November 25, 2019
A new publication by Aja Marneweck explores the multifaceted process of creating the large-scale annual public puppetry event, The Barrydale Giant Puppet Parade, in the rural town of Barrydale, South Africa.
November 19, 2019
Professor David Scott is currently Extraordinary Professor in the CHR from 2019-2021.
November 18, 2019
Professor Suren Pillay of the CHR participated in a conversation around xenophobic violence in South Africa.
November 18, 2019
The Centre for Humanities Research warmly congratulates Professor Huey Copeland on the award of the $225,000 Sawyer Seminars grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to convene the international project, “The Black Arts Archive: The Challenge of Translation.”
November 18, 2019
Nsima Udo, CHR Doctoral Fellow with the SARChI Chair in Visual History and Theory wins prestigious Africa Thesis Award from the African Studies Centre of the University of Leiden in The Netherlands.
November 14, 2019
The Centre for Humanities Research and partners Net vir Pret present the ninth annual Barrydale Giant Puppet Parade and Performance.
November 12, 2019
The African Critical Inquiry Programme is pleased to announce the 2020 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Awards to support African doctoral students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who are enrolled at South African universities and conducting dissertation research on relevant topics.
November 12, 2019
The African Critical Inquiry Programme invites proposals from scholars and/or practitioners in public cultural institutions in South Africa to organise a workshop to take place in 2021.
October 25, 2019
Governing the ungovernable: contested legacies at the Chris Hani Memorial
October 21, 2019
Mamela Nyamza is an award-winning artist, choreographer, dancer and performer.
October 18, 2019
Lady Kennaway: A Ship Story
October 17, 2019
The story of 120 years of gold mining and racial capitalism leads to disease and extreme poverty which endures into the present. Through more than a century of deep level gold mining in South Africa, a legacy of illness, death and inequality has left its mark on the Southern African continent.