre for Humanities Research (CHR) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in collaboration with the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC) invite you to a launch of the edited volume entitled “From Ivory Towers to Ebony Towers: Transforming Humanities Curricula in South Africa, Africa and African-American Studies”.

The launch will be chaired by Dr Adeoye O. Akinola, Head of Research and Teaching at the UJ’s Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC) with welcome remarks by Prof Vivienne Lawack, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), University of the Western Cape.

 The speakers are:

  • Dr Oluwaseun Tella: Head of Future of Diplomacy, UJ’s Institute for the Future of Knowledge.
  • Prof Crain Soudien: Former CEO of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and former Deputy Vice-Chancellorof the University of Cape Town (UCT).
  • Prof Bheki Mngomezulu, Political Studies Department, University of the Western Cape.

Discussant:

  • Mr Lindokuhle Mandyoli, Political Studies Department and Research Fellow from the Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape.

Date: Friday, 22 July 2022

Time: 12:00 – 13:30

Youtube: https://youtu.be/jAr6gwTanNc

Venue: Centre For Humanities Seminar Room, University of the Western Cape

Please see the attached poster. For any further information, please contact the IPATC Head of Research and Teaching, Dr Adeoye O. Akinola at aoakinola@uj.ac.za (tel: 011 559 7230) or Prof Cherrel Africa, Head of Political Studies, UWC at cjafrica@uwc.ac.za

Please note that attendance at on-campus events requires you to be vaccinated.  To attend the event RSVP on this link https://forms.gle/4iga8X6jcR6zigQ48 by the 20th of July 2022. Covid-19 protocols will apply.

Share
0

Recent News

September 26, 2023

On Non Western Marxisms


Read more

Images: Nafasi Academy. Credit: Kim Gurney

September 21, 2023

Publication announcement: Dr Kim Gurney, ‘Epistemic Disobedience’.


Read more
September 20, 2023

Award Announcement: Aja Marneweck, “Best Faculty Academic Impact: Creative Arts Output Award 2022.”


Read more
September 7, 2023

Oscillations Workshop: Sonic Inquiries and Practices


Read more

Research Platforms

  • NRF SARChI Chair in Visual History and Theory
  • Andrew W. Mellon Chair of Aesthetic Theory and Material Performance
  • Factory of the Arts
  • Laboratory of Kinetic Objects
  • Seminar Programme
  • Publications

Recently Added

  • On Non Western Marxisms
    September 26, 2023
  • Publication announcement: Dr Kim Gurney, ‘Epistemic Disobedience’.
    September 21, 2023
  • Award Announcement: Aja Marneweck, “Best Faculty Academic Impact: Creative Arts Output Award 2022.”
    September 20, 2023
✕

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER


Stay up to date with the latest news and developments from the Centre for Humanities Research.



© 2017 The Centre for Humanities Research. All Rights Reserved. Designed By Spotkolours Design