Mothers’ pensions and the ‘civilised’ black poor: the racialised provision of child maintenance grants, 1921-1940

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TOMORROWVice-Chancellor and Rector of the University of the Western Cape, Prof. Tyrone Pretorius, has the pleasure of inviting you to a conversation with Prof. Ian Baucom on 12 April 2021.Prof. Baucom, the Buckner W. Clay Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia, will discuss his new book History 4° Celsius: Search for a Method in the Age of the Anthropocene.This event is presented in association with the Centre for Humanities Research (DSI-NRF Flagship on Critical Thought in African Humanities) and the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security, and is hosted by the International Relations Office (UWC).To Register: bit.ly/UWC-Ian-BaucomFor more information please visit our website: www.chrflagship.uwc.ac.za/ian-baucom-history-4-celsius-search-for-a-method-in-the-age-of-the-anth... ... See MoreSee Less

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The CHR’s Professor Jane Taylor will be giving a talk tomorrow at 17:00 pm (GMT+2) titled: PAN - An Intellectual History of AI, as part of a series of seminars hosted by HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa.Register: bit.ly/PAN-HUMA ... See MoreSee Less

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UPDATE: Today's 'Aesthetics and Politics: A Dialogue across Continents' webinar has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. ... See MoreSee Less

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Join CHR Next Generation Scholar Dr Lwando Scott in conversation about The Possibilities and Intimacies of Queer African Screen Cultures, a special issue of the Journal of African Cultural Studies, on 5 April 2021.Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-possibilities-and-intimacies-of-queer-african-screen-cultures-tickets-14...For more information please visit our website: www.chrflagship.uwc.ac.za/the-possibilities-and-intimacies-of-queer-african-screen-cultures/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Join the CHR’s Heidi Grunebaum and members of the Other Universals Consortium Aaron Kamugisha (University of the West Indies), Victoria J. Collis-Buthelezi (University of Johannesburg), and Chika Mba (University of Ghana) for an online conversation with colleagues at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi.For more information please visit our website: buff.ly/3whEOdg ... See MoreSee Less

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