Julia Gerlach Archives - The Centre for Humanities Research

Charlotte Maxeke-Mary Robinson Research Chair public lecture: Burn/t Out, The Legacy of Forced Displacement During North(ern) Ireland’s ‘Troubles’

The CHR, in collaboration with the District Six Homecoming Centre, welcomes Brendan Ciarán Browne, visiting scholar of the Charlotte Maxeke–Mary Robinson Research Chair, who will present a public lecture on Tuesday 25 August 2026, at the District Six Homecoming Centre.

Humanities in Sesssion, Artists' Forum with Reza Khota

This session will be led by Reza Khota who is a guitarist/composer who has performed, recorded and toured professionally in South Africa and Internationally for over 25 years.’

Exhibition Launch: Rhythmic Solidarity: the photographs of Derek Speirs

The Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape is proud to present an exhibition of Derek Speirs' photographs of the Irish anti-apartheid movement to mark the conferral of honorary doctorates on Charlotte Maxeke and Mary Robinson. The exhibition will be opened by former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson.

November 25, 2025

Exhibition Announcement: Every Artist Must Take Sides – Resonances of Eslanda and Paul Robeson

‘Every Artist Must Take Sides – Resonances of Eslanda and Paul Robeson’, launched on 14 November 2025 at the Akademie der Künste (ADK). It is a project by the Akademie der Künste in collaboration with the CHR, and the Haus für Poesie, Berlin.

June 17, 2024

Sound Art Exhibition (27 April – 19 May): Oscillations – Cape Town to Berlin – Sonic Inquiries and Practices

Critical listening is the first step toward an ethics and aesthetics of care and freedom. Discarding listening habits and accepting new sound qualities afford access to other layers of history and experience.