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            READ MORE New Archival Visions at UWC Research Grants and Fellowships (2025/6): Deadline 26 September 2025

            The New Archival Visions (NAV) programme at the Centre for Humanities Research (CHR), University of the Western Cape (UWC), is offering fellowships for the remainder of 2025. Funding support comes from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET).
            READ MORE Forthcoming events at the CHR

            Updated 09 September 2025
            READ MORE Film Screening: Albie: A Strange Alchemy

            The Centre for Humanities Research (UWC) and the Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival cordially invite you to the second session of ENGAGE/REFLECT/CREATE: The CHR-Encounters Documentary Series, a monthly screening programme which will run until December 2025.
            November 19, 2024

            Pro-Vocation: Roots and Wings

            In November 2024, the Centre for Humanities Research presents Pro-Vocation: Roots and Wings, in partnership with the UNIMA Professional Training Commission, the UNIMA Africa Commission, and UNIMA SA.
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            November 11, 2024

            Physical and Vocal Scores Creation

            In November 2024, the Centre for Humanities Research at UWC present Pro-Vocation: Roots and Wings, the 4th iteration of Pro-Vocation, in partnership with the UNIMA Professional Training Commission, the UNIMA Africa Commission, and UNIMA SA.
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            November 6, 2024

            Pro-Vocation: Roots and Wings, Puppetry for all ages at the Theatre Arts

            In November 2024, the Centre for Humanities Research at UWC present Pro-Vocation: Roots and Wings, the 4th iteration of Pro-Vocation, in partnership with the UNIMA Professional Training Commission, the UNIMA Africa Commission, and UNIMA SA.
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            October 31, 2024

            Exploring the Fruitful Relationships Between Text, Puppets, and Objects

            Facilitated by Isabelle Matter, Puppeteer-Director and Director of the Théâtre des Marionnettes de Genève.
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            October 21, 2024

            Puppet animation in the digital stage

            a dynamic interaction between bodies, silhouettes, and video-mapped animations within a micro-stage space
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            • NRF SARChI Chair in Visual History and Theory
            • Andrew W. Mellon Chair of Aesthetic Theory and Material Performance
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            • New Archival Visions at UWC Research Grants and Fellowships (2025/6): Deadline 26 September 2025
              September 10, 2025
            • Forthcoming events at the CHR
              September 9, 2025
            • Film Screening: Albie: A Strange Alchemy
              September 9, 2025
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