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READ MORE Exhibition Launch: Together/Apart

The Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape and the Little Museum of Dublin are proud to present Together/Apart, which opens on Wednesday 13 May in Ireland.
READ MORE Charlotte Maxeke - Mary Robinson Research Chair Announcement

We are delighted to announce that Morna Regan and Lynne Parker will be joining the CHR for its annual Winter School Programme and as part of the Charlotte Maxeke - Mary Robinson Research Chair.
READ MORE IFAA summit

The CHR was delighted to host and be associated with the Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA), who held a summit at Iyatsiba Lab in April 2026.
August 19, 2025

ENGAGE / REFLECT / CREATE: The CHR-Encounters Documentary Series

The Centre for Humanities Research (UWC) and the Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival cordially invite you to the opening session of ENGAGE/REFLECT/CREATE: The CHR-Encounters Documentary Series, a monthly screening programme which will run from now until December 2025.
April 6, 2020

The Humanities in Session

During these strange and troubling times of planetary pandemic, lock down and physical isolation, the Centre for Humanities Research is convening a series of short performances online in "The Humanities in Session" series. As time passes, we hope to reflect on what it means for the Humanities to be "in session" in such times.
July 18, 2017

A Map of Suffering

The CHR’s Factory of the Arts, composer Reza Khota in collaboration with the AfroAsia’s project’s fine artist and animator Kristy Stone present the first part of their work as a collaboration.