New Jerusalem

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Please join us for the South African Contemporary History and Humanities Seminar on 22 June at 14:00 for a paper by Kim Gurney. Register bit.ly/CHR-HD-Seminar-549 Reading available via registration page. Kim Gurney is a writer and visual artist, with a background in journalism. She has authored three non-fiction books that exemplify her interdisciplinary work. Kim was previously a Next Generation Scholar at the Centre for Humanities Research.www.chrflagship.uwc.ac.za/flipside-the-inadvertent-archive/ ... See MoreSee Less

Flipside: The Inadvertent Archive | The Centre for Humanities Research

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The South African Contemporary History and Humanities Seminar is pleased to announce that Kim Gurney will be presenting “Flipside: The Inadvertent Archive” on 22 June 2021 at 14:00.

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Centre for Humanities Research

7 days ago

It is with great excitement that we share the coming to fruition of Greatmore. With refurbishment well underway, Greatmore it is set to become the first arts and humanities research hub in the city for UWC’s Centre for Humanities Research. In celebration, UWC will stream a virtual sod-turning ceremony live on 15 June 2021 at 11 a.m (SAST). Greatmore is supported through the DSI-NRF Flagship and the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS). Special guest speakers include Rector and Vice-Chancellor of UWC Professor Tyrone Pretorius, Nathan Sassman (Director: Centres of Excellence and Flagship Programme, NRF), Professor Monwabisi Ralarala (Dean: Faculty of Arts and Humanities, UWC), CHR Director Heidi Grunebaum, and Greatmore architects Ilze and Heinrich Wolff. Watch on Youtube: bit.ly/UWC-Greatmore #IamUWC #uwcgreatmore #greatmore #chrflagship ... See MoreSee Less

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Centre for Humanities Research

2 months ago

The CHR is delighted to celebrate and support the journey of young refugee and 3.5-meter puppet Little Amal as she walks 8000 km from Turkey to Manchester, UK.Little Amal is at the heart of The Walk – a travelling festival of art and hope presented by Good Chance, Stephen Daldry, David Lan, and Tracey Seaward, and with artistic direction from Amir Nizar Zuabi. Calling attention to the urgent needs of young refugees, Little Amal is, in the words of Good Chance, “Too BIG to ignore”. Little Amal was created by Handspring Puppet Company, with whom the CHR has had many creative partnerships. Earlier this year, Little Amal was seen in the tranquil orchards of the Boschendal Estate in Cape Town, where she was guided by puppeteers from Ukwanda Puppet and Design Company of the Centre for Humanities Research.The CHR are proud friends of Little Amal and call on the greater university community to be friends of Little Amal too.Visit The Walk: www.walkwithamal.org/ Donate to The Walk: www.walkwithamal.org/support-us/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Centre for Humanities Research

2 months ago

The CHR is excited to share The Colonel’s Stray Dogs, a new documentary feature by Doctoral Fellow Khalid Shamis that premiered at the 2021 Hot Docs Festival. About The Colonel’s Stray Dogs:For over 40 years Ashur Shamis was a member of the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood and Colonel Gaddafi’s enemy number one in exile with a $1m bounty on his head. His dream of a ‘free’ Libya almost cost him his life and his family. When the 2011 revolution rid the country of their dictator, Ashur finally returned home to a hero’s welcome but soon found a land vastly different to the one he left. As Libya slipped into civil war he was rejected by the new country and found himself exiled once again. His dream of Libya now distorted, Ashur’s son uncovers a dangerous past and questions the choices his father made to inherit the mess Gaddafi left. Shamis completed the film during his previous Artist Residency at the CHR, where he was part of the Communicating the Humanities Documentary Film course. He runs his production company www.tubafilms.com/ from Cape Town. Watch the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqulp1Y5NF8 For more information, please visit www.chrflagship.uwc.ac.za/the-colonels-stray-dogs/ ... See MoreSee Less

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2 months ago

Join CHR Doctoral Fellow Lee Walters for the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change - ICGC - UMN Brown Bag Series on 30 April 2021.ICGC’s lunchtime “Brown Bag Talks” are online seminars that invite attendees to bring their own lunches. Lee Walters, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at UWC, will be presenting “Tracking ‘Those who Work with Culture’: The Social Ambiguities of Cultural Workers in South Africa” at 19:00 (South Africa).Join the talk: bit.ly/To-Join-Talk-3For more information please visit our website: www.chrflagship.uwc.ac.za/the-chrs-lee-walters-presents-at-icgc-brown-bag-series/ ... See MoreSee Less

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New Jerusalem

The CHR is pleased to invite you to the opening of ‘New Jerusalem’, an exhibition of photographic work by the Visual History class of 2017.

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