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Democracy: Genealogies, Concepts, and Practices

A conference hosted by the CHR from 17 – 18 December 2019 will explore the relationship between the genealogy, the concept and the practice of democracy.

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Net vir Pret in partnership with the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape, present the 9th annual Barrydale Giant Puppet Parade and Performance.

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The CHR and Net Vir Pret Annual Giant Puppet Parade and Performance, Barrydale,

15 December 2019
CHR Director Hands Over the Baton

The Centre for Humanities Research (CHR) congratulates Professor Premesh Lalu on his 12 years as Director of the CHR, and is excited to announce the next stage of his work with the CHR and UWC.

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Dr Thozama April Wins Award

The CHR congratulates Dr. April on receiving The Charlotte Mannya Maxeke Award.

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What is the University for?

A new paper by Professor Premesh Lalu has been published in Critical Times: Interventions in Global Critical Theory.

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by: Premesh Lalu
CHR’s Phokeng in Curatorial Intensive Residency in Dakar

Between the months of March and May 2019, Phokeng Setai participated in a curatorial intensive residency program with the Raw Material Company in Dakar, Senegal.

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Appointment of Professor David Scott as Extraordinary Professor 2019-2021

Professor Scott will be working with the Mellon-funded supranational project, Other Universals: Theorizing from Postcolonial Locations on Politics and Aesthetics.

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This year’s giant puppet parade in the quirky Klein Karoo town of Barrydale, celebrates and reclaims the power, mythologies and awareness of the local River, the Klein Huis Rivier that runs through the Tradouw valley, and its age old significance to the people and animals of this scenic, fertile part of the Langeberg.

River and Redfin

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The CHR and Net Vir Pret Annual Giant Puppet Parade and Performance, Barrydale,

16 December 2018

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Mandla Mlangeni receives 2019 Standard Bank Young Artist Award

The CHR congratulates Artist in Residence Mandla Mlangeni on being a recipient of the 2019 Standard Bank Young Artist Award.

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The Flagship on Critical Thought in African Humanities of the Centre for Humanities Research (CHR) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) constitutes an arena for scholarly exchange, artistic creation and public inquiry into African political subjectivity, art and society, and technology and the human.

Statement on the DST-NRF Flagship

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Since its establishment in 2006, the CHR has offered a space to think about what it means to be a university in Africa. Read more about the itineraries of thought and practice that have animated the CHR over the last ten years, and about what's to come.

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Seminar Programme

Seminar Programme Contemporary History and Humanities Seminars Established in 1993, the weekly South African Contemporary […]

Research Platforms

Areas of Focus Aesthetic EducationMigrating ViolenceBecoming Technical of the HumanRethinking Political Theory: Citizenship and JusticeVisual […]

Publications

The CHR’s programmes are driven by academic research and scholarly exchange. This is evident in the CHR’s publication record, which contains monographs, edited collections, journal articles and more

Andrew W. Mellon Chair of Aesthetic Theory and Material Performance

The Andrew W Mellon Chair Aesthetic Theory and Material Performance holds together several interdisciplinary modes of enquiry.

National Research Foundation SARChI Chair

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