The CHR is supported by generous grants from the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS), the National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF), and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences
http://www.nihss.ac.za/
National Research Foundation:
http://www.nrf.ac.za/
Andrew W Mellon Foundation:
https://mellon.org/
Jan 12, 2018

Funders

The CHR is supported by generous grants from the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS), the National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF), and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Nov 2, 2017

Partnerships

The humanities, as a discourse that places the university in direct relation to society, assumes a transnational orientation, not least because of the ways in which its emergence brushes up against concerns of nationalism, troubling the securities of what we assume to be common sense about the human condition.
Oct 20, 2015

Reports

Aug 17, 2015

DSI-NRF Flagship

The Flagship on Critical Thought in African Humanities of the Centre for Humanities Research (CHR) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) constitutes an arena for scholarly exchange, artistic creation, and public inquiry into African political subjectivity, art and society, and technology and the human.
May 26, 2015

Staff

Meet our staff

The CHR fellowship programme will continue in 2022 through online platforms and, where permitted, limited live events hosted in compliance with COVID-19 protocols. Please follow our events page for updates about events.

For queries, please email us at

centreforhumanitiesresearch@uwc.ac.za

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