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READ MORE Publication Announcement: New Contrast, Issue 212, In Memory of Diana Ferrus and Zoë Wicomb

We are pleased to announce the publication of New Contrast’s 212th Issue, In Memory of Diana Ferrus and Zoë Wicomb, which includes contributions from Premesh Lalu who holds the UK-SA Bilateral Chair in Culture and Technics at the CHR, and Bongani Kona (Department of Historical Studies, UWC). READ MORE Humanities in Sesssion, Artists’ Forum: Underwater Cables & Global Digital Infrastructure

This session, titled ‘Underwater Cables & Global Digital Infrastructure’, will be led by Ian Purnell, and Southbound Studio members, Kamil Adam Hassim, and Benji Anstey, who will be in conversation with the CHR’s Premesh Lalu. READ MORE International Workshop in Visual History and Theory, 2026 Book and Exhibition Launch: Makuapis

The CHR will be hosting its annual International Workshop in Visual History & Theory at Iyatsiba Lab on 16-17 October 2026, in partnership with Université-Paris-8, on the theme of 'Looking Together.' Migration, solidarity and mobility across time and space are key themes. This workshop includes a series of panels and lectures, and coincides with the launch of an exhibition, Makuapis, on Thursday 15 October at...
October 13, 2026

International Workshop in Visual History and Theory, 2026 Book and Exhibition Launch: Makuapis

The CHR will be hosting its annual International Workshop in Visual History & Theory at Iyatsiba Lab on 16-17 October 2026, in partnership with Université-Paris-8, on the theme of 'Looking Together.' Migration, solidarity and mobility across time and space are key themes. This workshop includes a series of panels and lectures, and coincides with the launch of an exhibition, Makuapis, on Thursday 15 October at Iyatsiba Lab.
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October 9, 2026

International Workshop in Visual History and Theory, 2026, Keynote lecture by Zeynep Devrim Gürsel

The CHR will be hosting its annual International Workshop in Visual History & Theory at Iyatsiba Lab on 16-17 October 2026, in partnership with Université-Paris-8, on the theme of 'Looking Together.' Migration, solidarity and mobility across time and space are key themes. The workshop includes a public keynote lecture by Zeynep Gürsel which will address border surveillance photography.
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October 9, 2026

International Workshop in Visual History & Theory 2026: Raphael Grisey, Introducing the Bouba Touré Archive

The CHR will be hosting its annual International Workshop in Visual History & Theory at Iyatsiba Lab on 16-17 October 2026, in partnership with Université-Paris-8, on the theme of 'Looking Together.' Migration, solidarity and mobility across time and space are key themes.
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March 27, 2024

Against the Colonial Partition of ‘Self’ and ‘Other’: Mahmoud Darwish, Elias Khoury, and the Path Towards a Decolonial Alternative

A Conversation in the Humanities in Session Series at the Centre for Humanities Research, part of the Advanced Research Seminar presented in partnership with the Consortium for Humanities Centres and Institutes’ Humanities Administration Network.
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July 21, 2022

Dutch Affinities

The CHR is excited to announce Professor of International Relations Theory and African Political Thought, Siba Grovogui, gave a lecture at the Centre for Humanities Research.
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