chr 500-0bCHR Dark Textchr 500-0bchr 500-0b
  • About
    • Centre for Humanities Research
    • DSI-NRF Flagship
    • Partnerships
    • Funders
    • Reports
    • Staff
  • Iyatsiba Lab
    • LoKO
    • Sound Working Group
    • Documentary film
  • New Archival Visions
  • Research Platforms
    • Aesthetics and Politics
      • Factory of the Arts
        • About the Factory of the Arts
        • Convening the Factory of the Arts
        • Artists in Residence
      • Research Projects
    • Becoming Technical of the Human
      • Laboratory of Kinetic Objects
      • Research Projects
    • Migrating Violence
      • Research Projects
        • Political Theory and Philosophy
        • Trans-formative Consitutionalism
  • Research Chairs
    • NRF SARChI Chair in Visual History and Theory
      • Postgraduate bursaries and postdoctoral fellowships in Visual History & Theory
      • Postgraduate Module In Visual History, 2023 (HIS 735/835)
    • Charlotte Maxeke-Mary Robinson Research Chair
    • UK-SA Bilateral Digital humanities chair in culture and technics
  • Fellowship Programme
    • Fellows
    • Winter School
    • Visiting Scholars
    • Seminar Programme
  • Publications & Archive
    • Publications & Creative Outputs
    • Galleries
    • Video
    • Film
    • Podcast
  • News
    • Workshops
    • Conferences
    • Lectures
    • Special Meetings
    • Colloquia
    • Seminars
    • Arts Events
  • Contact
✕ When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to go to the desired page. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures.
            No results See all results

            READ MORE Residency Re-Sourced: Public Lecture by Kim Gurney

            Kim Gurney will be giving an online keynote on Wednesday 5 August, for ‘Residency Re-sourced’, a collaborative project run by Goethe-Institut Nigeria.
            READ MORE A Will for the Machine: Technology, History, and the Arts

            A Conversation in the Humanities in Session Series at the Centre for Humanities Research, part of the Advanced Research Seminar. Hosted under the auspices of the UK-SA Bilateral Digital humanities chair in culture and technics.
            READ MORE Centre Sogolon and Iziko Museums of South Africa MOUs

            We are delighted to announce that the Centre for Humanities Research and the University of the Western Cape have signed two historic memoranda of understanding with Compagnie Sogolon, Bamako, Mali, and Iziko Museums of South Africa.
            April 24, 2018

            A conversation with Ukwanda Puppet Artists from South Africa

            Ukwanda Puppets & Designs Art Collective was developed through the mentorship of Handspring Puppet Company.
            Do you like it?0
            Read more
            April 23, 2018

            Seminar: Jacob Cloete

            The pre-circulated paper for this seminar is accompanied by a short documentary by Jacob Cloete.
            Do you like it?0
            Read more
            April 19, 2018

            The 2017 annual meeting of the CHCI hosted by the UWC Centre for Humanities Research

            The 2017 annual meeting of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI) explored the multiple ways in which improvisation has enabled and facilitated the study of the humanities, not least in times of great social upheaval.
            Do you like it?0
            Read more
            April 17, 2018

            Workshop: Migrants, Markets and the Modalities of Rule

            The Migrating Violence Research Platform of the Centre for Humanities Research presents a workshop on Migrants, Markets and the Modalities of Rule.
            Do you like it?0
            Read more
            April 11, 2018

            Collaborative Voices Part 1. Two musicians in Johannesburg in the 1980s:

            Please join us for a presentation by Biddy Partridge.
            Do you like it?0
            Read more
            April 9, 2018

            Seminar: Armelle Gaulier

            The Moppie Songs of the Colored Populations of Cape Town: Music and the Process of Creolization (South Africa)
            Do you like it?0
            Read more
            April 4, 2018

            Winter School Report 2017

            About one hundred graduate students from a range of South African and international partner institutions participated in the Winter School Annual and the Consortium for Humanities Centres and Institutes (CHCI) annual meeting at the Castle of Good Hope from the 10th to the 12th August 2017.
            Do you like it?0
            Read more
            April 2, 2018

            Seminar: Valmont Layne

            Tem Hawker, Yakhal Inkomo and the sentimental 'avant-garde: Revisiting Cape jazz's sonic archive'
            Do you like it?0
            Read more
            March 26, 2018

            Seminar: Redi Koobak

            Seminar: Gender, Nation and War Art: Rethinking Artistic Responses to the ISAF mission in Afghanistan
            Do you like it?0
            Read more
            March 7, 2018

            Seminar: Kate Skinner

            Abolde Safui
            Do you like it?0
            Read more
            March 5, 2018

            Sexual Violence: Remembering, Representing, Resisting

            Dialogue on Troubling Seasons of Hate
            Do you like it?0
            Read more
            March 5, 2018

            Activities of the Chair in Aesthetic Theory and Material Performance

            3 - 16 March 2018
            Do you like it?0
            Read more
            Load more

            Research Platforms

            • NRF SARChI Chair in Visual History and Theory
            • Andrew W. Mellon Chair of Aesthetic Theory and Material Performance
            • Factory of the Arts
            • Laboratory of Kinetic Objects
            • Seminar Programme
            • Publications

            Recently Added

            • Residency Re-Sourced: Public Lecture by Kim Gurney
              August 5, 2025
            • A Will for the Machine: Technology, History, and the Arts
              August 1, 2025
            • Centre Sogolon and Iziko Museums of South Africa MOUs
              July 31, 2025
            ✕ When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to go to the desired page. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures.

            SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER


            Stay up to date with the latest news and developments from the Centre for Humanities Research.



            © 2025 UWC | The Centre for Humanities Research. All Rights Reserved. Designed By Spotkolours Design
                      No results See all results